{"id":16081,"date":"2023-04-18T06:12:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T06:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorityhacker.com\/?p=16081"},"modified":"2024-02-29T16:22:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T16:22:23","slug":"amazon-associates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.authorityhacker.com\/amazon-associates\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83e\udd11 How to Make Money with Amazon Affiliate Program in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So, you want to know how to make money with the Amazon Associates affiliate program?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, listen up. I\u2019ve been making money with the Amazon affiliate program since 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In that time, I\u2019ve made over $1,239,861 from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve built dozens of sites that made money in this way \u2014 like this one below, which made $9,380.65 in a single month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There is a lot of bad advice out there, written by people who don\u2019t actually make any money from Amazon Associates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this blog post, I\u2019m going to set the record straight and show you how to do it right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But first, let me explain something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83c\udfd7 How Does Amazon Associates Work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Amazon Associates is the Amazon affiliate program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you sign up, you\u2019ll find a special toolbar at the top of Amazon.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can use this to create an affiliate link to almost any product sold on Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can share these affiliate links on your own website or social media platforms<\/a> such as\u00a0YouTube<\/a>,\u00a0TikTok<\/a>, or\u00a0Pinterest<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When someone clicks on one of your affiliate links, they get tracked using cookies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cCookies\u201d are a web tracking technology and unfortunately have nothing to do with the chocolate chip cookies you had for lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You earn a small commission on whatever the person buys while the cookie is active (which is 24 hours after clicking an Amazon Affiliate Link).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The trick to making a lot of money? Recommend the right products to the right people<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you do this through a website or blog, you can start to make money passively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read on and I\u2019ll show you the exact steps to achieve this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\uded2 Who Is Going To Click On Your Affiliate Link?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s easy to agree that you like the idea of making money and recommending products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the next logical question is this: Who are you going to recommend them to?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If no one clicks, you won\u2019t make any money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And if that happens, your next instinct may be to spam your friends and family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First, don\u2019t be that person \u2014 nobody is going to want to talk to you at the next family barbeque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, if you do happen to do that, you may get banned from the program. Amazon doesn\u2019t want you to be that person either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The right way to go about doing it is starting a blog and writing content about a specific topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like Amazon Affiliate Kevin, from Epic Gardening, who wrote this blog post about the Best Water Chillers for Hydroponics<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Or Amazon Affiliate Josh, from Expert Photography, who wrote a blog post about the Best Nikon Cameras<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kevin and Josh both started out as bloggers passionate about a topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They wrote great, keyword target content and were able to rank on Google for some of these keywords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kevin now gets hundreds of thousands of people reading his gardening reviews, every single month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But this didn\u2019t happen overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notice that in the early days, less than 100 people per day were reading his blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon is not a get rich quick scheme or a magic money tree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, it does represent a way to build an online business and make money \u2014 if you are willing to work for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll show you how to build a business like Kevin and Josh later in this blog post. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But first, let\u2019s address the elephant in the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83e\udd11 How Much Can You Make With Amazon Affiliate Program?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The exact amount Amazon pays for each sale depends on the category of the item purchased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See below for their current rates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Commission rates of just a few percent may seem small \u2014 and, to be honest, they are. More on that later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, the amazon affiliate program has several redeeming features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, you earn a referral fee for everything people buy \u2014 for up to 24 hours \u2014 after clicking your product links. Even if it was a totally different product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And we all know how easy it is to buy a few extra items on Amazon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just last week, I went to buy some dog food and ended up also buying a new dog collar and an umbrella.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In fact, \u201cAmazon addiction<\/a>\u201d is now a thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My friend Kate, from Parked in Paradise<\/a>, recently made $240 commission after someone bought a $8,000 metal detector. And her site has nothing to do with metal detectors!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Amazon also happens to be one of the most trusted websites in the world. Over 112 million Americans have Amazon Prime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding to that, tens of millions more have their card details stored in their Amazon account, to make their next purchase quick and easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meaning you can expect the volume of sales to be high with the Amazon affiliate program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Much Does A Website Make From Amazon Associates?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Last month, a small sports site we own made $1,687.72 from the Amazon affiliate program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The site had 65,572 people visit in that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That works out to an income of around $25.73 per thousand visitors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not bad, but not earth-shattering either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, this income represents less than half of what the website makes in total. It is monetized with other affiliate programs and also with ads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the same time period, the site made $2,007 from ads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When you build a website to make money with Amazon affiliate program, you can earn a lot more by looking at other ways your blog can make money<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember, too, that a website can be sold for around 40x it\u2019s monthly earnings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So that $1,687.72 our site made from Amazon last month could represent over $64,000 of additional asset value!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the largest Amazon Associates website acquisitions was when The Wire Cutter was sold to The New York Times for $30m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Amazon Has A History Of Slashing The Commissions They Pay<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Many businesses have a love\/hate relationship with Amazon. Just listen to some of the horror stories from the Antitrust hearings<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Affiliates have more reasons than most to dislike Amazon \u2014 the company has massively cut their commission rates, twice! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is their most recent set of changes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many sites in the above niches lost half their income overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check our our reaction to the last big cut:<\/p>\n\n\n

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