I know this is an old question and similar questions have been asked recently in the forum, but I need more information on that to optimize my sales.
Because I control my niche pretty well and I have several people from the niche on my facebook fanpage, I decided to promote my book with facebook ads. Facebook ads are much more expensive than AMZN ads, but when you have control of the niche, then FB ads are more convenient.
My book is written in Spanish and my main market is Spain (AMZN.es). Throughout Friday I sent Facebook ads about my book, redirecting people to the AMZN page where my book can be purchased.
I kept updating the KDP sales page throughout the whole Friday and there were no sales. Then I just stoped facebook ads.
Assuming there may be a delay in sales reports, I stay tuned for Saturday sales. During Saturday there were no sales ... the same on Sunday.
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays are the days with the highest amount of sales, but with these advertisements I did not have any. However, during Monday morning (today), I had a significant amount of sales of my book.
It is possible that those sales were from Friday and the delay has shown them today?
The question of: "KDP has some delay in displaying sales" is an old question. Many of those who say that sales show up immediately, say so because they perceive it that way. Until a few days ago I also perceived it that way, but to be realistic I have no idea when sales are made and when they are shown in KDP.
Facebook ads (sometimes) have some advantages over AMZN ads, especially if you have a list of people in your niche to whom to send those ads, but it is hard to work in a "blindly" way, without knowing if those sales were actually made by facebook ads or by someone looking for your book on AMZN.
Is there any way to know if whoever bought a book in AMZN searched for the book or came to the page through an external link?
Because I control my niche pretty well and I have several people from the niche on my facebook fanpage, I decided to promote my book with facebook ads. Facebook ads are much more expensive than AMZN ads, but when you have control of the niche, then FB ads are more convenient.
My book is written in Spanish and my main market is Spain (AMZN.es). Throughout Friday I sent Facebook ads about my book, redirecting people to the AMZN page where my book can be purchased.
I kept updating the KDP sales page throughout the whole Friday and there were no sales. Then I just stoped facebook ads.
Assuming there may be a delay in sales reports, I stay tuned for Saturday sales. During Saturday there were no sales ... the same on Sunday.
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays are the days with the highest amount of sales, but with these advertisements I did not have any. However, during Monday morning (today), I had a significant amount of sales of my book.
It is possible that those sales were from Friday and the delay has shown them today?
The question of: "KDP has some delay in displaying sales" is an old question. Many of those who say that sales show up immediately, say so because they perceive it that way. Until a few days ago I also perceived it that way, but to be realistic I have no idea when sales are made and when they are shown in KDP.
Facebook ads (sometimes) have some advantages over AMZN ads, especially if you have a list of people in your niche to whom to send those ads, but it is hard to work in a "blindly" way, without knowing if those sales were actually made by facebook ads or by someone looking for your book on AMZN.
Is there any way to know if whoever bought a book in AMZN searched for the book or came to the page through an external link?
