I know there are a bunch of you out there who are just starting out, and are still trying to get that first sale. I can't begin to tell you how important it is getting that first sale.  It really has nothing to do with the money.  It's much more important for your confidence.I know exactly what it's like when you are trying to make that first sale ever.  You log in to your account and all you ever see is $0 next to your balance.  You wish you could just see a different number.  It doesn't matter if it's just 50 cents. You'll take anything. You just want see that it works.  That you can make money online.

I went through it just like anybody else.

When I first started, my first venture was to try to make money as an affiliate of eBay.  This was during the day when eBay's affiliate program was run through Commission Junction.  (Now….it's run in-house).

I had built a little site that was about motorcycles, and I would write some articles on the site, but the majority of each page consisted of eBay listings on motorcycles.  When somebody would click on one of the listings and go to eBay and buy something, I would make a commission.

It was about a week after I had setup the website, and I was starting to get some traffic.  I remember checking my account on Commission like every hour on the hour. (I strongly recommend that you DO NOT do this, if you are a newbie. It can drive you crazy). I would constantly be seeing $0 next to my account balance.

Then one day…….YAHTZEE!!! I saw $25 on my balance. My reaction was somewhat akin to how people react when they win the lottery.  But that $25 felt like all the money in the world to me. The feeling was just incredible to know that you can put a website on something as massive on the internet and have people, not only find you, but they do what you want them to do. Words can't describe the feeling.

I remember the next day, I was so motivated that I created two more websites, and before I knew it I was on my way to make a living online.  The rest is, as they say, history.

I just wanted to write this post to let all the newbies know that we all start the same way.  All of us start with that first sale.  From that moment on, most of get hooked on this business.  I know that was the case with me.