Did The Increased KDP Fees Affect Book Sales and Income?
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@JeanettVeronica10 ай бұрын
Hi Paul. It's great to see the price change didn't affect you 🙂However, that was not the case for me. I sell mainly coloring books and am in a very competitive niche. I tried to raise my price from 6.99 to 7.99, but my bestsellers immediately took a hit. Had to lower the price price again on most books because I'd rather not lose my bestseller badge. This has resulted in a pretty great loss in my overall Amazon income, which is my main income. I have to run ads in my niche, and cpc is so expensive. Now that my royalty is lower, I don't earn as much profit. So that sucks! Still trying to find a new balance.
@paulmarles
10 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing. I guess some niches may be more sensitive to price changes than others. I hope you manage to recover your royalty levels to the pre-fee changes.
@christinagotsina793810 ай бұрын
I love the way you explain things. Money and math are my worst subjects. I'm an artist so numbers are not fun for me. But the way you explained it, it made complete sense! I've already created 3 coloring books and some planners with your help and It's only been 1 month and I already have 10 orders. Thank you so much, Dr. Marles
@paulmarles
10 ай бұрын
That's great to hear. Glad you're already making sales. A great start!
@toojeemat10 ай бұрын
For info : in France, Amazon has also increased the fee for paperback and now our government has just obliged online bookstores like Amazon to apply a 3€ delivery charge per order or free delivery for orders of 35€ or more (books only). It's a double penalty...
@AL6198
9 ай бұрын
Malheureusement, il ne faut pas sortir du troupeau en France, autrement garre a la guillotine! M.... quand meme!
@rw986610 ай бұрын
I kept my prices the same making good sales still
@paulmarles
10 ай бұрын
That's good to hear. 👍
@davidruiz_promonet9 ай бұрын
Hello Paul very good channel I could tell the same about my experience into Amazon KDP the last 7 years, I was scare to change a little bit my prices but I did improve into the contend every 3 years and we keep go on my books are non fictions but a taking notes, my rank to rise is $1 - $7 right now! Best regards!.. 😂📝🌎
@SisiBisi-zh1cj9 ай бұрын
Thank you
@rachidel318610 ай бұрын
Hi paul i have over than 60 book between coloring and nootebook but i dont get sell over than 2 monthly and ihave one book on ferst pages
@paulmarles
10 ай бұрын
If you're not getting any sales you may find this video helpful: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pJqXlNOzfb2TYJc.html
@kinkyfangedpanda322510 ай бұрын
I have uploaded my book 5 days ago it still is in review. I don't know why they are taking so long
@bouchrabusy4398
10 ай бұрын
Yes at first it takes a little bit longer 😊 but when your account pass some Time it will take less
@Miranda.19
10 ай бұрын
Same thing was for me but now it gets reviewed within a few hours
@kinkyfangedpanda3225
10 ай бұрын
@@Miranda.19 seriously
@paulmarles
10 ай бұрын
It can sometimes take up to a week. There can be a number of reasons but it should go through soon. If not then you could always contact KDP support.
@kinkyfangedpanda3225
10 ай бұрын
@@paulmarles thanks
@Aquarian_Dreams11110 ай бұрын
Great content as usual. I would like to know if using coloured lines would increase the cost of printing quite a bit more. Would this be a good choice if the journal is $6.99? Thanks, wish I'd followed you two years ago.
@paulmarles
10 ай бұрын
Yes, it would increase the cost a lot more and I wouldn't recommend it if you're priceing at $6.99
@teresa.wilkins10 ай бұрын
Hi Paul, Could you make a KZread vid about the following: if possible: I have to change my author page and url. I have no idea where to strat- will KDP reset my author page? I have only recenlty seen that there is a company listed with the same author name as me- I would like to change my author Central page : url : and my A+ Content, but I do not know how. Please could you assist? I find your Vids extremely helpful, in fact you have inspired me to be a KDP Publisher. Thank you for that!
