Amazon Is Still My Pick

I have been seeing lots of comments recently regarding the recent changes within the Amazon Affiliates Programme and some members have been really bagging Amazon.

The feeling among some members seems to be very strong with words like greedy, untrustworthy, poor quality products, sleezy, cheats and a waste of time being used.

I am not here to say whether these comments are right or wrong everyone is entitled to their opinion, so I wanted to share my opinion for anyone who may be interested.

If you are considering dumping Amazon and joining other networks good for you and I hope it works well for you. However there are some things that I found which may be worth thinking about.

When Amazon changed the commission schedule my niche went from 5.5% down to 3% this is quite a bit and it hurt the back pocket nobody likes to take a 40%+ pay cut, so I decided to change my structure.

I did the appropiate research with other networks, went through the applications and dug into the commission structures to determine the best for me. There are a couple to whom I applied and went on to install into my site.

But there was a couple of things that stood out clearly, the commission payable by many networks is no greater than the 3% that many people have decided that is a waste of time, and many are less than that.

I can only assume there would be niches out there that would achieve a far better result, I have not looked, but for my niche 3% is nothing to complain too much about as not many networks pay the 5.5% Amazon previously paid me anyhow.

Besides that, Amazon remains a hot favorite with the most amount of customers so that is where I want to be. A high number of customers is important, some networks may pay a bit more commission but do they have the customers?

The best thing about the changes within Amazon Associates is that I have diversified my site more so as not to rely on any one network, but remember 1000 customers paying 3% is a much healthier business than 5% from 100 customers buying the same type of products

For every 1000 customers I get from Amazon, two other networks combined do not produce 100 so the only thing i need to do now is to grow my numbers so as to make up for any reduction, and besides as my business grows my income will grow.

I would highly recomend that you do your own research before making any decision on whether you should dump Amazon to jump in with someone else, just make sure the numbers add up to give you the best chance to build a successful and prosperous business.

I wish you all the best, thank you for reading and let me know your thoughts.

Shane.