How To Do Affiliate Marketing With Amazon - Latest (2022)

The best way to start earning online without any skill and investment is through Affiliate Marketing. In this mode of earning online, you don’t have to worry about inventory management or list creation of the products and do its SEO. All you have to do is to select a product that you found interesting through Amazon. After selecting a product, you will be provided with a link that is called an affiliate link. Now your job is to promote this link when someone purchases this product through your affiliate link you will earn a commission.

But maybe many of you are thinking about where to get started? Below you will find step by step guide to becoming an Amazon affiliate. So, without any further due let’s dive in.

What is the Amazon Affiliate program?

As we all know that Amazon is one of the biggest online selling platforms in the world. You or anyone who wants to earn extra bucks can join this platform and start earning. Now there are two methods to join amazon and start selling.

• Sell your own product on amazon (which is not the scope of this article)
• Sell someone else product on amazon and earn a commission (amazon affiliate)

Before going any further, the most important thing that you must have in order to partner with amazon associates is your blogging site or a website where you will promote the amazon products.

So basically, you will sign up with the Amazon affiliate program and you will also show amazon that you have a website where you will promote the products. After that amazon will grant you the permission to become part of it and start promoting its products. So now you are part of the Amazon Affiliate Program.

What is Affiliate Marketing?

In very simple words I will try to explain. 

Step 1: You have to select a product (If you want to read in detail click here)

Step 2:  Now the product is selected, it's time to promote the product (If you want to read in detail click here)

Step 3: From your promotion, if any of the products is sold you will get a commission. That's it this is complete affiliate marketing.

If you want to see the tutorial on Affiliate Marketing click here.

How Does Amazon Affiliate Program Works?

Once you become an amazon associate (which means that Amazon has granted you the permission to become its affiliate) you will be provided with a link, that is called an affiliate link. Now you will promote this link on your website were already a good amount of traffic is coming daily.

So, if anyone who visited your site and sees the amazon ad, clicks on that ad he/she will be re-directed to the Amazon page, and if this user who is now on the amazon page ends up buying this product that you are promoting you will get a commission. How much commission you will get depending on the product that you are promoting?

How to become an Amazon Affiliate

Following the checklist of how anyone can become an amazon affiliate.

1.     You should have a website or blog (if you don’t have one check this video, on how to create a blog in 15 minutes)

1.  Go to Amazon associate home page and “click sign up”.
2.  Enter your account information
3.  Enter your blog or website address
4.  Enter your store ID
5.  Explain how you will drive traffic to your website
6.  Choose your payment method
7.  Create an amazon affiliate link

If you want to read all these steps in detail please visit HubSpot blog by clicking here.

Amazon Affiliate Program Requirements

There are a few rules and regulations that any amazon associate has to follow. So, it's best to understand those before you dive in. Noncompliance may result in being banned from the program.

All the rules are in place for giving everyone equal opportunity to sell and earn so that no one can make fake sales. Here are some of the big ones to keep in mind.

·         You must disclose on your site or in your communication that you may be eligible to earn from your recommendations.

·         You must not make false or deceptive claims in your recommendations.

·         Avoid referring to prices (with some exceptions) since prices frequently change.

·         Do not use Amazon affiliate links in offline promotions, eBooks, or email.

·         Do not use link shorteners on affiliate links.

You can check all the rules and regulations of Amazon by clicking here. Amazon is one of the best affiliate programs that are available online but it's not the only one. HubSpot has an article in which they mention the top 50 best affiliate programs and you can choose anyone from it in case you don’t qualify for the amazon affiliate.

How Much You Can Earn From Amazon Affiliate?

You can earn from 100$ to 1500$ per week. It all depends upon how many referrals you generate for amazon. Like all the affiliate programs aAmazonaffiliate program works on a commission basis which means you will make a percentage per sale. The following points will really determine how much you can earn exactly.

·        Amount of traffic your website or blog is getting (more traffic, more sales)

·        It also depends upon which product you pick and what’s the commission rate

·        How many people are clicking on your affiliate link?

·        How well organized is your ad (it must be attractive)

At the beginning of the amazon affiliate journey maybe you will get zero sales, so you should havesome another income stream as well.

Before signing up on the platform, it’s important to review the Amazon Affiliate program’s commission rate per product category. That way, you can calculate how much you can potentially earn depending on your website niche.

Pros and Cons of Amazon Affiliates

 

Pros	Cons
Amazon is a trusted brand	Low affiliate commission
Variety of products	No PayPal
Excellent customer care	24-hour cookie
Free to join	Website is must
Timely Payments	Strict terms

Conclusion

Yes, you can start earning from an amazon affiliate (a website or blogging site is a must for an amazon affiliate program) having said that it’s not a get-rich scheme in a week. You have to work hard consistently to see the results. In the beginning, it's a bit frustrating but gradually the results will start coming your way. The best tip would be to promote multiple products and also sign up for multiple affiliate programs. In this way, you can give yourself a chance to earn money from different platforms.

Thank You..!!!