@Paramountfilms.10 ай бұрын
Hi Paul, I hope you are well. I am following you. I am a newbie. I like your work. I need your help with KDP publishing. Because Amazon blocked my 2 Paperbacks.
@freddo9310 ай бұрын
Interesting. Thanks
@paulmarles
10 ай бұрын
You're welcome
@lindahecker605610 ай бұрын
I published a few books that are well done but they do not show up anywhere. How do I write the HTML to move it into view? I could not get the program you had to work.
@bluebellbell3725
10 ай бұрын
It takes awhile for the keywords to get in the system. I’ve heard it can take one-three months
@paulmarles
10 ай бұрын
It can take a while for books to start ranking. It depends on many factors - the niche, the competion, what keywords you chose, how well they are optimised, the click through rate which is largely dependent on cover designs.
@lindahecker6056
10 ай бұрын
@@paulmarles my cover designs are great. I guess( after watching you last night) I have too many title words.
@abigaillee768510 ай бұрын
Thanks for this I needed to hear this information.
@imraanpaleker95862 ай бұрын
If one doesn't sell anything on the kdp, because you put your back details in, when you sign up, are you still charged for every book you have or is it quite safe with you not being charged anything?
@linkplustechglobalservices419210 ай бұрын
Interesting great contents, please I have question how can reach out to you? I am planning to publish my first children's books on Amazon Kdp I really need your help and advice...
@ruslank402810 ай бұрын
Hi, Paul! I have started running ads recently with my budget set around $2-3 per day and bids at $0.1-0.3 range depending on on the niche. However, I was not getting too many impressions. Then I have increased my bids to $0.4-0.5 and changed bidding strategy to up and down. Now, I am getting impressions but my budget runs out quickly. Should I increase my daily budget? But I am worried about spending too much on ads. Although I am getting more impressions, but those impressons do not convert into sales. By the way, does that "Spend" amount shown in the campaigns manager include previous days' amounts or does it show only today's ad expenses? I.e. is it running total or not?
@davidruiz_promonet
9 ай бұрын
Well I recommend just ads when Prime days or special sale events are coming over 😂👍🏼
@ayoubmadkouri818710 ай бұрын
Hello Paul, thanks for the excellent video. I have a question: I created a Sketchbook last year and two copies of it were sold for the first time this month. Its size is 8.5 x 11 inches and I charged $5.99 for it. Should I increase the price to $6.99 or leave the price as it is? Thank you.
@paulmarles
10 ай бұрын
At $5.99 you are probably making very little profit and so I would increase it to $6.99.
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Hi Paul. It's great to see the price change didn't affect you 🙂However, that was not the case for me. I sell mainly coloring books and am in a very competitive niche. I tried to raise my price from 6.99 to 7.99, but my bestsellers immediately took a hit. Had to lower the price price again on most books because I'd rather not lose my bestseller badge. This has resulted in a pretty great loss in my overall Amazon income, which is my main income. I have to run ads in my niche, and cpc is so expensive. Now that my royalty is lower, I don't earn as much profit. So that sucks! Still trying to find a new balance.
@paulmarles
10 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing. I guess some niches may be more sensitive to price changes than others. I hope you manage to recover your royalty levels to the pre-fee changes.
I love the way you explain things. Money and math are my worst subjects. I'm an artist so numbers are not fun for me. But the way you explained it, it made complete sense! I've already created 3 coloring books and some planners with your help and It's only been 1 month and I already have 10 orders. Thank you so much, Dr. Marles
@paulmarles
10 ай бұрын
That's great to hear. Glad you're already making sales. A great start!
For info : in France, Amazon has also increased the fee for paperback and now our government has just obliged online bookstores like Amazon to apply a 3€ delivery charge per order or free delivery for orders of 35€ or more (books only). It's a double penalty...
@AL6198
9 ай бұрын
Malheureusement, il ne faut pas sortir du troupeau en France, autrement garre a la guillotine! M.... quand meme!
