What time do Amazon rankings update? Sometimes it seems like it's on the top of the hour, other times it seems like once an hour on the half hour. I've never been able to determine if there's a set time for the updated data.
24 hours! That can't be right. My Paid in store rankings change every hour or two, I just can't figure out at what time to look. Now and then there does seem to be a lag where the change is minimal, and a few hours later there's a larger jump, but it's never static for hours.
That's interesting. It's also true that the rate of speed seems to change, I assume because of server load. Like Kay, I've seen my rankings stick from time to time.
The thing that surprised me the most was on the KDP graph, not the author rankings. It changed/updated a day's sales eight hours after the day had ended. So heh, when midnight comes and you see that graph plunge to zero, all may not be lost!
The thing that surprised me the most was on the KDP graph, not the author rankings. It changed/updated a day's sales eight hours after the day had ended. So heh, when midnight comes and you see that graph plunge to zero, all may not be lost!
My sales graph always goes to zero at precisely midnight US east coast time. What I am saying is that eight hours after this happened for one of my books, Amazon went back, and added another sale to what was by then the day-before sales spike. I've had them do that a few other times too, but only maybe an hour or two after midnight. This was a full eight hours.
That's interesting. It's also true that the rate of speed seems to change, I assume because of server load. Like Kay, I've seen my rankings stick from time to time.
What I am saying is that eight hours after this happened for one of my books, Amazon went back, and added another sale to what was by then the day-before sales spike. I've had them do that a few other times too, but only maybe an hour or two after midnight. This was a full eight hours.
Let me clarify what I meant by timezone issues. Literally 90% of my sales go in my 'day-before sales spike' because I live in a time zone that's far ahead of the US (where most of my sales come from.) As far as I know, sales go in the appropriate date column for the buyer. If your buyer was 8 or more hours behind you, that would explain your sale going into the day before. I'm not saying that's definitely what's happening, but it is a possible explanation for your issue.
LMareeApps said:
I also think I read somewhere here, that the sales dashboard is delayed depending on how long the buyer's credit card payment takes to process.
My author rank has been stuck at, ahem, #118,000ish for the last three days. I've no idea what's going on with it.
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