How Did You Make Your First Sale Online?

[matt]

So many of the marketing gurus talk about making zillions of dollars a month but that first bit of success you have online is the most important because it gives you hope to continue. I would be interested to know how you made your first sale online. Please share with us the product as well as what advertising methods you used. Maybe this information can help those who have not seen any success online.


By the way I posted this on the Warrior forum too. This is the premier internet marketing forum online and I highly recommend that you join and participate there as well. Here is the post there if you want to follow the discussion there as well.
http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post1585801

How about you?

Thanks!

Matthew Meyer

[captkirk]

Hi Matt,

The first thing that I sold was a survey site which was purchased from a Clickbank Mall that I was promoting.

I can't remember how much I earned from the sale but I was highly excited that I sold something online.

The advertising method that I was using at the time was Pay-Per-Click (PPC).

[matt]

Thanks for sharing Capt. Kirk! Well, you had your initial success and there is no stopping you now! The first sale I ever made was for a weight loss tea which was eventually banned then unbanned. Just a simple website with my phone number on it. Remember answering the phone? Still works actually. That makes me think I should simplify my current websites and have more ways to be contacted. It works.

[captkirk]

Originally Posted by matt

Thanks for sharing Capt. Kirk! Well, you had your initial success and there is no stopping you now! The first sale I ever made was for a weight loss tea which was eventually banned then unbanned. Just a simple website with my phone number on it. Remember answering the phone? Still works actually. That makes me think I should simplify my current websites and have more ways to be contacted. It works.

What advertising method did you use to make your first sale?

[allwinners]

My first sale was a book that I wrote called "The Work At Home eCyclopedia"

It was a 100 page eBook that took me about 3 months to put together, and the sale was for $37.

Since August 09 though, my main sales have come from the new online writing business I started. A lot has been learned from this exercise.

Bryce

[TCharm Lady]

My first sale on the internet was cookware sets. I joined a guy that just developed a 'shopping mall' and he gave away templates to create your own mall.

This was way before eBay ..... and I just went around in my home town and gave out little business cards that all it said was "the greatest cookware value you have ever seen - check it out now" .... I recd so many orders, that I started to add other products to my site. It was fun back then -

But then someone sent me an email telling me that I could send my message out to millions of people. Which I did - and bam, that was the first time I learned about being blasted off from my ISP.

[matt]

Originally Posted by captkirk

What advertising method did you use to make your first sale?

I used the brand name of the company which very few people were using. So the site got listed in the search engines and I got a few calls. I experimented with email marketing after that but that did not help with the tea sales. I guess I was using the brand hijack method with SEO.

[matt]

Originally Posted by TCharm Lady

My first sale on the internet was cookware sets. I joined a guy that just developed a 'shopping mall' and he gave away templates to create your own mall.

This was way before eBay ..... and I just went around in my home town and gave out little business cards that all it said was "the greatest cookware value you have ever seen - check it out now" .... I recd so many orders, that I started to add other products to my site. It was fun back then -

But then someone sent me an email telling me that I could send my message out to millions of people. Which I did - and bam, that was the first time I learned about being blasted off from my ISP.

Seems like the direct person to person selling worked the best. Yes, people tend to believe you more when they can see who you are. This is one of the reasons I have started doing videos of myself for credibility. People want to know who they are doing business with.

[mike632]

It was over 2 years ago and after 1 year of "no sale" that I finally had an overnight digital sale. It was from my own website but through Clickbank. The site is still live today:http://www.proofcheck.info/Squidooforprofit1022.html. I was over the moon that morning. Making money while you sleep.
Since then though there has been drought with sporadic showers on occassions - rare occassions.
Mike

[kenworth]

Hey Matt,
My first sale was I guess blind luck, I sold 1 get google adds free just by using a bulk mailer, which I still use from time to time today. I am still learning
and will always be. That one sale seemed to make me want to keep trying.