Finally, my first Amazon sale

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   Peter Owenposted 13 years ago

   I just got my first sale, a biggie at $.40
   
   Question - I just happened to go into Earnings and saw the purchase. doesn't amazon send an email when a purchase has been made?

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      Balineseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      congrat-  i dont made sale yet ))))

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      IzzyMposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Congratulations, Peter, here's to many more!

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      BRIAN SLATERposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Well done Peter, here's to plenty more.

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         Peter Owenposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Thx Brian - now to figure out how to get a steady stream of Amazon income.

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      Suramya.Kposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Congratz Peter, I'm still working on referring my first sale. I'm somewhat disappointed by the commission you got. How many items did you refer? And can we know what were that?

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         Peter Owenposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Hub was about Hiding Assets during Divorce. The amazon sale was for a short book on Hiding assets in divorce. I usually limit the number of Amazon items to 3 or so per hub.
         I'm not disappointed by the amount of commission. What I am after is how to write hubs better and include amazon so that more people buy. I'm after quantity at this point, not quality of purchases

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            Suramya.Kposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            "I'm after quantity at this point, not quality of purchases", I didn't get this. Do you want to say that you want to refer more and increase your commission rate??

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               WryLiltposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               Basically the more items you sell, the more chance you have of selling an item with a bigger price tag.

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               Peter Owenposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               what am after is a better formula for getting more sales, and I'll  worry about increasng the amounts later.

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                  WryLiltposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                  Sales hubs, sales hubs, review hubs, sales hubs.

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                     Peter Owenposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                     Yeah - I got that out of your hub. Considering new subjects now.
                     thx.

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   Joy56posted 13 years ago

   many congratulations, i love to hear good news.,

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   WryLiltposted 13 years ago

   Congratulations! I think I sold seven items (in one sale) in my first six months here.
   
   No, you don't get an email. Since many people sell dozens of items each day, I think an email for each sale would get quite annoying. Instead you get an email at the end of each month, letting you know if you've reached payout or whether it's rolling over to the next month.

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      Peter Owenposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      thx Wry

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   Joy56posted 13 years ago

   Oh yeah how annoying would that be, to get an e.mail to tell you every five seconds, you have sold an item..... I would be so annoyed.... not....

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      Peter Owenposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I'll worry about that when I get a sale every 5 seconds.

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      WryLiltposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Joy, Amazon sales only update every 24 hours so you wouldn't be getting an email every five seconds no matter how many items you sold.

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   Joy56posted 13 years ago

   me too, nice to see you it's ages since i read some of your hubs about your dog, i could have been Poet Lorraine then.....  i am glad you have found success at last, always woth the wait.

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   leahleflerposted 13 years ago

   Great news! Congratulations on the sale - here's to many more!

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   Peter Owenposted 13 years ago

   thx everyone.
   Do amazon sales seem to do better in particular types of hubs, such as How To hubs where there are exact related amazon products?

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      WryLiltposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I'd recommend you read my guide on how to create Amazon sales hubs.

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         Peter Owenposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         I did - good stuff.

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   Rosie2010posted 13 years ago

   Congratulations, Peter!  I'm happy for you.  My Amazon complete died in April, no sales, nada, zip.  Same in May until 2 days ago.  Congrats again and wish you more Amazon sales.

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      Peter Owenposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      thx Rosie

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   DIYweddingplannerposted 13 years ago

   Glad to see someone is getting Amazon sales.  Know I haven't been here long, but haven't gotten a single one...sigh.  Congratulations and hope you have many more!

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      Peter Owenposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      It took me 4 months, and on a hub I didn't think would produce anything.

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      BRIAN SLATERposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Are you still here DIY thought you were off to hibernation or somewhere else. So glad if you changed your mind, must have been that handsome picture of me that changed your mind.

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         DIYweddingplannerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         I'm in limbo.  But the reappearance of a certain hubber here is a big factor in my wanting to leave.
         
         Although the hat and dark glasses are a definite draw, Brian.

