WHAT IS AMAZON AFFILIATE PROGRAM ? HOW WE CAN EARN MONEY FROM IT?

 

Amazon Affiliate Program: Step-by-Step Guide to Earn Money [With Pictures]

Amazon Affiliate Program is the world’s largest Affiliate program launched in 1996. Website owners and Bloggers have successfully been able to earn money from it for more than a decade.

You can easily earn up to 10% referral fee commissions by selling amazon products. If you own a website, you can monetize it with Amazon affiliate ads. Whenever your visitors buy items through those ads, you earn commissions.

The program offers multiple opportunities and tools to effectively market and sell Amazon products. We will discuss each of them in detail in this guide. There’s a reason webmasters prefer Amazon Associates system over other affiliate networks. We’ll explore those in the next sections.

How to Become an Amazon Affiliate

Becoming an Associate on Amazon is fairly easy. You just need to fulfill all the eligibility requirements. There are 2 main eligibility criteria to get enrolled in the system:

1. You must have a website / mobile app under your ownership

2. You must include your website / mobile app in the application

That’s about it. You only need to be the owner of a website and you’re good to go. The application process is very intuitive. Make sure you fill all the requirements as accurately as possible.

Steps:

Follow the steps below to enroll in the Amazon Affiliate Program:

1. First of all you need to visit the Associate Registration page.

2. Click HERE to Register.

3. To apply you need to have an Amazon account.

4. Create your Amazon account through the above link.

5. After creating your Amazon account and signing in,

6. you will be taken to the Application form.
   

7. Fill all the data with absolute certainty and honesty.

8. After submitting your application you will receive a confirmation email.

9. Once you have applied  to generate 3 qualifying sales within 180 days to become an approved member. If you’re unable to produce any sale, Amazon may reject your application.

10. After the application process, you will be able to login to your associates dashboard. Here how it looks:

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12. You can view your affiliate stats through the dashboard. The user interference is extremely intuitive and friendly. You just view all the statics by just logging into your dashboard.

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14. All the tools are accessible from the Dashboard. You can view the Reports, create Product links, get Promotion banners all from one user interface.HOW TO USE PRODUCT LINKING TOOLS

15. The next step is to start selecting the products you want to market and affiliate links. There are a number of tools available that you can use to promote affiliate links. They are accessible from the product linking header menu..

16. -products links generator

17. -Banners

18. -Native shopping ads [new]

19. -Mobile pop over

20. -Link to any page

21. WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS THEM ONE BY ONE

22. PRODUCTS LINKS GENERATOR

23. Product links are the affiliate links of products that contain your affiliate id. If you donot know what affiliate id is you can read our affiliate marketing guide. It's basically your tracking id that tells which user the product sale belong to. That's how you earn commission through your affiliate sales. You can search products using keywords or ASIN

24. Once you search your desired product, you can gets it's affiliate link by clicking the 'get link' button. You can then use the affiliate link on your website to promote the product.

25. BANNERS

26. Banners are the one of the most effective tools for affiliate marketing. Amazon offers attractive banners that you can use on your websites and blogs. You can place them on your website in any position you deem suitable.

27. Just copy the banner code and place it anywhere on your website. It's that simple.

28. NATIVE SHOPPING ADS {NEW}

29. Amazon has introduced a new tool called 'native shopping ads' that allows you to show 'recommended or relative ' products in a horizontal bar view. They are really good for monetizing an e-commerce or review based website. You can even create custom ads with your favourite products.

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31. MOBILE POP OVERYou can also display a mobile pop over for mobile web browsing. This will display a mobile pop over on the web pages the user browses on your website. You can simply copy the java script code and insert it in your website.

32. Link to Any Page

33. You can use this tool to create an affiliate link to any page on Amazon.com. Whenever someone buys a product on Amazon you will earn referral commission. You can link to any category page, search page or any other page of your choosing.

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35. How to Generate Earnings Reports

36. You can generate detailed visitors and earnings reports right from your Dashboard. To do that you have to browse to the Reports menu from the top navigation bar.

37. In the Reports section you can extract reports for your desired period of time. You can see how many clicks, orders or sales have happened through your Affiliate ID.

38. The earnings you have made in a specific period of time can also be viewed. You have the option to download the reports to your computer to view them at a later time.

39. You have the option to download the reports to your computer to view them at a later time. of your account.

40. Amazon Affiliate Payout Structure

41. Amazon associates are paid monthly if they have reached their required threshold. The payments are made approximately 60 days after the end of the month for which you are being paid. For example;

42. 1. Payment for the month of January will be paid in late March

    2. 1. Payment for the month of February will be paid in late April and so on..

43. The payment threshold is different for different types of payment methods.
44. Also, there are different payment methods available for Domestic (U.S.) and International affiliates.
45. For Domestic Affiliates

46. Direct Deposit (Minimum payment threshold: $10)

47. Gift Certificate (Minimum payment threshold: $10)

48. Check (Minimum payment threshold: $100)– Also note that a $15 processing fee will be charged if you request the payment via Check.

49. For International Affiliates

50. Gift Certificate (Minimum payment threshold: $10)

51. Check (Minimum payment threshold: $100) -Also note that you may get the $15 processing fee waiver if Direct Deposit isn’t available to you

52. WHAT IS ONELINK AND HOW TO USE IT?

53. OneLink is a new amazing tool offered by the Amazon affiliate program. t lets you link your International Associate accounts for broader reach. Don’t worry we’ll explain it to you with an example:

54. So for example, the majority of your website’s traffic comes from different countries. Let’s say it comes mostly from the USA, UK and Canada. OneLink lets you link all these accounts so that you can offer matching products from visitor’s local amazon stores.

55. That’s a huge opportunity for you because your earnings can potentially multiply.

56. Let’s say your affiliate link is for a Dell laptop being offered at an Amazon store in the U.S, a visitor from the UK comes and clicks on your affiliate link. He/she will be taken to the local UK amazon store with a similar product being offered to him. Once he/she orders from their local UK store you will earn commission on it.
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58. OneLink is accessible from the Top Menu under Tools. Follow this Integration Guide for easy step-by-step configuration.
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60. How to Market Amazon Affiliate Links
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62. You can choose a number of methods for effective marketing if your affiliate links. The 3 most effective ways are:
63. Website / Blog marketing

64. • Social media marketing

    • Participation in online forums

    • The best scenario is obviously marketing through your website/blog. That can drive a good amount of traffic and sales for you. It all depends on how many visitors your website is getting. With around 350,000 regular visitors on your blog, you can generate a good number of sales. You can display banners and widgets all over your website.

    • Social media marketing is also a productive way to market your affiliate links. You can use the Site Stripe tool to generate product links for sharing on Social media. Site Stripe is accessible through the Tools menu.
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    • Participation in online forums is also a good way to share your product links If you’re an established member on a popular forum, you can recommend products with your affiliate links. You can also create a signature on the forum that will display below every post you make.
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    • Online marketing is easy once you get the hang of it. You should keep experimenting, but try to take calculated risks. Try to create a balance between content and ads on the website. It should not look overly promotional.

    •  Furthermore, always try to mix text links with banners and widgets.

    • I hope that this guide gives you a jump start to your affiliate marketing career.

    • Please drop your feedback and suggestions in the comments section.