008Rohit
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That bank really must suck! My bank doesn't even cut 1% of the cheque amount I think.
And they never question me either.
hekke's Amazon Affiliate Journey
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That bank really must suck! My bank doesn't even cut 1% of the cheque amount I think.
And they never question me either.
NotSoAverageJoe
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Great read so far, it's great reading a journey from a fellow swede.
I was going to recommend switching to Payoneer but I already see that you have done so. Cheques are not worth it, at least in Sweden. I've received 1k+ without problem to my Payoneer account, no fucking extra fees either.
I was going to recommend switching to Payoneer but I already see that you have done so. Cheques are not worth it, at least in Sweden. I've received 1k+ without problem to my Payoneer account, no fucking extra fees either.
hekke
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I know right. I wasn't comfortable enough making a huge deal out of it when I stood there for 30-40 minutes and the line just kept on growing. The bank will of course be notified about the reason I leave them (not that they will care, lol) and I'll give them some constructive criticism. I'll change bank and use Payoneer from now on to receive the money - hopefully they'll approve me before next payment or I'll be screwed.
Wow, that would be a dream. Enjoy your advantage there man!That bank really must suck! My bank doesn't even cut 1% of the cheque amount I think.
I use 7thAmigo's Web 2.0's service. It is a great service and many "big" names on here have recommended me it. As mentioned at least 3 times before, I am not affiliated with 7thAmigo.
Fun to see that a swede is following my journey!
In Sweden, we seem to be a bit ahead of the major companies when it comes to transferring money. Sure, it's amazing that we can transfer money within seconds via an app on our smartphones but this leads to some confusion when you need to transfer money the old school way.
As I said, the cashier asked about 6 other cashiers if they had ever deposited a foreign cheque before - none of them had. I don't know if I just was unlucky with unexperienced cashiers or something because last time I deposited a cheque they had a fee of 20 dollars and it took 1 week to get it in my bank account. Although, that cheque was in my moms name and with a different bank (the one I am switching to). Same amount of money though.
I'll cross my fingers that Payoneer just approves my account within a few days so that I can get my payment that way. Otherwise I'll have another cheque to deposit...
Thanks for all the support/replies/feedback/etc. I really appreciate it!
Until next time,
hekke
Hekke, I'd like to hear your ideas on something.
I am in the process of building a amazon niche site myself. Not sure if it will *work*. For this site I will invest in ordering 15+ reviews, 4 best-of articles and 5+ informational/funny articles. I think I will build 5-8 backlinks manually, maybe throw in 3 PBN-Sites. I might also order 50 web 2.0 profiles. Not ready yet to commit a lot of money to linkbuilding without making "sure" that the site will work.
Do you think this will be enough to see if the site has potential to rank first page for keys like **** reviews, best ****, etc?
I am in the process of building a amazon niche site myself. Not sure if it will *work*. For this site I will invest in ordering 15+ reviews, 4 best-of articles and 5+ informational/funny articles. I think I will build 5-8 backlinks manually, maybe throw in 3 PBN-Sites. I might also order 50 web 2.0 profiles. Not ready yet to commit a lot of money to linkbuilding without making "sure" that the site will work.
Do you think this will be enough to see if the site has potential to rank first page for keys like **** reviews, best ****, etc?
hekke
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The potential of the ranking has to do with the competition. If your competitors have just a few links, your technique could outrank them. Remember that age is a BIG factor in todays rankings - that's why I am ranking first with my first site even though my competitors got way more links than me.
I currently use SERPBook. Although, I've heard about this free alternative (SERPLab) but have been too lazy to switch - will do it today, actually. With that tool, you can track up to 300 keywords - for free!And whoch tool/software do you use for checking rankings?
I currently track like 110 keywords on SERPBook on all of my 6 sites so this will be useful!
hekke
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Look what I got in my inbox today:
Nice! Now I can assign the payment address to Payoneer instead of using cheques that can get lost and will result in a big cut of the payment ($200/cheque). I am sure this will be a much smoother payment method.
I've ordered one best of-article from my cheap writer a few days ago to test one of his writers abilities to make one of those, they usually just write my review articles. If this turns out well, I got 6 sets of best of keywords - 30 products to promote. That's another 36 articles. 3 sets per site.
