Amazon Affiliate Tips

bylesabre

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Updated 3 years ago

Hi WA family, hope everyone is doing well, staying safe and healthy.

Online shopping has become big and I think we should take advantage of it. One company I use is Amazon, yes their commission is not great but they seem to have everything.

How To Go About It.

Think About Who Your Audience Is

It’s a good idea to think about who your audience is – put yourself in your reader’s shoes – what are they looking for when they surf your blog. If you look at things through your reader's eyes you will do a much better job of targeting your traffic.

Personal Endorsement

A personal endorsement is an excellent tool for generating a high click-through rate. You see just adding links randomly throughout your blog may not be enough to generate that click. What will generate that trust is trust when a visitor returns day after day and builds an online relationship with you.

In fact, if you want to destroy all your hard work, just recommend they buy something you don’t really believe in. If you want to increase your click-through and your conversion, rates talk about the pros and cons of products. People like to hear the good and the bad so they can make their own decisions. If you do this, and then endorse products you believe in you will see a real change in your commission checks.

Link to Top-Notch Products

Choose companies and products that are reputable to share links with. Nothing will send someone away from your blog never to return, then proving links to poor quality products.

Deep Links Work Best

Many think all they have to do is put a banner across the top and people will make their way to Amazon and you’ll make some money. Actually, that’s not true at all. What does work is placing deep links within your content? It is more work but it also pays more and that’s your goal.

Consider Link Placement

There are some hot spots on every page – left-hand sidebar, end of the post, or inside the content. Make sure that’s where you place your links to get the highest click-through rate.

The days of any affiliate program making you money without some work are pretty much gone. But it doesn’t have to be hard or complicated.

How do you start off with Amazon?

Before applying you do need to have traffic to your website. After you get accepted know you need to make 3 sales within 180 days, or you may lose your affiliate status with them.

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Amazon does ask you to indicate that you are an Amazon Associate and you will be earning a commission from selling any of their products.

"As an Amazon Associate, I may earn from qualifying purchases"

Make sure you have your affiliate disclosure setup. There is a template to do this in the site content templates.

Promoting:

Don’t choose one product to promote, instead choose a set of products that you are going to promote in your niche. For example, let’s say your niche is dogs, maybe you could create sub-niches – those sub-niches could be dog collars, dog leashes, dog beds, dog bowls, dog health care products, dog flea treatments, and the list could go – you get the idea though. Then you need to take the time to get to know all about the products in your niche – after all, you will be talking about these products and doing reviews on them. You might be creating top lists and more. When you get to know what you are talking about you will become known as an expert and visitors will continue to come back to see what you have to say about the various products.

Build Yourself a Good Email List

Over the years you might have heard this before. It’s not new, but it is much easier when you have a website that is focused on selling a physical product compared to digital products. That’s because people have their guard up when it comes to digital products like eBooks and how-to courses.

Keep in mind the lockdowns and self-isolation. Things have changed, there are people looking for eBooks and how-to courses. Digital products are items to consider.

A great way to get your email list going is to offer something for free. It might be a report on a product, a buyer’s guide, etc. Anything that offers the consumer useful information works well. Email lists can be responsible for up to 10 percent of your income. That’s a nice chunk.

There are several tutorials on setting up a contact page and e-mail list. If you ever need help there is a live chat or on the WA main page there is a magnifying glass on top, click on it and you can search for answers to your questions or find several tutorials.

Wishing you all the best,

Michael