This write-up on how to make money from Amazon's associate affiliate program to your bank account is all you need to know about the program.
Amazon Associates is one of the most popular affiliate programs on the internet. This program enables you to earn a commission by promoting products on Amazon. As an affiliate, you can earn a commission on every sale that you generate through your unique referral link. The commission rates vary depending on the product category but typically range between 1% and 10% of the purchase price.
To get started with Amazon Associates, you need to create an account on the Amazon Associates website. Once your account is approved, you will be given a unique affiliate ID and access to various promotional materials like banners, product links, and widgets. You can then promote these products on your website, social media platforms, or other online channels.
The key to making money from Amazon Associates is to promote products that are relevant to your audience. If you have a niche website or blog, you can create content around specific products that your audience is interested in. For example, if you have a fitness blog, you can promote fitness equipment, supplements, and apparel on Amazon.
To maximize your earnings, it's also important to optimize your affiliate links. You can use tools like Pretty Links to create clean and memorable links that are easy to share with your audience. You can also use analytics tools like Google Analytics to track your traffic and see which products are generating the most sales.
Another important factor in making money from Amazon Associates is to build trust with your audience. You should only promote products that you have used and believe in. If your audience trusts your recommendations, they are more likely to make a purchase through your affiliate link.
Amazon Associates also offers various advertising programs like Native Shopping Ads, which enable you to display product recommendations within your content. These ads can help increase your click-through rates and generate more sales.
Once you start generating sales through your Amazon Associates links, you can withdraw your earnings directly to your bank account. Amazon Associates pays its affiliates on a monthly basis, and you can withdraw your earnings once your account balance reaches the minimum threshold of $10.
Amazon Associates is a great way to monetize your online presence and earn a passive income. By promoting relevant products to your audience and building trust, you can generate a steady stream of income through affiliate commissions. With the right strategies and tools, you can turn your Amazon Associates account into a reliable source of income for your bank account. How to Start a Coca-Cola Canned Drink Distributorship Business in Nigeria
How to Make Money from Amazon Associate Affiliate Program to Your Bank Account
Henry Omenogor further shared this view in the Success Digest edition of Tuesday, May 12, 2009. If you have ever tried to make money running affiliate programs and never had a leeway, due to hurdles ranging from inability to participate since Nigeria is not included as a country, to that of how to receive your money here in Nigeria, then look no further as Amazon associate program will just do that for you.
Yes, Amazon founder and Chief Executive Jeffrey Bezos, the one-time Internet poster boy turned a post-dot-com piñata founded Amazon.com and made it possible for anyone in the world to participate in Amazon.com's program.
In writing this, I know you have probably heard before about how you can make money with affiliate programs such as Clickbank.
With Clickbank, Nigerians would have to use other companies abroad, to cash their earnings since Nigeria is not listed among the participating countries.
However, Amazon's Affiliate program is the hype-free way to really make money straight to your Nigerian bank account without hurdles.
There are two ways to make money from the Amazon associate program; either as a publisher (selling your personal products -books, software, and physical goods) or as an affiliate (promoting people's products for commission).
For the purpose of this write-up, let us concentrate on how to make money as an affiliate without owning your product. That is by promoting other people's products.
Here are the steps you will need to set up your Amazon Associate Program
[1]. You Need Some "Small Linking" Know-How: Learn some basics. You should be able to know a little bit about inserting copied HTML codes from amazon.com into your blog or website. You have to do this to keep your costs down and still get what you want. Even if the site is basically laid out for you, you're going to need to know how to insert images, create hyperlinks and do some basic text formatting. What I will advise here is that you remove the I can't do it attitude and settle to do it. Get over any anxiety you have about this. Just do it. You'll thank me for it.
[2]. Decide on a Topic You Want to Promote Reviews With: I tell you the easiest way to make money out of this is to start a product review and recommendation. So it is important you pick a topic you are passionate about and knowledgeable about that you can also enjoy. This is the fulcrum. This is because if you can't stay passionate about your chosen topic, then it will soon show and you will not make money. What I advise is that you narrow your niche to be distinctive enough. For example, bands from a certain city, music for a certain kind of dancing, authors of a certain religion, books about arts & crafts, etc.
[3]. Choose Your Keyword-Rich Domain Name: It is important that you choose a domain that is keyword-rich, and not a clever one. In going about this, you will focus on thinking about how people will find your site in the search engines.
Here are some niche ideas you can use for your domain.
[a]. Music Domain: BandsFromLondon.com, Band OutOfMaryland.com, South London Guitarists.com, Non-Stop- Hip-Hop.com.
