Braindebug's Amazon Journey to Riches

[braindebug]

Some info about me.
For starters, next to the noob definition in the dictionary should be my picture. Almost a year ago I didn't even know what IM or seo was.
Prior to about 3 months when i decided that i had learnt just enough about it to take action, I didn't even know how to host a website.
Moreover, I am not native, so I can't pumb 1000 words of quality content in minutes.
Lastly, I don't have enough money to throw around buying stuff and services, so most work is done by myself.

A journey beginning with excuses, some may think. No excuses at all. So, why am I telling you this stuff?
Because they will stay written and when and if my journey takes off and I make enough money I hope that other noobs like me will read this and they will be motivated.

On with the journey
About a week ago I applied to Amazon Associates.
A day later I made my first sale and I was accepted.
So I am now in the process on monetizing all my money pages an making them look good so visitors will actually click on my links.
Amazon stats for previous week.

Conversion Rate sucks, but it's a small sample.
That's all for now, I will try to update as often as possible.

 

[Scraper9]

Looks promising by now, you made your first sale pretty fast good job! You dont share much, I suppose you got some kind of a review site and drive traffic by SEO right? Anyway good luck to you mate!

 

[hekke]

Best of luck with your journey! I'll be following!

 

[braindebug]

Looks promising by now, you made your first sale pretty fast good job! You dont share much, I suppose you got some kind of a review site and drive traffic by SEO right? Anyway good luck to you mate!

Thank you. Yes it is actually a review site so far targetting [best product] keywords in the niche I am in. I am now in the process of adding [product reviews] articles.
About the site structure i am using some kind of a silo. Home page is not static though. There goes blog posts.
So lets say my niche is cars. Home page is having filler posts about cars, car news, racing etc. Then I target best mini vans, best convertibles, best cabrio in pages.
Each of them looks like a mini website. So when you end up in best mini vans from google, it's like looking a website about only mini vans, with specific model reviews, buying guides etc.
I do it manually with specific menus and widgets for each page

 

[braindebug]

Journey is not over but currently there are some issues with banks in my country (Greece) so I can't really work. Paypal not working, Credit Cards not working so it is a little bit difficult.
I am now waiting for my first payment in Payoneer so I can get some work done using their card. Although I haven't done much since I created this journey the site is still growing from my previous work.
It now receives 700-900 daily visitors. Earnings for July were 500$ and another $500 for August till now.

 

[kickasss]

good job man i'm also doing amazon i'll be following your journey

 

[braindebug]

August closed at 1800 dollars earnings. Right now I am in the process of doing the research for another 3 big niche sites 1 of which is a JV with a friend. I will also improve the existing site as there is much more potential in it.

 

[quochuan29]

How did you make SEO ?
May I see your site. I'm a newbie and i wonder should i hire some one to get good keyword(30$ for this service).

I intend to make a product review site such as MiracleFold Laundry Folder Clothes T-Shirts Pants Towels Organizer Fast Easy and Fun Time Saver (Orange)

It 's very use full but the price is low 20$. Could you give me some advices ?

 

[braindebug]

How did you make SEO ?
May I see your site. I'm a newbie and i wonder should i hire some one to get good keyword(30$ for this service).

I intend to make a product review site such as MiracleFold Laundry Folder Clothes T-Shirts Pants Towels Organizer Fast Easy and Fun Time Saver (Orange)

It 's very use full but the price is low 20$. Could you give me some advices ?

No i won't show you my site.
How I did seo is irrelevant right now. You should focus on other stuff first, like finding your niche, creating your website and doing proper onpage seo.
I don't do keyword research that way. I decide on my niche (has to be a big one) and then I find keywords to target.
I don't make sites around one keyword. I don't say that's the best way to do it, it's just how I work.