When did you earn your first internet dollar? 💸

Question

Do you remember the first customer of your online product/service?

It is said that the first is special. 
What technique (do you think) helped you to gain the first paying customer?

I would like to hear/read your story.

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Speaking about me, a few years back I created a workout online training platform and people probably found me on social media (I was quite active) – so my first customer noticed me and noticed my results.

But TBH, I had many online products/services as I did many projects. The success is that every product had its first paying customer. 😅 I think it was because of my visibility in communities.

CY Zhou · Accepted Answer

I earned my first internet dollar back in 2010 by selling handmade jewelry on Etsy. It was a small sale, but it sparked my passion for online business!

Rowe Morehouse · Answer

Selling a Sales Training product on ClickBank in 2004. That's when I had the first $ dollar from an internet sale hit my personal bank account, rather than being paid by an employer to build things on the internet.

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@joeskin @busmark_w_nika the best comment i saw on a monday morning🤣

Business Marketing with Nika · Answer

@jalajdu First, you should have some testimonials (good to be recommended by satisfied users) – maybe you can find 2 people who would benefit from discounted service (I know that one guy did the same and somehow they reconnected with one of my contacts) – but really do now know how did get in touch :D it is one approach I outlined. The second could be e.g. streaming your building process (but this is a very long-term approach and quite risky – this is for a longer discussion). When you have credibility and authority in your industry, it is more likely you get clients more easily.

Business Marketing with Nika · Answer

@rowemore I reckon since then you started to be more into internet selling (because no one wants to go back :D)

Anna Jack · Answer

I have earned through my gig on Fiverr in the year 2020

Nsikan Dickson · Answer

To be honest, I have a lot of products, but I need  client that I will sell my product too, so can you help me with that?

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@busmark_w_nika, what an inspiring journey! 😍 It's amazing how your active presence on social media brought in your first customer for the workout training platform. Visibility really does play a key role, doesn't it? My first internet dollar came from freelancing small gigs – I remember refreshing the page endlessly until that first payment notification popped up! 😂 Would love to hear more stories from the community. Thanks for sharing yours! 😄

Kostya Bolshukhin · Answer

Selling financial model as a consulting service in 2017

I did them a lot in-house, decided to try selling aa side-hustle

Starting from there I have built an analytics agency and run it for 4 years before moved back to SaaS

Kostya Bolshukhin · Answer

@busmark_w_nika tbh my cofounder stole our cash and money we saved to pay contractors

Had to negotiate to get time to earn enough to pay debts to contractors.

Then I decided to close / not restart agency as I wanted to build products. So I joined B2B SAAS as Sales Director

Salar Davari · Answer

I think it was about four months after I started. It was three years ago and I sometimes miss those days.

Business Marketing with Nika · Answer

@kostyabolsh Ufff, feel sorr for that. Cannot understand how people can do these things. :/

Business Marketing with Nika · Answer

@kostyabolsh Wait, you have been running your own digital company? Was it acquired?

Business Marketing with Nika · Answer

@joeskin When you stop hiding under "fake" photo, maybe yes (:

Ibileke Samuel · Answer

@busmark_w_nika good reply😂😂

When did you earn your first internet dollar? 💸

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