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If you already have something to promote, like a self-published ebook on North Korea, and they let you put a few lines and an Amazon link at the end, then it mi
by vellum 14y ago
If you already have something to promote, like a self-published ebook on North Korea, and they let you put a few lines and an Amazon link at the end, then it might be worth it.
Assuming:
30,000 page views, 2-5% conversion rate, $4.99 price (Amazon takes 30%, so $3.49 profit)
You could make $2095 - $5239.
- lenazegher 14y agoI know you're just spitballing here, but 30k page views is probably pretty low and a 2-5% conversion rate is definitely extremely high.
- vellum 14y agoI'm not sure what kind of traffic most Atlantic articles get. I used Gawker as a reference for guesstimating pageviews. A lot of their self-reported pageviews in the sidebar are around 30k or under. You're right, 2-5% is high. But I do think an article that leads into a pitch for a topical e-book would convert well with Atlantic traffic.
- BCM43 14y agoI'm guessing 2-5% conversion rate is a little high, but your point still stands.
- cm2012 14y agoIn this case, you might as well not have used any numbers of all. It gives an impression of concreteness in your example of numbers that are very unrealistic in my experience.