First sales! Finally they come after a year at Wealthy Affiliate.

I joined Wealthy Affiliate in January 2020, having already tried and failed at affiliate marketing a number of years prior making just $5 or so with Google Adsense and making no affiliate sales whatsoever.

After finding WA, I had a renewed sense of optimism. The training seemed to be very good, easy to follow, and the community was full of friendly, helpful people!

I slowly worked my way through the training, trying to fit it in when I could. I'm not the fastest writer in the world, so it's taken a while, and I'm still working my way through the OEC training - Level 5 now... Getting there!

I wasn't really expecting much, due to my previous efforts not being the runaway success I'd hoped for, but I decided to check my Amazon Associates account for the first time in a couple of months, to find that I'd made three sales!

Three sales! That means I've made enough qualifying sales not to be kicked off the program!

Two sales in January, and one yesterday! The first two were items totally unrelated to my niche, but the third was featured in one of my posts.

Now I'm not normally one to get very excited, but I was definitely buzzing this time! I decided to check my other Affiliate network accounts, and guess what... Another sale!

This time another product from one of my blog posts!

I'd noticed recently a sudden jump in daily pageviews, so I guess that's partly the reason why I've started to get sales.

Not only that, my Adsense balance is slowly going up. I had nothing up until October 2020. That month I got £0.63. Then I got £6.10 in November, £8.79 in December, and a slightly lower £6.82 in January. I've already got a little this month too!

It all seems to be coming together now; I just need to keep it up, be a little faster and more prolific at writing, although it's been a little difficult lately as I've just moved house, and much of my time is taken up by getting the house ready, as well as a fulltime job.

So to echo many WA blog posts in the past, the training here really does work! If you're wondering whether to try Wealthy Affiliate, or have just joined with a free account, I would definitely recommend you sign up to premium (or premium plus) membership and make the most out of the fantastic training and community here.

It's hard work, and success won't happen overnight, but stick with it, and you'll get there eventually!

Hopefully it's onwards and upwards from here.
Here's to success for all of us!

Chreers,
Chris