To Increase you chance of acceptance, you want to take a moment and be sure to do the following steps before you apply.

1. Set Up Your Website

This might seem obvious to some of you, but a lot of beginners at Wealthy Affiliate want to jump right into the Monetization part of affiliate marketing.

I know, I know. We all want to make a living doing this. But take a moment before you jump into signing up for affilate programs.

Amazon Associates, and other affiliate programs, want a site that's already set up. They don't want a site that's under construction or only has one post and no content.

For this reason, at least get your site set up, some content written, your disclosures and policy pages up, and an about me page done. Do some work first.

2. Set Up Your Social Media Channels for Your Business

If you plan on using Facebook or Instagram or Pinterest to promote your Amazon affiliate links, then you'll want to include the links to your pages on your Amazon Associates application. So get them set up.

You can always add these later, of course, but for my strategy to work for you guys, you at least need to add a Facebook page. So set that up.

3. Read the Program Policies!!!

You do not want to be thrown out of the Amazon Associates program for a simple mistake. You want to be absolutely sure to follow Amazon's policies as well as any social media channel you're using.

I seriously recommend you do this. I will highlight the "Don'ts" in the next section, but I'm not going to cover it all. The Amazon Associates program has one of the most stringent policies of any affiliate program.

4. Apply to be an Associate

Go to http://affiliate-program.amazon.com/ (or another country's Amazon) and click the Join Now For Free.

You can join with your current Amazon account or create a new account, if you want. I recommend using your current account that you normally use because of a handy feature called the Site Stripe.

Be prepared to discuss your website and website goals and subjects. This is why you need to create a working website first. You need to be able to describe it, describe your promitional techniques, and why you want to promote Amazon products.

Make sure to fill out the payment and tax information. Be honest. Fill it out completely.

5. Approval

You will be 'temporarily' approved, most likely. Unless your website has adult content (porn), promotes violence, or anything illegal, you will get a temporary approval.

You will be then informed you have 180 days to make 3 sales to keep your account active.

This rule is to cut down on inactive accounts. If you give up, change your mind, etc. your account will be closed.

So, now you need to know what NOT to do to make sure your account stays open, right?

Keep reading!