How to Make Money From Amazon.com

Amazon.com is the world's largest online retailer, and you can share in their profits! The Amazon Associate Program compensates consumers for referring customers to Amazon.com. As an affiliate, you link your website to Amazon.com and earn a fee for sales you help generate. If you have a website, read on to learn how you can profit from the world's most recognized e-commerce site.

Instruction:

Step1

Visit Amazon.com's "Associates" for details on the affiliate marketingprogram. The program has been in place for 10 years, offering website owners the opportunity to make money by directing customers to Amazon.com by way of special links provided by Amazon.

Step2

Visit the "Current Associates" page to see how some of the affiliates are using the program on their websites. Amazon.com offers several linking options that you can review at the site.

Step3

Review the Performance Fee Structure, which offers a referral rate of 4 to 10 percent based on the total number of items shipped from Amazon.com and its third-party sellers. The Associates site offers a rate tier chart as well as details regarding caps on specific items.

Step4

Complete the registration process, which requires information about your website, as well as checking account information for payment from Amazon.com and federal tax identification information, if applicable.

Step5

Once you register, you will select the kind of link you want to add to your website. Each option is detailed. You can recommend products, select specific products, or choose keywords and categories.

Step6

There are two fee structures from which to choose. You will automatically be enrolled in the Performance Free Structure that allows you to earn higher fees as you generate increasing numbers of referrals that result in sales at Amazon.com. You can change your fee structure at any time to the Classic Free Structure, as long as the change is made by the last day of the month.

Step7

Create and post your links to Amazon.com with the Build Links tool found in Associates Central. Then you can begin tracking traffic and earnings in reports that are updated daily.

Tips & Warnings

• Your commission will be higher if you link to specific titles, rather than suggesting a title and then giving a general link to Amazon.com.
• If your site has traffic from Canada or the U.K., link to both Amazon-Canada and Amazon-U.K. If someone in England uses a link to Amazon.com and then realizes he needs to go through Amazon U.K., you won't get credit for possible sales.
• Spend some time looking around the Amazon stores for specific items that might appeal to your visitors.