Written on December 12th, 2006 at 05:12 am by Darren Rowse
What’s the Weirdest Thing You’ve Sold on Amazon?
Some days when I check what was bought via my Amazon Associate’s affiliate program the previous day I just have to laugh. Here’s a random sample of 10 items from yesterday’s sales which I think has to be the oddest collection of sales I’ve every had in a day.
- Waring MG800 Professional Electric Meat Grinder
- 30 HP NorTrac Bulldozer and Backhoe
- Vote for Pedro Ringer T-shirt for men
- Intermediate Algebra, Ninth Edition
- Jerky Treats, Sizzlin’ Bac’n, 11.25 Ounce Unit
- Walnut Gavel with Engravable Brass Band
- Pulse B-2 Tunable 2-Tone Bongos
- Tampax Super Absorbency Tampons, 100-Count Boxes (Pack of 2)
- Coomb’s Maple Syrup, Premium Grade B, 32-Ounce Jug
- Gold Toe Men’s Metropolitan Dress Sock, 3-Pack
You’ve got to love Amazon - considering all I ever link to are camera gear and books!
What’s the weirdest thing you’ve sold via Amazon’s Affiliate Program?
34 Responses to “What’s the Weirdest Thing You’ve Sold on Amazon?”
Allen.H
December 12th, 2006 6:08 am
Never really got into affiliate marketing. Thought about mass CPA advertising before but didn’t really keep up with it:
Here’s a random sample of 10 items from yesterday’s sales
A random sample of 10 items from yesterday? man, how many items are you gettin’ daily? that must be a good paycheck at the end of each month…anyway, you deserve it =)
Allen.H
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December 12th, 2006 6:08 am
Ummm. DVD’s! Ahem, I have a Movie Review site that uses Amazon’s database. :)
For those that want to know. It’s http://www.mymoviereview.info
It’s fairly new but rising in popularity.
Molly's Brother
December 12th, 2006 6:12 am
It’s interesting that you post this because my Amazon store is quite ecclectic. I figured that, in addition to the books and DVDs that people expect I would also try to sell other things that people might be interested in buying, as well (like household cleaning supplies and the such).
It makes me smile just thinking about it.
I’m experimenting with it so we’ll see how successful it is.
Blake Schwendiman
December 12th, 2006 6:20 am
For me it is definitely this:
Dark Warrior Single Ninja Spike Anime Kunai Weapon
Blake
Sexual Health And Advice
December 12th, 2006 6:21 am
Interesting, I started a few weeks ago and still havent sold anything too crazy..
Ed
Tom G
December 12th, 2006 6:28 am
I have a sports-centric site and I was amused to see a book entitled “Diagnosis and Treatment of the Narcissistic Family”.
Robert Kingston
December 12th, 2006 6:44 am
Who buys Meat Grinders anyway?
The weirdest thing I’ve ever sold is a book about astronomy… I guess I need to make more sales.
holch
December 12th, 2006 6:59 am
I guess the 30 HP NorTrac Bulldozer and Backhoe was not Pay per Sale, right?
Would not be too bad, like 5% of the $21,799.99, that would be $1090. Not too bad.
Shannon
December 12th, 2006 7:01 am
I’ve only had one sale since I started blogging a coupel months back… a garage door opener. My blog is about food and I usually put up links to cookbooks and gourmet grocery stuff, heh.
Jon Symons
December 12th, 2006 7:08 am
What’s really weird is that, due to the mighty ProBlogger PR power, you’re now going to rank in Google for all those items. :)
Tamar Weinberg
December 12th, 2006 7:08 am
Be careful - they might be reading this, Darren! :)
Pearl
December 12th, 2006 7:18 am
The story behind how you came to have such an ecletic mix to sell could be a post unto itself.
adam
December 12th, 2006 7:31 am
In the same day, I “sold” a Praise Baby Collection: Born to Worship and “Spunk’d” … apparently a gay porn DVD called Live! Crude! Guys!
Both having nothing to do with food or cooking.
Cary
December 12th, 2006 7:35 am
OK, not the strangest item I’ve sold, but certainly the best title––
Eat Papayas Naked: The Ph Balanced Diet for Super Health And Glowing Beauty
Rebecca
December 12th, 2006 9:54 am
The weirdest thing I’ve sold on Amazon? Aura Cacia peppermint oil. (It’s a fashion blog.) ?*?*?