I kept my prices the same making good sales still
@paulmarles
10 ай бұрын
That's good to hear. 👍
Hello Paul very good channel I could tell the same about my experience into Amazon KDP the last 7 years, I was scare to change a little bit my prices but I did improve into the contend every 3 years and we keep go on my books are non fictions but a taking notes, my rank to rise is $1 - $7 right now! Best regards!.. 😂📝🌎
Thank you
Hi paul i have over than 60 book between coloring and nootebook but i dont get sell over than 2 monthly and ihave one book on ferst pages
@paulmarles
10 ай бұрын
If you're not getting any sales you may find this video helpful: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pJqXlNOzfb2TYJc.html
I have uploaded my book 5 days ago it still is in review. I don't know why they are taking so long
@bouchrabusy4398
10 ай бұрын
Yes at first it takes a little bit longer 😊 but when your account pass some Time it will take less
@Miranda.19
10 ай бұрын
Same thing was for me but now it gets reviewed within a few hours
@kinkyfangedpanda3225
10 ай бұрын
@@Miranda.19 seriously
@paulmarles
10 ай бұрын
It can sometimes take up to a week. There can be a number of reasons but it should go through soon. If not then you could always contact KDP support.
@kinkyfangedpanda3225
10 ай бұрын
@@paulmarles thanks
Great content as usual. I would like to know if using coloured lines would increase the cost of printing quite a bit more. Would this be a good choice if the journal is $6.99? Thanks, wish I'd followed you two years ago.
@paulmarles
10 ай бұрын
Yes, it would increase the cost a lot more and I wouldn't recommend it if you're priceing at $6.99
Hi Paul, Could you make a KZread vid about the following: if possible: I have to change my author page and url. I have no idea where to strat- will KDP reset my author page? I have only recenlty seen that there is a company listed with the same author name as me- I would like to change my author Central page : url : and my A+ Content, but I do not know how. Please could you assist? I find your Vids extremely helpful, in fact you have inspired me to be a KDP Publisher. Thank you for that!
Hi Paul, I hope you are well. I am following you. I am a newbie. I like your work. I need your help with KDP publishing. Because Amazon blocked my 2 Paperbacks.
Interesting. Thanks
@paulmarles
10 ай бұрын
You're welcome
I published a few books that are well done but they do not show up anywhere. How do I write the HTML to move it into view? I could not get the program you had to work.
@bluebellbell3725
10 ай бұрын
It takes awhile for the keywords to get in the system. I’ve heard it can take one-three months
@paulmarles
10 ай бұрын
It can take a while for books to start ranking. It depends on many factors - the niche, the competion, what keywords you chose, how well they are optimised, the click through rate which is largely dependent on cover designs.
@lindahecker6056
10 ай бұрын
@@paulmarles my cover designs are great. I guess( after watching you last night) I have too many title words.
Thanks for this I needed to hear this information.
If one doesn't sell anything on the kdp, because you put your back details in, when you sign up, are you still charged for every book you have or is it quite safe with you not being charged anything?
Interesting great contents, please I have question how can reach out to you? I am planning to publish my first children's books on Amazon Kdp I really need your help and advice...
Hi, Paul! I have started running ads recently with my budget set around $2-3 per day and bids at $0.1-0.3 range depending on on the niche. However, I was not getting too many impressions. Then I have increased my bids to $0.4-0.5 and changed bidding strategy to up and down. Now, I am getting impressions but my budget runs out quickly. Should I increase my daily budget? But I am worried about spending too much on ads. Although I am getting more impressions, but those impressons do not convert into sales. By the way, does that "Spend" amount shown in the campaigns manager include previous days' amounts or does it show only today's ad expenses? I.e. is it running total or not?
@davidruiz_promonet
9 ай бұрын
Well I recommend just ads when Prime days or special sale events are coming over 😂👍🏼
Hello Paul, thanks for the excellent video. I have a question: I created a Sketchbook last year and two copies of it were sold for the first time this month. Its size is 8.5 x 11 inches and I charged $5.99 for it. Should I increase the price to $6.99 or leave the price as it is? Thank you.
@paulmarles
10 ай бұрын
At $5.99 you are probably making very little profit and so I would increase it to $6.99.
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