I Made Multiple Five Figures In July Working ZERO Hours - Amazon KDP Income Report

About this video

In this July 2021 income report, the creator claims he made $33,852 in revenue and $26,506 in profit while working less than an hour that month, which he spent checking email and covers and submitting books to ACX, while traveling part of the month and focusing mainly on building a course. He breaks the claimed revenue down as $15,636.52 from KDP, $12,534.77 plus $944.67 from two ACX accounts, IngramSpark income from the US, UK, Australia and Global Connect totaling a little over $2,200, $823.24 from Draft2Digital, $630.28 from Google Play, $997.28 from Findaway Voices, and $25 from ClickBank affiliate marketing. Against that he lists about $1,735 in book creation and software costs and advertising costs across the US, Canada and UK, for total expenses he puts at $7,346. He notes KDP and ACX were steady, IngramSpark was slowly declining, and attributes decline to not publishing new books while competitors keep publishing and marketing. He advises beginners not to start wide: stay exclusive in KDP Select and with ACX first because he says that pays more, and only move to Draft2Digital, Google Play or Findaway Voices later if a book is not selling exclusively. Lasting passive income, he argues, requires both a high-quality book readers review well and marketing — SEO/ranking and ads, the latter outsourced in his case.

Key takeaways

• The creator claims July 2021 revenue of $33,852 and profit of $26,506 from a portfolio built earlier, after about $7,346 in creation, software and ad expenses — presented as his own reported figures.
• He says he worked less than an hour that month, doing only email, cover checks and ACX submissions, with ads outsourced to a service — illustrating the passivity he claims is possible after a portfolio is established.
• Do not go wide at launch: he recommends KDP Select and ACX exclusivity first, and only trying Draft2Digital, Google Play or Findaway Voices later for books that are not selling exclusively.
• Income slowly decays without new books, he argues, because competitors continue publishing and marketing, so passive does not mean permanently maintenance-free.
• He frames durable results as requiring both sides together: a high-quality product that earns strong reviews, plus marketing through ranking/SEO and paid ads.

Episode details: published September 6, 2021 · 12:42 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Sean Dollwet’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

← Previous: These Amazon KDP Myths Are Costing You Money (4 Self Publishing Mistakes) · Next: This Amazon KDP Niche Will Blow Your Mind (They Do 6 Figures a Year) →

All Sean Dollwet videos · Sean Dollwet profile · Sean Dollwet on YouTube