I’m jealous. I love the “vote for Pedro” ringers.
HART (1-800-HART)
December 12th, 2006 10:20 am
I was just kibbitzing around and put a link to the most expensive priced item I could find last year for Xmas .. and ..it sold.
Briggs & Stratton Power Products Model 9801 10,000 Watt Portable Generator - Price $1,998.94 - 4% Commission $79.96
Sweeeeeeeeet. It’s still about 80% of my amazon lifetime earnings. All my others are like $0.56 each etc.
HART (1-800-HART)
December 12th, 2006 10:22 am
Oh .. btw everybody.. proper names please! I’ll probably put your weird suggestions over at my blog too :) hehe
HART (1-800-HART)
December 12th, 2006 10:26 am
Whoa = wasn’t paying attention .. you sold .. a .. 30 HP NorTrac Bulldozer and Backhoe yesterday?
*bowing* We’re Not Worthy….
Arieanna
December 12th, 2006 10:39 am
I’ve sold some powder for areas I shouldn’t know are itchy, and this one a couple of days ago:
http://www.vancouvercoffee.ca/archives/2006/12/barista-action-figure.html
Arieanna
December 12th, 2006 10:40 am
And several el bulli cookbooks. Gotta love the most expensive cookbook post ;)
Michael Hampton
December 12th, 2006 10:56 am
I sell more books than anything else on Amazon, and one of the weirdest books I’ve sold on Amazon was something I actually promoted:
The Dog Dialed 911
A few odd titles (that I have never heard of!):
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Scrooge Meets Dick and Jane
My Tank Is Fight!
Anthony
December 12th, 2006 11:47 am
Someone actually bought Clotted Cream though my Gardening Blog.
http://amazon.com/o/asin/B0000TU8KI
When I think about Compost, the first thing that pops into my head is Clotted Cream so I completely understand. :)
Lara
December 12th, 2006 1:00 pm
I can’t even begin to think I could compare with that list, Darren!! Thanks for the laughs!
*imagining the person who bought all of the above in one purchase*
Bwaaahahahaa!
stef
December 12th, 2006 2:06 pm
that *is* a weird list. my list is weird too, but not as weird as yours.
we do LOVE coombs maple syrup. grade B definitely. i had no idea amazon sold them.
Mama Duck
December 13th, 2006 12:33 am
Ha!! I do get the oddest things too, I’m wondering how someone coming to read a parenting blog would end up buying Lilly Industries 2407 12-Ounce Paint Remover, for example ;). I wonder if people do it just to mess with our minds? ;)
Joe
December 13th, 2006 3:45 am
I run a music website, and somehow we sold some Purple 54 inch Shoe Laces. Score!
Maria Palma
December 13th, 2006 7:29 am
I’ve sold quite a few random things through my websites! This last month I sold Fruits Basket: Kyo & Yuki Anime Pins
Guess someone was doing some Christmas shopping along with buying a book or two!
Michelle
December 13th, 2006 3:43 pm
You are kidding! You can buy tampons on Amazon? No kidding!
technabob
December 15th, 2006 10:46 am
You know, I have an Amazon Associate account set up, and even though I get about 1000 visitors a day to my tech blog, I get virtually 0 conversion on Amazon stuff. I even set up an integrated aStore on my site:
http://technabob.com/blog/shop/
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I do quite well with my CTR on Google and Chitika ads, but I never have had much success with Amazon (I tried their Omakase links, and got a decent number of clicks but no conversion).
Mike Johnston
December 18th, 2006 10:28 am
I have a music-focused site that primarily generates music-related sales, specific to Frank Sinatra. Recently, however, I noticed that due to the Christmas season people are buying a much wider variety of items. The one item of note was an X-rated female product that required batteries…. It wasn’t until that moment that I realized Amazon even sold those items. Now I realize: they sell EVERYTHING.
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January 3rd, 2007 3:38 am
A bulldozer? Good god.
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Roo
April 10th, 2007 6:22 am
My astore doesn’t get a lot of traffic, and therefore does not get many sales. Though the other day I commented in an amazon sellers forum about a weird thing I spotted on the amazon uk site, by providing a link to it I generated over a dozen sales that day!
It was certainly the strangest thing I’d ever seen on amazon and with a hefty price tag too! check it out yourselves - metalgnu How it got in the kitchen and homewares category i’m not really sure though!
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