Saturday, August 21, 2010

Amazon affiliate earning 4% is really that enough ?


Amazon is a very big name in shopping world. Their affiliate program which is known as Amazon Associates program, is a big help when you are going towards affiliate marketing road. But as big as their name is, they pay only 4% referral commission by selling products of other people (companies) though amazon.com.

The benefits of amazon associate network are that they are popular brand, and people have no problem to purchase or use their credit cards on amazon website. But the bad thing is that if somebody knows that you are promoting a product from amazon, most of them will rather wish to buy it from amazon.


Usually i ended up with amazon stores and got some success by simply writing reviews on different products and giving a direct link to amazon website. It works best for me.


Another big problem with amazon associate network is their cookie time period which is really very short like their referral. The cookie time is only 1 day. It means if a person clicks on your affiliate link and if they buy that item after 24 hours, you won’t get any commission. They must have to buy it within a day otherwise your click is just a waste.


You can raise the commission up to 7% by selling more items though your affiliate code. But who knows when you’ll accomplish the target.


The best way to start with amazon is to writing their product reviews. And best way to pick a product is by browsing their top seller names and their products.

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