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#1 10/03/2008 7:13 am

kab
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Registered: 12/31/1969
Posts: 1780

Earnings without lensrank

I currently have 22 lenses on my dashboard with an affiliate sale showing:

4 in the top tier
5 in the second tier
13 in the third tier

This goes to show that you shouldn't give up just because your lensrank is not really high - that doesn't mean you won't get paid.

I made a sale on a lens ranked 97,088, and another ($9.59!) on a lens ranked 74,919.

It CAN happen!

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#2 10/03/2008 7:26 am

adez7
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#3 10/03/2008 7:45 am

Christene
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Posts: 4773

Re: Earnings without lensrank

oh this is a great thread idea for the new folks
i'll add mine too

i have 16 lenses with sales currently pending on my dashboard

4 in the top tier
6 in the second tier
6 in the third tier

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#4 10/03/2008 7:56 am

Pixelrage
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From: NJ USA
Registered: 12/31/1969
Posts: 1037

Re: Earnings without lensrank

what are the tiers, again?

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#5 10/03/2008 8:13 am

The_Homeopath
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Re: Earnings without lensrank

Let's see, I've got 10 in the top tier with revenue on the dash (under 2,000), 7 with revenue in the second tier (between 2,000 and 10,000), and 7 in the third tier (between 10,000 and 100,000). Pretty cool.

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#6 10/03/2008 8:18 am

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Posts: 60

Re: Earnings without lensrank

It probably has to a lot do with the relevance of your subject to the sales links.  I don't have much relevant to sell.  I guess there could be some Google revenue through a LegalZoom ad.

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#7 10/03/2008 8:27 am

bdkz
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Registered: 12/31/1969
Posts: 1578

Re: Earnings without lensrank

This is fun!

I have 48 lenses with sales currently pending on my dashboard.

5 in the top tier
14 in the second tier
29 in the third tier

I have one lens that ranked 116,781 and has .24 on the dashboard.

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#8 10/03/2008 8:41 am

Christene
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Posts: 4773

Re: Earnings without lensrank

The_Homeopath wrote:

third tier (between 10,000 and 100,000)

I believe Gil said the cutoff for tier 3 is 85,000
I can't find the thread, but the day he mentioned it I added it to my Squidoo Payday Questions & Answers lens.

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#9 10/03/2008 8:56 am

Janet21
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Registered: 01/05/2007
Posts: 2766

Re: Earnings without lensrank

Okay, I'll play.  I have 56 lenses showing royalties on the dashboard.
 
15 in the top tier
23 in the second tier
18 in the third tier

smile

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#10 10/03/2008 8:59 am

naturegirl7
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From: Louisiana
Registered: 12/31/1969
Posts: 1065

Re: Earnings without lensrank

I only have 3 lenses showing earnings in the $$$ column, but that's 3 more than I had last month.  big_smile

1 is in the middle tier
2 are in the third tier

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#11 10/03/2008 9:12 am

Christene
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Re: Earnings without lensrank

Janet...56 lenses!
"Seller Superstar" indeed.  big_smile

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#12 10/03/2008 9:22 am

triathlontraining
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Re: Earnings without lensrank

1 - first tier
1 - second tier
3 - third tier

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#13 10/03/2008 9:25 am

Joan4
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From: South Carolina, USA
Registered: 10/16/2007
Posts: 1146

Re: Earnings without lensrank

I have 67 featured lenses - 4 with sales showing on dashboard
2 in top tier
1 in second tier
1 in bottom tier  (33222)  lol

which is more than last month - so learning and growing..

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#14 10/03/2008 9:35 am

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Re: Earnings without lensrank

August was my first full month, so it will be interesting to see how I do.


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#15 10/03/2008 9:49 am

The_Book_Garden
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From: Bristol, UK
Registered: 06/30/2007
Posts: 1068

Re: Earnings without lensrank

aj2008 wrote:

August was my first full month, so it will be interesting to see how I do.

Not sure you are fully  understanding the discussion, as it is what is showing as pending on the dashboard currently against the tier that the lens is in at the moment. wink

My dashboard shows 6 lenses with current dashboard earnings, only 1 in the top tier, 4 in the middle, and one in the bottom. Though I also must  add that the squidoo affiliate earnings are dwarfed by my earnings from my own affiliate links. In august one of my lenses earned me almost $200 from the sale of one product where my earnings per customer were about $1.40 smile

I've linked to this discussion from my lens about Chasing Lensrank. It's great to see people discussing that earnings are not dependent on having a high lensrank.

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#16 10/03/2008 9:54 am

The_Homeopath
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Posts: 1294

Re: Earnings without lensrank

Christene wrote:

The_Homeopath wrote:

third tier (between 10,000 and 100,000)

I believe Gil said the cutoff for tier 3 is 85,000
I can't find the thread, but the day he mentioned it I added it to my Squidoo Payday Questions & Answers lens.

Thanks, good to know.  I don't have any over (or under - LOL) 79,623.

