Affiliate marketing is definitely one of the best ways to make money online because the good news is, you don't have to have your own product or service to get into affiliate marketing.
Author : Roberto Blake
Author : Roberto Blake
You actually can benefit by selling something for someone else. There are a lot of people who like to think that affiliate marketing is somehow a scam or that's scummy, but the reality is that if you already work at a business, you're selling a product and service, but are you getting commission for it?
Are you getting your fair share of that sale that you brought in? Affiliate marketing is a way to do that digitally so that you get the benefit and the value, but you're not on your feet all day trying to close those sales. You can set up systems and content to do it for you.
Today I'm gonna be talking about Amazon affiliate marketing. I'm going to give you some of my tips for actually making money on Amazon.
In my heyday, I was doing about $1,000 a month with the Amazon Associates Program. I'm now on the new Amazon Influencer Program, yeah, 'cause I'm a YouTuber. And I'm gonna talk to you a little bit about the differences between the two and tell you how you can start making money online 'cause this is a great way to make passive income.
I'm also going to tell you some things that you probably didn't understand about how the Amazon affiliate marketing program works.
I'm also going to tell you some things that you probably didn't understand about how the Amazon affiliate marketing program works.
The general idea is that if you share a link from your Amazon affiliate program, you'll get a commission of the sale, but a lot of people don't realize that there are different categories in Amazon and they all have different percentages assigned to them.
If you sell Amazon-branded products like Amazon's fashion and clothing, the Echo devices, things like that, you get the largest commission by selling those Amazon products because Amazon gets the margin on those. So, this means you can get up to 10% of the commission on those products.
So, if you sell something like the Amazon Echo, which is over $100, you have a better chance of getting at $10 or $14 commission on something like that than if you sold other electronics which might only get you maybe a 4% commission.
The category that I tend to do best in, when it comes to my commission sales, is usually camera gear and laptops. Part of the reason is because of the fact that I have an expertise in video editing, photography, video production.
So, there's a lot of content on the channel that, when I was primarily doing the Amazon Associates Program, I was able to get those commissions. But even with just doing a few sales, you can make hundreds of dollars.
Primary example, on a camera body and a camera lens, I think I got about roughly $80 a piece on just these two items in a very short period of time. By being able to make referral lists, recommendations, product reviews, I'm able to generate sales for Amazon, and I'm able to take that larger affiliate commission of a high ticket item 'cause cameras and lenses are expensive, like $1,000.
So, if you sell something like the Amazon Echo, which is over $100, you have a better chance of getting at $10 or $14 commission on something like that than if you sold other electronics which might only get you maybe a 4% commission.
The category that I tend to do best in, when it comes to my commission sales, is usually camera gear and laptops. Part of the reason is because of the fact that I have an expertise in video editing, photography, video production.
So, there's a lot of content on the channel that, when I was primarily doing the Amazon Associates Program, I was able to get those commissions. But even with just doing a few sales, you can make hundreds of dollars.
Primary example, on a camera body and a camera lens, I think I got about roughly $80 a piece on just these two items in a very short period of time. By being able to make referral lists, recommendations, product reviews, I'm able to generate sales for Amazon, and I'm able to take that larger affiliate commission of a high ticket item 'cause cameras and lenses are expensive, like $1,000.
Now there are lots of you who are going to say, "I don't have an audience. "So, I can't generate hundreds of dollars with Amazon. "I can't generate thousands of dollars with Amazon".
But building an audience is part of wanting to do anything in terms of online money-making. If you want to do passive income online, at some point you're going to have to build an audience. Now the good news is, you don't have to be a YouTuber and you don't have to get thousands upon thousands of followers.
You could just do something like a blog that is a resource for people like you reviewing actual products that you already own, and this is a great way to make money with Amazon.
If someone like you is on the fence about buying, and they read a good and detailed review that makes it easier for them to confirm that decision or gives them an alternative that might either cost a little bit more but provide more value, or saves the money, it costs less and it's equivalent value, then that's helpful.
So by being helpful and being a resource, you can actually make a lot of good money on Amazon this way. If you already have a website or blog, I recommend that you put together a resource list of everything that you already use in your business that can be purchased on Amazon and use your affiliate links. I also recommend you do this for other affiliate programs.
