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Kindlepreneur is a website that teaches authors how to self-publish and market their books on Amazon and other online stores.

kindlepreneur.com · Founded 2015 · 9 public sources · Updated 22 days ago

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How Kindlepreneur Makes Money

Free self-publishing tutorials, tools, and courses for Amazon authors

How did Kindlepreneur monetize?

Summary of the sourced claims below

Kindlepreneur earns money through several channels, including one-time purchase software such as Atticus and Publisher Rocket, which is sold as a premium tool. The founder also earns income from paid consulting for publishing companies and from affiliate commissions, such as earning a 100% commission on Kindle Samurai sales instead of the half rate of his affiliate deal. Kindlepreneur also sells courses on self-publishing.

Revenue sources

5 sources · grouped by how Kindlepreneur makes money

  • Services & consulting

    · 4 mentions · 3 sources
    “I’m also a 7x bestselling author and when I’m not working on the above, I’m also a consultant to multiple publishing companies and NYT bestselling authors.”
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    “I’m also a consultant to multiple publishing companies and NYT bestselling authors.”
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    “I've been a consultant to major publishing companies as well as worked with and coached many well-known award-winning authors.”
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    “I’ve also been a paid consultant for multiple major publishing companies and am the founder of Kindlepreneur, Publisher Rocket, and Atticus.”
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  • One-time / lifetime deals

    · 3 mentions · 3 sources
    “Another thing I love about Atticus is that it is a one-time purchase, which I think this is incredibly important for authors. I personally do not like the idea of putting all my written work on a subscription based software, so I didn't want people to have to pay for Atticus month after month or ...”
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    “Publisher Rocket is our premium tool for finding keywords and categories to help you hit best-seller status faster and earn more money in book sales. Go Get Rocket”
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    “But what really endeared us to our customers was that we never charged them extra for these improvements. All upgrades were free. So, for previous buyers, it was basically the software that got better and better and kept on giving.”
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  • Affiliate / referral commissions

    · 3 mentions · 2 sources
    “One morning, when going over my analytics and affiliate reports, I realized from one single article on book software (https://kindlepreneur.com/best-book-writing-software/), I was selling between 3-5 copies a day of software called Kindle Samurai.”
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    “(Get 20% off of Scrivener by clicking here for Mac or here for PC and enter the special code of KINDLEPRENEUR when purchasing. If you’re upgrading to Mac 3.0, then use this for 50% off SCRIV3MAC.)”
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    “One morning, when going over my analytics and affiliate reports, I realized from one single article on book software (https://kindlepreneur.com/best-book-writing-software/), I was selling between 3-5 copies a day of software called Kindle Samurai... I’d get 100% of the commission instead of the h...”
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  • Course / training sales

    · 2 mentions
    “New! Check out my new course on self-publishing...Four courses to guide your author path.”
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    “My name is Dave Chesson and I’m the founder of Kindlepreneur (https://kindlepreneur.com/), a website devoted to help and teach authors how to self-publish, and market their books on Amazon and other online stores.”
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  • Physical products

    · 1 mention
    “When I wrote my first book, I was making about $2,000 a month. When I wrote my second book, I was making an extra $1,000 a month. That was $3,000 a month that I was getting from my books.”
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How 2,622 businesses make money

Of businesses with mapped revenue sources, the share using each — Kindlepreneur’s highlighted.
  • Recurring subscriptions
    65%
  • One-time / lifetime deals
    29% ◀
  • Services & consulting
    25% ◀
  • Physical products
    22% ◀
  • Affiliate / referral commissions
    14% ◀
  • Course / training sales
    11% ◀
  • Add-ons & upsells
    10%
  • Usage-based fees
    10%
  • Sponsorships & partnerships
    9%
  • Advertising revenue
    9%
  • Marketplace commissions
    5%
  • Licensing
    2%
  • Donations & tips
    2%
  • Setup / onboarding fees
    2%
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