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5 Years Ago Today I Made My First Income Online

Chris Lee

Published on May 9, 2018

Published on Wealthy Affiliate — a platform for building real online businesses with modern training and AI.

5 Years Ago Today I Made My First Income Online

Today, the 9th of May 2018 marks my 5 year anniversary from when I first made my first "dollar" online with affiliate marketing thanks to WA.

Actually, it was $0.84c and I've just remembered becasue I had published a blog post here on Wealthy Affiliate on this very same day in 2013.

What a journey this has been. Unbelievable.

I still remember the moment I opened up my Amazon Associates account and saw that I had made my first sale - it was an incredilbe feeling.

From then onwards, I kept building and learning and here I am today remembering that special occasion.

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Times have changed since then and so has my business. I now own and run 3 niche websites and an ecommerce store that combined bring in enough income to be able to do this full time.

The money is ok, but the biggest benefit of this journey has been that I can say that I am my own boss - there is no greater feeling.

This is all thanks to Wealthy Affiliate.

I have been a member here for many years and do not plan on leaving anytime soon.

The only goal that has eluded me so far is attending the WA Super Affiliate Conference in Vegas - I am getting closer and closer each year and I'm hoping I will be able to cross this off my list soon! :)

Still can't believe it's been 5 years!

Lost for words here.

Thank you all listening. Hope this helps inspire you some way or the other.

Let me know if you have any questions and I will try my best to answer.

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