Comments on: Making Money from 2nd and 3rd clicks with the Amazon Affiliate Progam

By: Geekmom

Geekmom — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:12:10 +0000

I wish Amazon would offer adsense clicks on their 3rd party marketing links on their page. I don’t believe we get commissions from those sales, do we?

By: Shafar

Shafar — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:13:07 +0000

I guess ‘2nd and 3rd clicks’ would also work while using Amazon Search Box widget.

By: heartless_

heartless_ — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:46:08 +0000

I wish I had the luck with Affiliates program. My traffic has doubled and I am still without a purchase via Amazon. Someday, maybe that’ll change :P

By: Stormy

Stormy — Tue, 20 May 2008 03:53:23 +0000

Your post implies that you can tell which Amazon links you created generated the 2nd hand purchases. Can you?

I can see what people bought and which ones were a direct referral, but I can’t tell if the guy that bought earrings originally clicked on my business book review or my dog bed review. Am I missing something?

Thanks!

By: team ray

team ray — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:44:52 +0000

i iknew shoe was getting a cut lol

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:53:23 +0000

I love the Amazon affiliate program, it is my second biggest money maker and I love the fact that you make money off of anything that someone buys through your link.

By: Syed Balkhi

Syed Balkhi — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:38:27 +0000

The 2nd and 3rd clicks is what you got to love with amazon. More ways or making money ….

By: jsanderz

jsanderz — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:53:25 +0000

I get an abundance of clicks after reviews etc, but I have only had 2 sales in 2 months, I wonder if there is a problem?
Regards.

By: SystemsThinker

SystemsThinker — Sun, 18 May 2008 21:47:47 +0000

I’ve seen a pretty good split between buying the actual advertised item and other items that were found after getting in the door. I’d say it’s probably 70% advertised items and 30% other items. But that’s just a gut feeling, I haven’t taken the time to check.

By: Ted Demopoulos, Blogging for Business

Ted Demopoulos, Blogging for Business — Sun, 18 May 2008 18:43:40 +0000

Last year my biggest amazon sellers were tampons and green tea — which have never appeared anywear on my sites

By: Paul B

Paul B — Sun, 18 May 2008 12:33:01 +0000

My problem with Amazon is the cookie expiry. Most other affiliate programs offer at least 1 week, Amazon’s 1 day is very poor in comparison. I wonder how many of my visitors follow a referral link to amazon, find something else they like, spend a couple of days researching it on the net and then go back to buy? I think that’s fairly standard buying behaviour for most online items that cost more than a few bucks.

eBay has always paid much better for me, most revenue comes 2-3 days after the initial referral.

By: Cookiemouse

Cookiemouse — Sun, 18 May 2008 11:47:17 +0000

I’ve just started using the mp3 widget. We arrange live music events in Amsterdam so it’s cool to promote the music on the blog using a widget. At the moment we are working with modern classical music which is a special niche, so I’m curious to see the results.

By: Barbara Ling (aka Owlbert)

Barbara Ling (aka Owlbert) — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:16:11 +0000

I’ve been using the Amazon.com affiliate program since 2003; it’s amazing the themes/niches/blogs you can monetize through them.

I generally don’t link to books, however; I find the commissions generated in other areas (Electronics, Kitchens, Tools etc.) are much higher. Did you know you that jewelry over 20K is available on Amazon.com? Really good stuff ideed.

Data points,

Barbara

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 18 May 2008 03:39:58 +0000

I wish that it were easier to get money from the affiliate program through Amazon. Perhaps it’s just my niche, I don’t know. However, I will keep building links and hopefully something will trigger an increase!

By: jobbank

jobbank — Sun, 18 May 2008 03:03:28 +0000

I just can’t make any money from affiliation programmes and maybe something is wrong. Thanks for your article, I will have to figure out what went wrong..

By: Nick Throlson

Nick Throlson — Sun, 18 May 2008 02:36:32 +0000

Wow ShoeMoney is always making money lol

By: Bibokz

Bibokz — Sun, 18 May 2008 02:28:39 +0000

I agree, that mp3 widgets is another money earner tool for music blog.

By: Solo Business Marketing

Solo Business Marketing — Sun, 18 May 2008 01:25:27 +0000

I absolutely agree, Darren.

My Amazon affiliate revenue has gone through the roof in the past few months, as I’ve also experienced the same that you’ve shared.

Most of all, I stopped selling my books, and this has been fantastic for my Amazon sales ranking and affiliate sales in general.

It’s interesting to see what people purchase once their “in the door,” as you’ve written. And all of the affiliate monies come through your door.

By: Dimitri

Dimitri — Sun, 18 May 2008 00:44:38 +0000

Wow, this is great news! Thank you for the tip Darren…

By: The Masked Millionaire

The Masked Millionaire — Sun, 18 May 2008 00:12:17 +0000

I’ve been meaning to go to Amazon and sign up.. But now I will do it this weekend for sure.

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