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#17 10/03/2008 9:57 am

EelKat
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From: Maine
Registered: 04/17/2007
Posts: 698

Re: Earnings without lensrank

0 top tier
4 second tier
9 third tier
3 didn't make tier rank

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#18 10/03/2008 10:03 am

JudyDunn
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From: Massachusetts
Registered: 12/31/1969
Posts: 200

Re: Earnings without lensrank

I had my very first sale just over a week ago.  62 cents!!!!  Wooohoooo!!

It was second tier, but just moved up to first tier.

But, as TheBookGarden says, affiliates have been more lucrative.  I set up a Zazzle shop, and have just over $7 in sales, in under a month.

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#19 10/03/2008 10:25 am

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Registered: 06/09/2007
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Re: Earnings without lensrank

I was curious of my own stats after reading this, and found 13 lenses with sale $
1 in tier #1
5 in tier #2
7 in tier #3

The Book Garden wrote:

Though I also must  add that the squidoo affiliate earnings are dwarfed by my earnings from my own affiliate links.

AMEN!!!
Me too wink
I was recently told by one of my companies that I'm one of the highest earners they have! "I don't know what you're doing....but keep it up"!

So with affiliate sales, squidoo module sales, and monthly adsense $ (average 20 tier #1), I'm pretty happy.


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#20 10/03/2008 10:49 am

triathlontraining
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Re: Earnings without lensrank

flowergardener wrote:

I was curious of my own stats after reading this, and found 13 lenses with sale $
1 in tier #1
5 in tier #2
7 in tier #3

The Book Garden wrote:

Though I also must  add that the squidoo affiliate earnings are dwarfed by my earnings from my own affiliate links.

AMEN!!!
Me too wink
I was recently told by one of my companies that I'm one of the highest earners they have! "I don't know what you're doing....but keep it up"!

So with affiliate sales, squidoo module sales, and monthly adsense $ (average 20 tier #1), I'm pretty happy.

Wow!  That's great news!

*If only I could get my mom to follow suit and join us.  <sigh>


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#21 10/03/2008 10:50 am

Marinadxb
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Re: Earnings without lensrank

Aaaarrrgghhh!!  I don't understand what any of this is about!  What sales?  Where in the dashboard??  I'm guessing I don't have any, but don't understand what's being sold, what tiers are, or how I would know if I had made a sale?!

Anyone who can provide yet another 'idiots guide to...' would be greatly appreciated!!


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#22 10/03/2008 11:09 am

triathlontraining
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Re: Earnings without lensrank

Marinadxb wrote:

Aaaarrrgghhh!!  I don't understand what any of this is about!  What sales?  Where in the dashboard??  I'm guessing I don't have any, but don't understand what's being sold, what tiers are, or how I would know if I had made a sale?!

Anyone who can provide yet another 'idiots guide to...' would be greatly appreciated!!

Take a look at this and read through it.  smile

Also, when you look in your Lenses part of the dashboard, you'll see the $$$ section, which is royalties for any affiliate sales (within Squidoo).  Some people also sell via their own affiliate links, such as Allposters.com, which is very good, or Commission Junction.

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The $$$ section might be called something else, because mine is setup probably different from yours.  Maybe Commission or Royalties?

Also, it can take a while (a few weeks or months) to generate sales, however this IS a good time of the year to build and get your lenses up to speed.  Most people are beginning to really shop now.

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#23 10/03/2008 11:12 am

naturegirl7
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From: Louisiana
Registered: 12/31/1969
Posts: 1065

Re: Earnings without lensrank

Marinadxb wrote:

Aaaarrrgghhh!!  I don't understand what any of this is about!  What sales?  Where in the dashboard??  I'm guessing I don't have any, but don't understand what's being sold, what tiers are, or how I would know if I had made a sale?!

Anyone who can provide yet another 'idiots guide to...' would be greatly appreciated!!

On your dashboard there is a column with $$$ on top.  In the column you have lots of $0.00.  On the lens(es) that have made sales from Amazon, ebay, etc. after a visitor clicked on a link to a product from your lens, you will get a royalty from that sale.  On Amazon, even if a visitor bought a different product, if the shopping started from your lens, you get a royalty on whatever was purchased.  This $$ is pending. 

It took a few months before I "made a sale", so don't be discouraged.

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#24 10/03/2008 11:19 am

naturegirl7
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From: Louisiana
Registered: 12/31/1969
Posts: 1065

Re: Earnings without lensrank

JudyDunn wrote:

But, as TheBookGarden says, affiliates have been more lucrative.  I set up a Zazzle shop, and have just over $7 in sales, in under a month.

I had a Zazzle shop first and discovered Squidoo as a way to promote the Zazzle shop.  So far I only have 1 documented referral royalty on Zazzle from Squidoo, but it quadrupled my traffic to Zazzle.

Now I spend so much time writing lenses on Squidoo, that my Zazzle shop is sort of taking care of itself.  I have made a lot more sales since joining Squidoo.  I need to go work in my shop a little before the holidays.

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#25 10/03/2008 11:31 am

Marinadxb
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Posts: 56

Re: Earnings without lensrank

All of my lenses have $0.00 next to them (in the lenses section).  Does this mean I've made no sales, or is this related directly to the sales modules.  If money has been made elsewhere, where do I see this amount?!


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