Just got my first sale guys :)

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I have a few other websites making me money right now. My income is pretty decent for now, getting reaally close to 5 figures. I have another journey thread talking about my plan to use custom software uploading 5k vids/day automatically using re-upload method.

But I set up a website selling iPhone unlocks and I got my first sale of $92 for a T-mobile iPhone 6s Plus Unlock

I don't know if you read my other thread but I've had trouble with Adwords and wasted money. didn't make a single dime :( What I did differently was use bing. I always have good experience from bing, and it seems like there are a lot more buying customers on bing for some reason.

here is my previous Adwords thread:
http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/making-money/821294-just-wasted-73-63-adwords.html

I realized my landing page wasn't really the problem, It was my ad copy. What I did was kind of copy ads from competitors and tweak them a little bit (obviously).

So I spent about $12 on ads and got a $92 sale. I used stripe for payment processing so after their fees it is about $89.03 that gets deposited to my bank account in 7 days for the first transfer (future transfers only take two days). I purchased the Tmobile service from eBay for $49, the total was $51.54

PROFIT:
$92(sale) - Stripe fees = $89.03
$89.03 - $51.54(service) = $37.53
$37.53 - $12(bing ads) = $25.53 profit
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eBay purchase
http://imgur.com/a/d5SEw

Woo-commerce report
http://imgur.com/a/d5SEw

Stripe dashboard
http://imgur.com/a/d5SEw

I'm just posting this as motivation for those out there, took me forever to make my first cent. Keep working hard guys and make some money! :):):)
 
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Good for you man, thank you for the share. It's about time you scale up and make more money. Good luck
 
Awesome man.. BEST OF LUCK with sales OP
 
Congrats man, keep it up i know how it feels when you make the first $$ online :D.
 
Love reading success stories! Hope you make more sales soon!
 
Thanks guys, the goal is to get 2 sales for every $10 I invest in bing ads. I believe this is possible.
 
Nice mate, I always wondered why big ads have a better ROI, maybe more serious advertisers ?
 
yes awesome job. I am reading all the threads i can find here, and learning alot. My plan originally was going into threads find if its worth reading then read. It seems every thread i go into is worth reading i'm learning a tonne.

In this thread i learnt about stripe, and just spent the last hour or so opening my account, nice. will be handy for my projects.

Question) from what i have read i gather you have to have ssl to use it. Does this require a private IP? I am thinking from what i've learnt so far i cant just use swipe with my shared hostgator hosting. =(

do you have to buy a certificate for every site you create to use stripe?

thanks for advice i dont know anything about this only what i just read online about stripe.
 
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alwaystoday said:
yes awesome job. I am reading all the threads i can find here, and learning alot. My plan originally was going into threads find if its worth reading then read. It seems every thread i go into is worth reading i'm learning a tonne.

In this thread i learnt about stripe, and just spent the last hour or so opening my account, nice. will be handy for my projects.

Question) from what i have read i gather you have to have ssl to use it. Does this require a private IP? I am thinking from what i've learnt so far i cant just use swipe with my shared hostgator hosting. =(

do you have to buy a certificate for every site you create to use stripe?

thanks for advice i dont know anything about this only what i just read online about stripe.
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You will need a dedicated ip to install ssl on your hosting. I really hate hostgator but, you can use shared hosting for your site. All an ssl does is encryption of personal data like address and credit cards when customers make a payment so hackers can't steal it. I used rapid ssl. When i get bigger i will get an ev ssl with an llc for my online business. My advice is treat your store like a REAL BUSINESS. Keep track of how much you spend on ads, seo, your profit margins everything. It will help you greatly.
 
thanks, do you need a dedicated ip for every site you create, say i have 8 different niche websites on their own domain, will i have to buy this dedicated ip 8 times? what is the cost of it?

who do you reccomend in place of hostgator

thanks again
 
UPDATE:

Here are my results for bing so far, I got rid of the other ads.
http://imgur.com/KZVjtXA

Any recommendations on how I can improve my PPC campaign at all. Or is there a course that I can use to learn more about ppc marketing, so I am not just throwing away cash on ads. thanks
 
alwaystoday said:
thanks, do you need a dedicated ip for every site you create, say i have 8 different niche websites on their own domain, will i have to buy this dedicated ip 8 times? what is the cost of it?

who do you reccomend in place of hostgator

thanks again
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If you are trying to make sales on all 8 of those sites using stripe, then yes you will need ssl certificate & dedicated ip for each. Or you could set up an ssl on one site and just create subdomains, so all your sites are secure and that will save you A LOT of money. I have about 3 sites now, but I can't tell you the price of a dedicated ip, you will have to research a little:). I use GoDaddy hosting w/ their dedicated ip. I paid $8.95/month for hosting and my dedicated ip was about $5/month (in a 3 month package).

In place of Host Gator I recommend anything really, (you can tell I have had bad experience with Shit Gator:() I would go with Host Monster, Blue hosting is really good also. I hope that helps man.
 
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