January Sales: Reports of Smashwords' Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated

[jeriendhal]

I'd thought I'd had a pretty good sales month on Amazon, only to check Smashwords this morning to discover I've been doing better there than I had been recently. Sales from Barnes & Noble showed up on the January report, giving me two sales each on Teal's Bargain/War/Choice and a single sale on CotRV. Add in a sale each on Teal's Bargain and The Dragon's Companion from Smashwords directly and I made a bit over $5.00 in profit. Piddling, but it's more than I'd been getting from them recently. Yesterday I also received payment for the 4th quarter of 2011 from them, which added up to a whopping $20 and some change, which I immediately gave to Meg for a final payment on the cover of CotRV.

Meanwhile, Amazon KDP brought in the most bacon, with eleven sales on CotRV (with one return), four sales on Teal's Choice, two each on Teal's Bargain and Teal's War, and a sale apiece on The Dragon's Companion and Triumvirate.

Comments

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

How do you get to the screen that gives you your Smashwords sales reports? I know how to get to the Amazon one, but I haven't been able to find the Smashwords one, and Smashwords only sends the email when you sell a copy directly through them, not for B&N sales, etc.

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

Go to your dashboard and click on Sales & Payment Report on the left collumn. At the very top you'll see a line that says "Choose a Year". Click on the year you want to look at and then scroll down past "How to Read This Report" and the box right after it. You should see "Sales and Payments During 20xx" which will give you a sale by sale listing of what sold from which outlet.

Note that the sales from the non-Smashwords outlets are only updated periodically, not instantly like Smashwords.

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

Thanks!