Category Archives: Amazon affiliate Program

Amazon Associates and Google Blogger

Posted by admin on December 29, 2009 None comments

This is a good news for Google Blogger users. If you use Amazon  affiliate program which is know as Amazon Associates for your blog now there is a tool which is called Amazon Product Finder to make your job easy. You can search products and get code into your post just by one click. It would save lot of time you waste switching back and forth between blogger.com and Amazon.com. If you are not an Amazon Associate then you can join Amazon Associate program through blogger now. Earning money online getting easy everyday !

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Why publishers fail to earn from Amazon affiliate program

Posted by admin on December 27, 2009 None comments

I think Amazon affiliate program is one of few affiliate programs which is given up by publishers because they don’t earn anything at all from it. Biggest reason for this is they were using same methods as they use for ppc sites. One important fact to remember is unlike ppc ads you don’t earn because they clicked on ads. These are CPA programs you earn only if visitors buy something. Key facts are,

Give them a reason to click - you won’t earn per click but if people don’t click on ads they won’t goto the site so there won’t be sales. So the first thing is get visitors to click on ads. For that you need to give them a reason. Contact has to be interesting. Also you can ask them to check Amazon to get more reviews of the products. Getting clicks is the first step.

Link to products with positive reviews – Better link to products with positive reviews because they might loose the trust if you try to tell them a product is good while many people review it as a bad product. Make sure those reviews in Amazon site confirm what you said about the product.

Price of the product – A plasma TV would give you a huge commission but how many people would buy a Plasma TV online without inspecting it real ? Also people tend to buy small cheap items more. commission you get might be nothing but still person might buy some other things along with it.

Right site for right product - Not all sites are fine for Amazon affiliate program. This might be great for Blogs and also forums. where people return after first visit.  displaying bunch of Amazon ads in side bar not gonna make you money. If you want to have better conversion rate then you need to recommend the product also give all information about the product good or bad.

Traffic – Its not easy to earn from Amazon Affiliate program unless you have decent flow of traffic to your site. After all this is a CPA programs you are not gonna get paid for impressions or clicks. Don’t give up because you don’t get any sales. Just watch if you get clicks. If you  get clicks then you gonna get sales sooner or later.

If you are new to Amazon Affiliate program then these fact are the basics you need to keep in mind. Don’t give up after a month or two. Also don’t try to relay on one single niche.

Does the Amazon.com affiliate program works ?

Posted by admin on November 12, 2009 None comments

Amazon.com affiliate program seems  getting lot of negative reviews because of their 4% commission rate and also 24 hour cookie. I was told by so many webmasters Amazon Affiliate program is one of the worst Affiliate programs you can find. But i don’t think this has much truth in it.

First their 24 hours cookie problem. It means you will get paid only if your referrer buy something within 24 hours since he has clicked your Amazon product link. Now this is kinda bad I agree.

Then their low affiliate commission rate, which is 4%. they have a flat rate for list of consumer electronic stuff. But for other products like books, DVDs and many other things you can earn upto 8.5 % and at Endless.com gives you upto 15% ! So its not bad at all. Specially if you niche is about books, Manga / Anime, Games and Movies. Even for things like cameras Amazon affiliate program is one of few which you can use.

Reason for so many webmasters false with Amazon affiliate program is because they use it for wrong type of sites. You can’t earn money from Amazon Affiliate program using every site you have like with PPC networks.

This works well with sites which has loads of returning traffic. If your site visitors trust you, then they tend to buy things through your link. So You can earn money from Amazon affiliate program using blogs. You can recommend products and make reviews about what you like.

There are few good things about Amazon affiliate program. Amazon.com is more like a household name. people buy things from it ! This is a big advantage. Also they have soo many different things, which means you might earn money from none related items to your Amazon link. for example someone who used a link from your book review site might buy a plasma TV !

So Amazon.com affiliate program is not bad as it might look. You need to know how to earn from it. Also it needs loads of traffic. I have always able to keep clicks/sales rato at 2%-5%. Sometimes even 10%.