What Are Your Thoughts?
I'm finding inconsistencies between the training and community input when it comes to including the price of a product in a review.
Here's What Makes Sense to Me
I find myself on the side of community input (well, it's actually 1 person's advice - if you're reading this .... thank you for what you told me ;)
Here's the specifics:
I went back through the Certificate training to find where this particular subject was taught.
What you see above, is a screen shot of Kyle's training in Level 3, lesson #6 where he clearly is listing the price of the Amazon product being reviewed, and he is presenting this as the way to create a review.
If someone comes across a review at some future date, where we list a price, and the price has changed ...... we end up looking the fool and lose a sale.
If he had taught, via this video, to give the Amazon link that shows the price, and someone comes across our post at some future date where the price is different from original post, Amazon would have automatically updated our link.
Maybe this policy is changed in a later lesson, but if this isn't the correct way to do this in the first place - why make it part of a training lesson at all?
My Decision:
I'm going to leave the price out of product reviews now, for the reason outlined above, plus this one -
If the price isn't shown in the review, and it happens to be a large amount, the potential customer my not get past the sticker shock and leave my review to look else where, with me gaining nothing from the click to my site.
With the price not listed and they read my full review, like what they read and want to find out more, they will at that time click on the product link and be more likely to buy even if it's a high(ish) price.
Does This Make Sense to Anyone Else?
I'm I off base with this line of thinking, or am I on the right track?
Comment VERY welcome on this one ;)
Have a great day fellow affiliators!
Tom
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i you go by old videos when things have changed on the internet then you will get into trouble.
you need to go by the current terms and conditions of your agreement with your affiliate program.
if they allow you to display pricing (which amazon doesn't due to the fact that it is not live, if it is less than 24 hours old then you are ok- there are some plugins that use updates to use this feature) then do, if there is nothing about it - contact your affiliate program for clarification.
if you get your account closed due to this, i don't think they will care that you used out of date training as a reason to include pricing.
you can use the text plus image they give you which does include pricing, but don't include it within your text.
your text will be there for years, but the pricing will change and they may put it on sale, how are you going to keep up?
if you use a $,$$,$$$ scale you can indicate a sort of price range.
good luck
phil
Excellent post Tom! I had thought of this also. I didn't yet get that far in the training so I wouldn't have commented. But the only way around that I thought of was to not mention the price.
Thank you Scott, and good to have confirmation that I'm not off in my line of thinking.
Enjoy the training going forward ......
All the best,
Tom
Hello Tom,
I have had a very similar problem and thoughts about how to handle this - include a price or not include price into the review on my website - the price changes quite often and I do not want to lose my visitors due to showing different price - so I remove it - put there "Check price" - so when they are really interested in the product, they simply click on this button. I have seen this on another website as well, so it calmed me a little bit that my thinking is not totally wrong:)
Good post, very actual for me as well. Wish you all the best!
Bye Renata
I like it too Renata!
See how we help one another here?! So awesome!
All the best to you as well, and I hope our line of thinking brings MUCH success :)
Tom
If I'm honest I am finding inconsistencies in training and posts. I have found training says one thing, you do that, then someone reviews your site and tells you another. (I think this is just because Affiliate programs change far more often than the training is updated, so the community updates here are key)
Then one person does a post about lets say length of post, one says should be short and to the point, and then another says it's bests to have posts over 3000 words.
As quick as someone does a post about a topic, someone is posting advice about the opposite.
I don't put price in my Amazon reviews and Best ofs because I got told it was part of their rules, probably by the same person who told you (again much thanks).
However I think this will just cause lots of clicks with no buying, I find it slightly difficult to review without price. But hey, we have to obey Amazon right! I get that product prices change, sometimes daily.
Maybe along the line we will build our own experience of wisdom from experience with our websites.
Love an also
Very confused
Sara
We're on the same page Sara - that seems to be consistent :)
This isn't the first time for me either where two different things are presented.
Sometimes one has to use their own discernment to figure out what way is best. Other times, it's a matter of following the rules.
Experience is priceless, and we're right in the middle of gaining that as we speak ;)
Let's clear the confusion together and let the Light shine thru!
Thanks for your input Sara.
All the best,
Tom
I mostly find the road of common sense serves me best. even if it means going against the training here at WA.
At the end of the day, our websites, are our websites. Our agreements with our affiliate companies are our agreements, our contracts.
I have said so many times, the training here is great but not the only way. And as has been stated so much changes on the internet and with programs within a day, it would be impossible for Kyle or any others to keep up.
Yes lets shine the light here at Wa and as a community keep each other up to date : )
Great post.. I am in agreement as far as most times if people see prices and they are a bit high, then they search elsewhere for lower cost items.
Yeah - I think the strategy is to get them "hooked" and then show them the price.
I'm not a salesman, but I think those are the tactics they implement.
Thanks for commenting ;)
Tom
Yup I totally agree with you about putting prices on reviews. I don't do it as well because it's true that the prices of products keeps on changing, especially if there are promotions available. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought it this way
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I would leave out the pricing as well. Makes sense to me. I am not near that in the training, but leaving the pricing out of the text makes sense if pricing changes.
It seems like we are all in agreement.
Thank you Anna for adding your thoughts ;)