I might seem a bit off from "work" but I am currently researching taxes, just so that I know what I need to provide to my taxes accountant when I hire one. My mom got contacts in that market and she've already talked to a boss over at a established accountant company. We'll contact them soon to assign a meeting just going through everything.
I, as said previously, am not worried about the pace I am building these sites in. Sure, I would prefer if I had more money to invest right now but the situation doesn't look like that. You need to do the best out of the situation, right? In the next couple of days I'll do some small blog commenting, social profiles, etc. for each site as that is easy to do myself.
I will ask my content providers if they are able to wait 4 weeks for payment. I wouldn't feel right about it but they both are open-minded so I guess we'll see. If not, it is not the worst scenario. I'll get a 200 USD payment from RevenYou soon enough, earning a couple of dollars per day still from some PPI promotion I did last year pretty much.
Until next time,
hekke
Nice! Now I can assign the payment address to Payoneer instead of using cheques that can get lost and will result in a big cut of the payment ($200/cheque). I am sure this will be a much smoother payment method.
I've ordered one best of-article from my cheap writer a few days ago to test one of his writers abilities to make one of those, they usually just write my review articles. If this turns out well, I got 6 sets of best of keywords - 30 products to promote. That's another 36 articles. 3 sets per site.
I might seem a bit off from "work" but I am currently researching taxes, just so that I know what I need to provide to my taxes accountant when I hire one. My mom got contacts in that market and she've already talked to a boss over at a established accountant company. We'll contact them soon to assign a meeting just going through everything.
I, as said previously, am not worried about the pace I am building these sites in. Sure, I would prefer if I had more money to invest right now but the situation doesn't look like that. You need to do the best out of the situation, right? In the next couple of days I'll do some small blog commenting, social profiles, etc. for each site as that is easy to do myself.
I will ask my content providers if they are able to wait 4 weeks for payment. I wouldn't feel right about it but they both are open-minded so I guess we'll see. If not, it is not the worst scenario. I'll get a 200 USD payment from RevenYou soon enough, earning a couple of dollars per day still from some PPI promotion I did last year pretty much.
Until next time,
hekke
braindebug
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Hekke, I have the sense that you are not a us citizen. If i am wrong ingore the question.
As I am in EU myself i thought that my only option is a check. Am i wrong?
Is it possible to use payoneer as a workaround for that? What is that matters for amazon? The individual's citizenship or the bank's location?
As I am in EU myself i thought that my only option is a check. Am i wrong?
Is it possible to use payoneer as a workaround for that? What is that matters for amazon? The individual's citizenship or the bank's location?
Look what I got in my inbox today:
Nice! Now I can assign the payment address to Payoneer instead of using cheques that can get lost and will result in a big cut of the payment ($200/cheque). I am sure this will be a much smoother payment method.
I've ordered one best of-article from my cheap writer a few days ago to test one of his writers abilities to make one of those, they usually just write my review articles. If this turns out well, I got 6 sets of best of keywords - 30 products to promote. That's another 36 articles. 3 sets per site.
I might seem a bit off from "work" but I am currently researching taxes, just so that I know what I need to provide to my taxes accountant when I hire one. My mom got contacts in that market and she've already talked to a boss over at a established accountant company. We'll contact them soon to assign a meeting just going through everything.
I, as said previously, am not worried about the pace I am building these sites in. Sure, I would prefer if I had more money to invest right now but the situation doesn't look like that. You need to do the best out of the situation, right? In the next couple of days I'll do some small blog commenting, social profiles, etc. for each site as that is easy to do myself.
I will ask my content providers if they are able to wait 4 weeks for payment. I wouldn't feel right about it but they both are open-minded so I guess we'll see. If not, it is not the worst scenario. I'll get a 200 USD payment from RevenYou soon enough, earning a couple of dollars per day still from some PPI promotion I did last year pretty much.
Until next time,
hekke
hekke
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Yes, I am not a US citizen. I am a danish citizen!
And yes, you can use payoneer as a US bank account. Amazon just cares where the bank is located, not where the individual is. I know plenty of people that got a US bank account but they live somewhere else. No idea if this is a policy along all banks but this seems to be allowed by some. Although, Payoneer have made it so much easier than it would to register at a US bank.
