Comments on: Amazon Associates Introduce MP3 Clips Widget

By: Popular Wealth

Popular Wealth — Sun, 18 May 2008 11:06:26 +0000

Until someone buys the huge 300×250 adspot on my site I’ve put the music widget in place.

I’m not thrilled with 8 cents per purchase when adsense likely pays more without needing sales to convert.

I’m also not thrilled with the widgets loading time, it feels like a short intentional intro to temporarily flash the name Amazon and I’m not being paid for that.

Someone please buy the 300×250 (top right, huge, you can’t miss it) and stop me from wincing when I see the widget load!

By: Otto

Otto — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:00:29 +0000

Great idea but not pertinent to my blog.

By: Shynobee

Shynobee — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:38:54 +0000

Wow this is great. Something useful for my music site. Thanks for the heads up =)

By: Bruce Houghton

Bruce Houghton — Sat, 17 May 2008 08:13:14 +0000

As a music industry blogger – Amazon has a great selection, the tracks are DRM free mp3’s that are burnable and work on any device, and I think 10% is a great commission…

BUT thanks to record label restrictions most of these clips are only 30 seconds long! If pleasing readers is your goal more than $, try songza or imeem. In fact Darren, if you want I’d love to write a post for you on “adding music to your blog”.

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:53:09 +0000

I just started an artblog and the music I’ve selected, mostly Mozart and Beethoven, is as much, or more, for me as the people that find my blog. The classical music matches the classical realism of my paintings, so the music adds a nice touch.

By: Bibokz

Bibokz — Sat, 17 May 2008 01:38:45 +0000

It would be great for music blogs…

By: Luis Gross

Luis Gross — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:39:57 +0000

Hey this is quite new, very interesting. This is one of the reason’s I love Amazon, they’re always coming up with new ways for people to make money as one of their associates. The widget looks awesome! I’ll definitely be using this on MySpace, and FaceBook!

By: Nate Nead

Nate Nead — Fri, 16 May 2008 22:49:57 +0000

I know that’s the case with me. I mostly just browse around, but Amazon has to do something to keep up with the Jones’. This is a great new feature that I believe will prove beneficial for them in furthering their distinguishment.

By: To Meditate

To Meditate — Fri, 16 May 2008 22:47:14 +0000

I’m looking forward to checking out the new MP3 widget. Amazon seems to be doing a nice job of unveiling interesting new affiliate components lately.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 16 May 2008 21:51:46 +0000

I run music blogs. It didn’t get any clicks really.

This may be more for artists who want to put their music songs on the page for people.

It sure looks nice though. I think most people are also just browsers and really are not interested enough to purchase music all the time.

By: Stak Loaded - How to make money doing nothing!

Stak Loaded - How to make money doing nothing! — Fri, 16 May 2008 21:39:44 +0000

Sounds interesting but you have to actually sell the MP3’s right? And at 10% that’s like a few cents per sale which doesn’t seem like it would really work.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 16 May 2008 21:30:15 +0000

I tried this widget as soon as it came out and it looked fantastic. Too bad it didn’t convert–only one person clicked through the entire first day.

Back to the ugly AdSense unit that’s much more successful.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:06:18 +0000

I saw this and started using it immediately. Actually running a little poll and giving away a soundtrack on the site if anyone is interested. I think that this could be a decent moneymaker. It looks decent too, so I think it actually adds well to music posts.

By: Rob Brydon

Rob Brydon — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:44:41 +0000

I’ve been thinking about doing a music post for some time now. This could be a great addition to the post. Thanks a lot for the tip.

By: tony dee

tony dee — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:35:47 +0000

This looks advantageous also to those that may have a focus on electronics products? What say you Darren?

By: Abhinav Sonkar

Abhinav Sonkar — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:27:50 +0000

Ah! This should go well with my guitar blog. Would put it up now and see how it goes.

By: Trisha Lyn Fawver

Trisha Lyn Fawver — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:22:40 +0000

I just tossed it into my sidebar – I think it’s a fun thing to throw up there for the time being. We’ll see how it pans out.

By: Zeeshan

Zeeshan — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:57:48 +0000

Having run a popular music site for 10 years, I can see the obvious advantages of using such a widget. I am curious though if Amazon allows single-song purchase vs. purchasing the entire album.

A 10% cut isn’t all that bad though given you are attracting a very focused audience – of course, this would be counter-intuitive if you are running a music store yourself…

By: Jarret

Jarret — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:56:00 +0000

Interesting, looks like you can have quite a selection of songs available in the widget.

Do they allow you to pick a certain amount of songs that show or is it just a set number?