Comments on: 9 Reasons Why I AM An Amazon Affiliate

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:35:23 +0000

Hey,

Great post, I promote products on my site as an Amazon
affiliate and I’m really disappoint by them, the decision to
stop affiliates from using PPC, low commission rates, the
24 hour cookies… on and on.

But the Amazon name is so powerful it’s hard to pass up, mainly because I don’t’ have a specific product to sell. The money I make as an affiliate is negligible.

But lets not forget, when I started building this site I was making nada, but this has changed, now the income I
generate, is increasing little by little. I’m in a highly
competitive market, and I must have been crazy to even
attempt to build a site in this massive market.

To make any money with the big A I think the key is massive
traffic to your site and build it over time, this is what I’m trying to do, my site is mostly content driven, and I’m in this for the long haul.

I write or buy articles via elance, have them rewritten and add to them, I use joomla CMS which is very powerful compared to the MS front page editor I have used in the past.

If I stay with amazon, and continue to build this site will I be
successful, that’s the burning question? I don’t have the
answer. Who in the world wants to spend all this time on a
site without any substantial return.

Staying focused is something I had to learn, I will continue to
build, test, change, and stick with them because I know the action I take will produce the results I’m searching for.

Good Luck Folks, no make your own luck. Stay focused, and try not to get frustrated.

Cheers,
Jim Novak

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Membuat website — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:22:59 +0000

Amanzon is big company, and trusted brand. So people like to buy there. thanks.

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Discount Juicy Couture — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:43:22 +0000

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Data entry India — Wed, 13 May 2009 08:21:31 +0000

Nice article!! Amazon is really great place to get start your affiliate marketing. You can earn a good amount.

By: Bristol Design

Bristol Design — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:26:18 +0000

it seesm you are making good money. Some other posts are really negative and i was put off and thought about ebay affiliates. Ill give it a go..

many thanks.

By: Shalini

Shalini — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:21:32 +0000

Darren, I a new to your site, and am thoroughly impressed. You provide excellent and thorough information. I am going to check out Amazon, but would guess that they are screening applicants these days. Thanks for an interesting post. Many people could make ends meet with $2500 each month.

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By: Amazon-20

Amazon-20 — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:11:53 +0000

I’ve been an Amazon affiliate for many years. At first it was great but now Amazon treats affiliates more like competitors than a feeder of business. Amazon’s performance after a transaction is “handed off” to them is horrible. In any given month they “loose” from 60% to 80% of my customers’ orders at check out. These are not conversion rates on a link but actual orders at check out.

To make matters worse. Amazon does not share information. Amazon takes people from MY website but leave me “holding the bag” when there are problems. Who do customers contact with their complaints? Me! All I can do is suggest they contact Amazon and my reputation, not Amazon’s is hurt.

Another reason not to become an Amazon affiliate is their new policy on advertising. As of May 2009, Amazon will not pay ANY commission to affiliates who use search advertising. Yes, you heard me right. They will pay no commissions to any site that even indirectly markets anything that Amazon sells.

If I knew then what I know now, I would have invested my time and money somewhere else.

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touch screen mobile phones — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:27:12 +0000

I’ve been using an amazon plug in for ages with no real success. Given the use of a 24hr cookie I think there are better ways to monetize a site.

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I am a US Blogger — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:30:39 +0000

I have not tried it yet but I am planning to :)

By: Start An Internet Business

Start An Internet Business — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:00:56 +0000

There’re too many affiliate programs available to anyone who are looking for such money making opportunities.You may overwhelm by too many choices and need time to study which program to join ! However,with those useful pointers from Darren as an affiliate marketer for Amazon will help you to decide whether you should consider Amazon as one of your best choice !

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:25:17 +0000

Amazon has been my second-best earner after Adsense. I am still in the start-up stages of IM in general but I do get a check from Amazon every month. I agree fully with the reasons you give and I have found that the small commissions is far outweighed by the points you list above. I make far more with Amazon than I do with any other affiliate program though they might have higher commissions.

This is partly because my main site is very product related – to physical products. I also attribute the success of this program mainly to these points which you brought up above: #3, #4, #9, and a little bit of #1.

By: Toys

Toys — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:34:11 +0000

I have all but quit using Amazon. I have heard nothing but negative most places and I have had no luck with them. After reading your post, I guess it is possible to still make money. I am planning to try it again and tweak the way I do it. Thanks for the information!

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Discount Coach Handbags — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:49:37 +0000

Great post! One way I always think about it too, is if any website on the internet knows about conversion it’s Amazon with their huge amount of data they have.

4% commission is kinda low but considering if you can get triple the conversion rate from Amazon instead of anywhere else then it’s well worth it and you will make more money in the end.

You also gotta love their product recommendations as well. I don’t know how many times that I’ve been shopping and ended up buying more than I wanted just because of those.

By: Hwa

Hwa — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:19:33 +0000

Thank you for your service. I think your humble tone of voice seems to attract many people to your site.

By: kunal

kunal — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:37:44 +0000

Hi, Thanks for the great post. I have 2 questions:
1) I use wordpress. Can you recommend a plugin that makes adding amazon affiliate links easier?

2) How do you track amazon affiliate sales and activity?

Thanks,
Kunal

By: Rana Sinha

Rana Sinha — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:37:32 +0000

Thanks for the article with good points. I’m in the process of adding something else to Google Ad-Sense on my blog. http://originalwavelength.blogspot.com/

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Discount Dooney Bourke — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:00:18 +0000

The 4% and 24hr cookie are not that great but it I agree that it doesn’t hurt or cost anything to post the links. Commissions add up over time.

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Cheap Ipods — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:20:55 +0000

I will be using amazon as it does not hurt or cost me anything but time to put up the links.

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Thank you for the article. I am in the process of integrating the amazon store within my site.