I do this for web hosting, and I make on average, on a bad month about $1,500 by recommending different web hosting providers that I've used, and I've used almost everybody. But I really prefer Bluehost if you want to do web hosting that has WordPress associated with it for a blog. Or if you don't like coding and WordPress and those complicated things, I recommend wix.com.
If you do a YouTube channel, a podcast, or a business, and you list the things that you use in your business either in the description of that content or in a resources page, that is so easy for you to get commission sales from.
But here is the other very attractive thing about affiliate marketing with Amazon, whether you're using the Associates Program and the Influencer program and like I said, I will tell you a little about the difference between the two.
But one of the things I really love, is that if somebody decides to click on your Amazon affiliate link and they decide not to buy that product, but they buy something else on Amazon within 24 hours you get credit for that sale.
But building an audience is part of wanting to do anything in terms of online money-making. If you want to do passive income online, at some point you're going to have to build an audience. Now the good news is, you don't have to be a YouTuber and you don't have to get thousands upon thousands of followers.
You could just do something like a blog that is a resource for people like you reviewing actual products that you already own, and this is a great way to make money with Amazon.
If someone like you is on the fence about buying, and they read a good and detailed review that makes it easier for them to confirm that decision or gives them an alternative that might either cost a little bit more but provide more value, or saves the money, it costs less and it's equivalent value, then that's helpful.
So by being helpful and being a resource, you can actually make a lot of good money on Amazon this way. If you already have a website or blog, I recommend that you put together a resource list of everything that you already use in your business that can be purchased on Amazon and use your affiliate links. I also recommend you do this for other affiliate programs.
I do this for web hosting, and I make on average, on a bad month about $1,500 by recommending different web hosting providers that I've used, and I've used almost everybody. But I really prefer Bluehost if you want to do web hosting that has WordPress associated with it for a blog. Or if you don't like coding and WordPress and those complicated things, I recommend wix.com.
If you do a YouTube channel, a podcast, or a business, and you list the things that you use in your business either in the description of that content or in a resources page, that is so easy for you to get commission sales from.
But here is the other very attractive thing about affiliate marketing with Amazon, whether you're using the Associates Program and the Influencer program and like I said, I will tell you a little about the difference between the two.
But one of the things I really love, is that if somebody decides to click on your Amazon affiliate link and they decide not to buy that product, but they buy something else on Amazon within 24 hours you get credit for that sale.
So if you've ever wondered why there are people who say that they make a living through Amazon's affiliate program, this is the reason why.
When you have people that are in your community or in your audience that are buyers and they buy a lot on Amazon anyway, if you can get to a point to where they're using your link as their gateway to how they're getting to Amazon before they make a purchase that day or the next day, then you're going to get credit for that sale.
You're going to facilitate that sale because you got them onto the website. So, that is something that I think a lot more of you could take advantage of. And I think the more content you make, at least this has been my experience with resource lists, buyer's guides, top 10 lists, comparisons, these are things that put you in a great position to continue to make those sales.
One of the best categories for this that I've seen people pull off successfully is comparing headphones. I think these are about roughly a 6% commission. As you know, wireless headphones are becoming more and more expensive.
A lot of these start at a couple hundred dollars. So, these might be worth anywhere from $10 to $20 a sale just depending on what brand it is. So, I think that is a great example of how lucrative this can be for you. Obviously with cameras and camera lenses, that becomes even more valuable.
Also, books and book recommendations are a huge part of Amazon and you may not think that there's a lot of money in these book sales. But like I said, if someone uses your Amazon link for any of their Amazon shopping within 24 hours, then you're going to get credit for that sale.
One of the best categories for this that I've seen people pull off successfully is comparing headphones. I think these are about roughly a 6% commission. As you know, wireless headphones are becoming more and more expensive.
A lot of these start at a couple hundred dollars. So, these might be worth anywhere from $10 to $20 a sale just depending on what brand it is. So, I think that is a great example of how lucrative this can be for you. Obviously with cameras and camera lenses, that becomes even more valuable.
Also, books and book recommendations are a huge part of Amazon and you may not think that there's a lot of money in these book sales. But like I said, if someone uses your Amazon link for any of their Amazon shopping within 24 hours, then you're going to get credit for that sale.
So, this is your opportunity to grow your Amazon sales. Hope you found this helpful and possibly answers some of your questions on Amazon affiliate
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