Ways to Increase Amazon Affiliate Earnings

I've been using Amazon for a bit but still haven't been able to 'figure it out.' Which is why I am writing this article to learn how to do it. I have been researching on the web about how to make money with Amazon Associates and have accumulated a fair amount of information. There is a great deal of things that I am missing and I'm glad I did do the research to learn how to improve upon my mistakes. I hope that you will learn something as well by reading this post. OK, here we go:

Customize Your html code:
Make sure that if you are using the banner ads like the widgets that you blend it in with your website. This is a good thing because you can make your amazon links not look like ads which will make your reader ignore them easier. Also, this will help you because it will make your site look more professional.

Make sure the products relate to your site:
Customize the products that will end up on your site if you are not using contextual ads. If you have banner ads that show four or five products some of the links my be completely unrelated to your site. If you have a blog about football sporting gear it wouldn't make any sense to have products related to deep sea diving or new music CD's. If you have a website, you know that importance of keeping your site very niche and towards a certain audience. So why not have your products from Amazon be on your site too. It is only wise to have that done to help increase click rate and sale conversions.

Review certain products you have used:
If you know of any products that you have used at Amazon give them a proper review. Maybe you have read a book, electronic products, bought a video recorder, etc. give it a review and include a link to amazon for the product. Just be sure your review is thorough enough for readers to actually want to buy the product. You don't really have to have a website to do this either. You can write a review of a product on sites like Bukisa or Xomba if you wanted. People like to read reviews because they want to know what they can expect if they wish to buy it. Try to review a products that may have a sale or discount price on them. Or, try to review products that are selling fast because they are already popular.


Have A good amount of Traffic:
Having a good amount of traffic coming to your site is key if you want to make money online in general. But it is even more important if you want to make money with Amazon Associates. The more traffic you have coming to your site (or articles) the better rate of conversions to sales you will have. So keep writing or posting on your blog, Ehow, Xomba, Bukisa, Infobarrel or where ever you make money online to increase your traffic. It can not be stress enough how important it is that you have visitors coming in if you want to be successful at being an Amazon Affiliate. If you have a good amount of Amazon Affiliate links on the web and earning traffic to them you will see the sales come in.

Get readers into the buying mood:
As you already know, Amazon is a place on the web where you go to purchase products. If you want them to buy products from Amazon you will have to get visitors in (or who are already in) the buying mood. For example, say you have a blog about all the technical aspects of making independent movies. You are going to write about all the things you may need to make a movie; that may include film locations, setting mood, editing, ways to get sound effects, etc. Though your site might be good and are earning a good amount of visitors everyday they still are not in that buying mood. You will have to write about great cameras to film on, sound equipment, lighting equipment or other filming equipment that will be helpful/necessary on a film shoot. You can then include your Amazon affiliate links to get people to visit amazon. You can make top ten lists of the Best Cameras to Film on for Cheap or whatever you can think of and include affiliate links to all of them to Amazon. This will get visitors looking to buy products to your site and click on your affiliate links to earn you your commission.

Let amazon do it's thing:
Once you get visitors to click on your link, if they buy anything on Amazon you will earn a commission for that. Which is great if they took a look at the product you were promoting but deciding to buy a different one. Also, you will earn a commission for every other product they buy after they click on your affiliate link. I usually buy more than one item when I shop at Amazon and I know several others do as well. The best thing about being an Amazon Affiliate is that the website is very well known and trusted by many people. If you are big in the affiliate marketing world, you may know of sites like ClickBank and Commission Junction. Some of the products on these sites may be harder to get a sale from because they are unknown products and are sold from an unknown site. With Amazon, you don't need to worry about any of those issues. Just get your visitors in that 'door' and let Amazon do what it does best. 

Include Best Sellers Lists:
Take a look at some of the best sellers list on several well established sites like New York Times, Barns&Nobles or (of course) Amazon. They are a great way to see what people are buying and there may be some products that are related to your site. Back to the movie example, you could post on your site the top ten best selling video cameras and include your Amazon affiliate link for all of them. Make sure you keep updating this page every few weeks as they will change and fluctuate from time to time. This can help you earn a good amount of sells because a 'best sellers' list automatically tells a customers several things: the product works and people like the product a lot.

Hope these tips helped you in some way. I will be adding more tips on How to make money with Amazon Associates so stay posted. Good Luck with these tips for now.