[b]. Books Domain: Cook-Book-Authors.com, Arts-and-Crafts-Books.com, Books-by-Tony-Robins.com, ClassicInvestmentBooks.com etc.
[c]. Others: Best-Of-Baby-Toys.com. Moms-Mags.com. All these will make your site ranking in search engines and the SEO perform well on the Internet 4. Register your domain name.
[4]. Register Your Domain Name: I know you may be among the group that might have a phobia to register a domain. You can do it alone. If you're not technically inclined at all, register your domain wherever you set up your hosting in step 5. Otherwise, you can save a few bucks by choosing a lower-cost provider.
[5]. Set Up Your Web Hosting: This is where most people get burnt. The truth is that for this site, you do not need a high-end hosting account. All you need is a hosting account you can have for N700 monthly and start your own hosting account. Your hosting account should have a Fantastico deluxe application in it for your blog installation.
[6]. Install Blog Software: Yes, I know you have heard of blogs. Blog? Yes, a blog will give your site all the structures you will need, plus make it easy for you to quickly post new content. I use WordPress and will advise you to use it as it is open-source software (i.e., free), easy to install and use, yet very powerful. Many hosts have a one-step installation process for it using the fantastico I mentioned in step 5 above. To do this, log into your cpanel, click on file manager, click on Fantastico, click on WordPress and then install your blog within two minutes.
[7]. Make Your Blog Unique: One of the great things about WordPress is the huge variety of templates available for it -- they can completely change the look and feel. Templates or themes are used in designing blogs to give them all the beauty and appeal they should have. There are lots of blog themes you can get for free online. You can do a search on Google using the search term "free blog themes" and you select anyone that appeals to you.
[8]. Set Up Categories in Your Blog: Organizing your blog into categories will help you in organizing your entries and most blog software allows you to create sub-categories. This will help visitors narrow in, even more specifically on their interests. For example, BandsFromLondon.com might have one rock, a group of categories for genre country, blues, reggae etc. for the city of origin-London, etc.
[9]. Sign Up as an Amazon Associate: Once you have done the above simply visit https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/ and sign up for Amazon Associate. It's simple and free. Your site should already have at least the basic setup done, even if you don't have any content there yet. Once you are approved, you are on your way to reaping from this affiliate program.
[10]. Build Your First Link: Go to Amazon and log in with your associate's account. Find the product you want to review and use the Widget or banner Link ads to generate HTML codes in minutes, for a particular product or products you want to promote, log into your blog dashboard and past it as HTML code or add it to your blog widgets. Once you preview your blog, your ads will show immediately. You can also use the aStore Adlink type to build your website if you are using website software such as SiteSpinner.
[11]. Build Out Your Site and Blog Your Review: Before you promote your site, you want to have some substantial content there. Write several product reviews, and have at least 2-3 in each category you've created. You may also want to make categories for articles, news, and commentary about your topic. The more content your site has, the better. And the great thing is that while you're writing all these, the search engines are getting notified automatically.
[12]. Promote Your Site: The best free way to do this is to communicate with other bloggers writing about similar topics and to participate in online community forums where your topic is discussed. The idea to use here is to go to Google and type your niche forum eg "London Music Forum" and you are able to add your signature to your forum profile. To use paid advertising, you will have to sign up with Google Adwords, Craigslist, usfreeads, etc.
My Advice
[1]. I will recommend that you promote music and software instead of a book and other products, mainly because you can listen to the clips of an entire album in about 10 minutes and get a good enough feel for it (without buying it) to do a short review. Digital Camera and Laptops Affiliate reviews have proven to be one of the lucrative niches.
And if you still have another product niche you are passionate about, make sure you have a unique angle on the topic. People must have a reason to come to your site. You will need to register another domain for it for search engine purposes.
[2]. To make more money here, you can add the Adsense program by signing up with Google Adsense and make money from pay-per-click affiliate commission with them as Amazon allow it.
How to Receive Your Money
Although Amazon associate has three payment methods; GiftCard, Direct deposit and Paper Check payment, Nigerians are qualified for the first and the third only. You can use the gift card and use your money to shop online anywhere a gift card is accepted. If you want your money to be converted to Naira, then you will use the Paper Cheque Method. In this case, your money is sent to you and you pay it into your domiciliary account and it will be cleared within 21 working days in any Nigerian Bank.
Conclusion
It is my advice that you start your Amazon affiliate program today and start earning money from Internet Affiliate programs that allow Nigerians to participate, so you can overcome the hurdles of cashing your money through cumbersome affiliate check agents especially as it relates to ClickBank and Nigerians.
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