I've been selling on Amazon (physical goods) for awhile and I'm still researching on how to promote my items to #1 bestseller in any category. Recent sales play a huge role in boosting your items on the bestselling list but it has to be in large amounts. I was thinking of lowering my prices to the point where I'll earn pennies for profit until it gains enough exposure for the item to be at least top 10 on the bestseller list then I'll increase the price. But there are better ways than lowering the price on your items... I was thinking: - Google Base - PPC - Blogs - Forums Any recommendations/suggestions?
you don't want to lower the price to penny's otherwise you'll be working hard for almost nothing, Blogs and Forums are good I know because I do that with my amazon affiliate sites, and also free and bring traffic and sales, but also, if you have a budget then do some PPC for targeted visitors.
If it were me, I'd look for a smaller niche category in addition to my main category to promote my product in. It will be easier to become a bestseller for that category with less competition.