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            Peter Owenposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            I would never let on hubber cause me to leave. Don't know what the problem is but you can find a different solution.

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            writeronlineposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Don't go DIY! I copped an unwarranted serve yesterday that really made me think "What the ....?". But then I read the guy's profile, (perhaps if he'd had the wit to read mine, he MAY not have been so rude, dismissive and gratuitously insulting) and realised he's likely another one of those "be whatever  you like, just by saying so" types, who mouth off indiscriminately, behind their online anonymity, yet proclaim all kinds of superior personal qualities, blah blah blah
            
            Upset enough to toss it in, and avoid the abuse? I thought about it, but I'm over it. I decided I want to go on exchanging comments and views with real contributors like you. So, again, please don't go. Your hubber friends need you.

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               DIYweddingplannerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               WOL, you warm my heart.  You and others like you are the reason why I haven't already thrown in the towel here.

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               JacksBlogsposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               I enjoy fishing for that abuse.  I like controversial topics and am not even always serious.  I wish I had more angry replies and attacks.  That would be fun.  I'm not sure what "copped and unwarranted serve" means but don't let it get you down.  Tranquilo  as we used to say all the time in the Dominican Republic.

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    PaulGoodman67posted 13 years ago

    Congrats, Peter!  :-)
    
    Amazon tell you when there's been a sale, but your money isn't confirmed until the item is shipped, which can take a couple of extra days.
    
    I made an early Amazon sale, when I joined, then had a long patch of not selling anything in Hubpages or Blogger.  Recently I have made a few sales in quick succession, but generally for low amounts (someone bought a 99 cent mp3 which netted me 4 cents!).  The good thing is that I am not far off achieving the threshold for getting my cut raised to 6%, three more sales should do it.

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       Peter Owenposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Hey Paul
       I think I need to spend a bunch of time analyzing exactly what products Amazon sells other than books. This might then lead me to focusing my hubs better.

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          WryLiltposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          I can honestly that that there's almost nothing Amazon DOESN'T sell. It sells food products (from various countries), clothing, jewellery, baby items, power tools, you name it they've got it!

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    Wesman Todd Shawposted 13 years ago

    I believe that amazon sends a monthly report when your account goes active - but I've not seen a setting that will allow any of us to get an e mail whenever something is purchased.
    
    I might have missed something - it happens more often than I like.
    
    $40 on one purchase?  That's awesome, Sir!  I've had several purchases. . . .but the total of all of them brings me to slightly less than you on your first sale, or customer purchase.
    
    Of course I have ten thousand dollar guitars for sale. . .maybe someday I'll hit on one of those. . .LOL!

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       WryLiltposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       It was 40c

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          Wesman Todd Shawposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          LOL@Me!  See, I miss things . . . .all the time.  It's still exciting when the amazon account goes active.
          
          At one point I'd decided to do away with amazon ads, and started deleting them.  Next thing I knew YOU had published something about them being UNDER rated, and I thought "wtf?"
          
          Of course if they do take off, or if one of us makes a sale - amazon gives us more potential than anything else.  It's like swinging for the fences, or something.  We might as well think positive and go for it.

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       Peter Owenposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       maybe next year it will be $40.00.
       The first was $.40 or 40 cents.
       But I'll take it

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          Wesman Todd Shawposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          Swing for the fences!  It was over a year after I'd joined this site before my amazon account went active. . . .nobody hits a home run trying to bunt.

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             Peter Owenposted 13 years agoin reply to this

             true, but a lot of bunts can win the game.

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    downpourofwordsposted 13 years ago

    Congrats. I too have setup Amazon advertising on my hubs but I have had few clicks as of now, no purchases. Hope to see some soon.

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       Peter Owenposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Wrylilt post above has the answer.

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    Oettingerposted 13 years ago

    Congratulations

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       Peter Owenposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Thx Oettinger.
       When will we see your first Hub?? Don't be bashful or a perfectionist.

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    seamistposted 13 years ago

    Congratulations! Continue to learn, be persistant, rinse and repeat, and it will continue to grow.

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