Or maybe it isn't that hard... I don't really know!
Yesterday, when I changed payment method on Amazon I ran into a problem. It said "The changes will take affect the 1st of next month.". Dang it, payment day is the 26th and I don't want to receive another cheque... At first I tried to change to payment threshold to a higher amount than the payment is. Still "The changes will take affect the 1st of next month.". Dang it.
This was when I contacted Amazon's support chat. I told them my situation. There was no way to change it faster than the 1st... but then my supporter, Steven, came up with an idea. He said that he will watch my account and once the payday comes he will void my cheque and tell them to change it to direct deposit. That is why I love Amazon, they go through fire and beyond to satisfy their customers...
Until next time,
hekke
hekke
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Hi guys! It's been a few days since I updated this journey. I am currently in Malta, visiting my grandma. So I don't really sit around on my computer a lot. Also, I don't really got anything to update you with.
Since last time I've only published 1 article to BLUE. That's pretty much it. But I've also decided that I'll order 6 best of-articles, 3 for each site, and schedule out during the 3 weeks I'll be away. Once I come back, my payments should come in and my first site should be ready to be sold (WHOOP WHOOP!).
I know, 1 article/week is not the optimal. But, the sites won't get negatively affected during these weeks as they get some age and that is one of the most important factors when it comes to SEO today, at least in my experience. Maybe, one of them start to rank and start making me some money during these weeks, who knows?
Since last time, I've also updated my office in my room. I bought myself an adjustable desk and a office chair, so that I can switch between sitting and standing. Previously, I've been laying/sitting in my bed working, this isn't good for my body nor the efficiency when it comes to working.
My mind will understand that the bed is used to relax in and the desk should be used when working. My sleeping schedule should improve as well as I won't sit up late "working", which doesn't work for me, I end up watching YouTube after about 20 minutes, lol. I sat by my desk for a few hours after I set it up and I've never worked so fast and efficient ever before, nice!
Previously, I had a couch that I somewhat used as a "working couch" but it usually resulted in me laying in it and "working" (watching YouTube videos). Sure, my work include a lot of outsourcing but the research requires some focus, which was hard to obtain in my bed or my couch.
I will also try to improve my writing, which I will benefit from both in school but also when it comes to working. I've written a couple of articles (for IM) but not a lot. I followed some journey on BHW where the guy pumped out 15 articles per day, by himself, crazy. If I would do that my sites would grow so much faster and my expenses would minimize. From what I remember, he used Dragon Naturally Speaking. I will try it out myself and see if it can help me speed up my writing, would be a huge time saver.
Oh well, that's pretty much it for this update. Won't really update as frequently as I normally do during the next 3 weeks. But if you've read this post you'll understand why. Before I end this update I would like to wish you all a great summer and I hope that you make the most of it, that's what I am doing at least.
Until next time,
hekke
Since last time I've only published 1 article to BLUE. That's pretty much it. But I've also decided that I'll order 6 best of-articles, 3 for each site, and schedule out during the 3 weeks I'll be away. Once I come back, my payments should come in and my first site should be ready to be sold (WHOOP WHOOP!).
I know, 1 article/week is not the optimal. But, the sites won't get negatively affected during these weeks as they get some age and that is one of the most important factors when it comes to SEO today, at least in my experience. Maybe, one of them start to rank and start making me some money during these weeks, who knows?
Since last time, I've also updated my office in my room. I bought myself an adjustable desk and a office chair, so that I can switch between sitting and standing. Previously, I've been laying/sitting in my bed working, this isn't good for my body nor the efficiency when it comes to working.
My mind will understand that the bed is used to relax in and the desk should be used when working. My sleeping schedule should improve as well as I won't sit up late "working", which doesn't work for me, I end up watching YouTube after about 20 minutes, lol. I sat by my desk for a few hours after I set it up and I've never worked so fast and efficient ever before, nice!
Previously, I had a couch that I somewhat used as a "working couch" but it usually resulted in me laying in it and "working" (watching YouTube videos). Sure, my work include a lot of outsourcing but the research requires some focus, which was hard to obtain in my bed or my couch.
