New Zazzle.com income, but no cigar.

I have some new “sales” that just showed up on my Zazzle.com account. I am now up to $8.50 in commissions! Ya! Here is my screen shot for proof.

I love the Zazzle.com model because of one thing, it is cool. Lets face it, it is a way cooler platform than cafepress.com
I think that sizzle sells and zazzle has the sizzle.

This revenue is strictly from Facebook ads. I have spent more than $8.50 in advertising but I stopped the ads at the beginning of the week. I plan an doing more ads in future but with ads that are more specific in nature. Stay tuned!

$3.27 income and buying my private island.

Which one of those do you think is true?  I didn’t buy an island, but I did earn $3.27 using Zazzle.   Yipee!

Amazon Affiliate Program

Today I was approved as an Amazon Affiliate.   I do not think it is a very big deal to “get in” the circle.  I didn’t even have to give them my IQ or blood type.  Whew.   I put three ads on Facebook with links to Amazon.com with my affiliate tracking ID embeded in the link.  I have received 11 clicks today per my Facebook Ad Manager but my Amazon Affiliate page only shows 2.  So, if by tomorrow that number hasn’t grown, I am going to assume I messed up with the links and am going to have to redo the ads.   Stay tuned for that…

My ads are pretty simple.  I put out two ads for the new Kindle and one for Amazon.com Gift Cards.  According to their web site, affiliates receive a 6%  commission on gift cards and 10% on the Kindle.

Based on the cost per click of my facebook ads (Avg. CPC = $0.57) it will be hard to make gift cards pay for themselves.  For example, a $20 gift card would only pay out $1.20 in commission.  That means that one in three clicks would have to buy a minumum of of $20 dollars in gift cards just for me to break even… not good numbers I believe.