Ally Gibson

If you read the November 2024 Amazon KDP Income Report, then you’ll understand why the December report is so late. The holidays were super busy for me and I just didn’t have any time to dedicate to my business. The cool thing about passive income is that even if you don’t work on your business, you still make money. December was a record month for me despite not working on my books. For most people who work online, Q4 (October, November, December) is the most profitable time of the year and that was the case with KDP. I’ll stop talking …

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Welcome to 2025 everybody! I swear the holidays just flew by and before I knew it, it was the middle of January. A lot has happened since my last post. I’ve been busier than ever and haven’t had much time to work on KDP, Merch or Etsy. Between November and December, my mom was diagnosed with kidney cancer and had surgery (she’s going to be OK), we took a 3 week cruise, we celebrated Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s & my birthday and I started a new diet & exercise routine. Whew! It’s been a lot!! And it’s not over yet, …

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I’m super excited to update you on everything I’ve done with my Etsy store in October. The amount of money I’ve earned from my Etsy store in October probably won’t impress you but the big money will come later. All of this work I’ve done in October will pay off eventually. Here is my October 2024 Etsy store income report: October 2024 Income Report In October, I made $43.45 from 8 orders. I had 298 visits which gives me a conversion rate of 2.7%. Something happened in October behind the scenes at Etsy because there were a lot of people …

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Welcome to November! It seems like October just flew by. My October stats for Merch on Demand are very disappointing. I was doing great in September and then it was like a switch flipped and my sales died. I also didn’t get all my goals completed in October. I spent most of my time working on KDP or Etsy and neglected Merch. Here’s what happened with Amazon Merch on Demand in October: October 2024 Income Report In October 2024, I made $64.84 with 14 sales and 2 returns for a total of 12 sales. Compared to the 32 sales I …

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Welcome to November! It felt like October just flew by. I’ve been very motivated the last few weeks and have gotten most of my monthly goals completed for KDP, Merch and Etsy. I thought I’d keep the momentum and motivation going by getting the October income reports published right away. Here is my October 2024 KDP income report: October 2024 Income Report In October 2024, I sold 32 books for a total income of $65.97. This was a record month for both income and number of books sold in one month. I published 4 new books and I uploaded 3 …

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Even though the end of September was busy, busy, busy, I was still able to get quite a bit done with my Etsy store. As far as sales go, you’ll have to keep reading to find out how I did. Here’s my September 2024 Etsy Store Income Report: September 2024 Income Report In September, I made $56.07 from 10 orders. I had 224 visits which gives me a conversion rate of 4.3%. It was almost the exact same stats as last month. I made 1 less order, had around 20 less visits and had the exact same conversion rate. I …

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September and the last few weeks of October have been extremely busy for me. I was able to get some work done on Merch though. In fact, I completed all of the goals I set in September (which was only 1 but I’m still proud of myself). Before we get into goals, let’s see how much I earned in September on Merch on Demand (spoiler: it was a record-setting month). September 2024 Income Report In September 2024, I made $176.86 with 33 sales and 1 returns for a total of 32 sales. I had 0 cancellations. I have 500 designs …

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Posting these income reports late is starting to become a pattern. Sorry about that. It’s been a very busy two weeks for me. My parents decided to sell our house (we live in a duplex – me in the walk-out basement and my parents on the main floor). We spent the first week touring house after house trying to find something that would work for all of us. We finally found a house to buy and then rushed to get our house on the market. After the inspection last Wednesday, we decided to pull our offer because that house needed …

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