I will also try to improve my writing, which I will benefit from both in school but also when it comes to working. I've written a couple of articles (for IM) but not a lot. I followed some journey on BHW where the guy pumped out 15 articles per day, by himself, crazy. If I would do that my sites would grow so much faster and my expenses would minimize. From what I remember, he used Dragon Naturally Speaking. I will try it out myself and see if it can help me speed up my writing, would be a huge time saver.
Oh well, that's pretty much it for this update. Won't really update as frequently as I normally do during the next 3 weeks. But if you've read this post you'll understand why. Before I end this update I would like to wish you all a great summer and I hope that you make the most of it, that's what I am doing at least.
Until next time,
hekke
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warpedmind
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yes this is inteesting
Hi hekke could you tell me pls to start amazon affilate program do i need first to have the web-site with the content on it and then to register to amazon's affilate program, or i need only to have blank web-site and when i would be acepted by amazon then to start writing on my web site and to rank it.
good luck with your journey
good luck with your journey
hekke
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12.07 + 1.2 (!!!)
Thank you!
Thanks! I will for sure keep you up to date what's going on with the sites. Something exciting happened today (well, yesterday). I will write what happened after replying to these posts!
I don't actually know. I just know that you'll need to make a sale within the first 2 months of applying. I didn't get accepted the first time to be honest. But, I re-applied, asked a friend to buy some cheap headphones or something and got approved. I am sure that you won't need a heavy site to apply either way, I think I had 2-3 articles when I applied.
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UPDATE (!!!)
Yesterday, something fun happened! BLUE got it's first sale! WHEEEY!
There's currently 2 links built to it, 2 PDF sharing site backlinks. I started this site 1 month and 6 days ago, which is pretty much the time when RED got it's first sale as well. There is currently 27 articles on the site and it generates around 2-3 organic visitors per day. Considering that no links have been built as of yet, this site is solid so far.
I believe that with a month more age and some minimal off-page SEO, this site will be killing it. The items are quiet expensive for both niches, mid $xxx - low $xxxx. As previously said, there is nothing I can do in my current situation to increase the progress speed. My SEMRush account have been cancelled as well so the keyword research is a bit harder, it's alright though, Keyword Planner is a great tool to use and it is free!
I don't really got anything else to add to this update. It was a fun little rush to see the first sale (for BLUE) today, it gets me motivated. It was a small little book worth $20 dollars so my commission was only $1.2, but it's a start!
Until next time,
hekke
Hi hekke !
Thks a lot for the info you provided here ( the template will be very usefull i think). Suscribed to your post. I was doing some amazon affiliate site in France since years, but tried only recently with us focused website. I was choked to see the ctr for amazon US and want now to start more amazon website. To have an idea : in France ctr 5 % with US : 65%......
hope for great results for you soon.
For your keyword research you should invest in some tools ( like market samurai or better still longtail pro) they have very good automated competition analysis ( longtail platinium is just bluffing you can truly get gold keywords in minutes ).
Thks a lot for the info you provided here ( the template will be very usefull i think). Suscribed to your post. I was doing some amazon affiliate site in France since years, but tried only recently with us focused website. I was choked to see the ctr for amazon US and want now to start more amazon website. To have an idea : in France ctr 5 % with US : 65%......
hope for great results for you soon.
For your keyword research you should invest in some tools ( like market samurai or better still longtail pro) they have very good automated competition analysis ( longtail platinium is just bluffing you can truly get gold keywords in minutes ).
hekke
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You're welcome!
What do you mean by those CTR numbers? Is it numbers from your french site vs. your US site? Well, I would totally work on that CTR on the french site. I posted some tips how I did it (comparison charts, links on images, etc).
I've seen a lot of good comments about both MarketSamurai and LongTailPro. I've tested MS but I don't feel like it is efficient enough. Just checking the link profile is enough for me to be honest. I will try out LTP asap, seems like a decent tool. But let's be honest, keyword research isn't rocket science - you could easily do it only using free tools.
Common sense, Keyword Planner and that daily free trial on ahrefs works great. It was what I used for a long time. But, if you have money to invest, paying for a tool to make the process more efficient is great. Thanks for the recommendations!