How to Make Money with Amazon Associates

By Mitch “Amazon-a-holic” Keeler

It is a new year, so are you looking for a new way to earn a little extra cash?

With Amazon’s Associates plan, you man make money by advertising Amazon products.  Via the front page of their web site, they promise 15% earnings for your trouble too.  Here are the three services they are offering right now:

Links and Banners – Link to Amazon or Endless products, your favorite destinations, search results, or any other page on Amazon.

Widgets – Want something that stands out and provides rich content and an interactive experience to people visiting your web page?

aStore – Feature any Amazon products in a self-contained online store embedded directly within your web page.

Sounds like a pretty good deal, right?  On the postive side you have a name you know and trust behind it all. (Who doesn’t love Amazon?) However, on the negative side, I am not sure this type of web site advertising is best for everybody.

For example, a personal site might not be the best place because I don’t go to my buddy Joe to do my shopping.  On the other hand, if you are running a sponge review web site, and you have ads for sponges – I might be more willing to click, cause I am already looking at sponge reviews.

You can learn more about Amazon’s Associates progream here:  https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/