Make Money with the Amazon Associates Program Easily and Safely

What is Amazon Associates?

First of all, we need to clearly understand the concept of Amazon Associates from the ground up. There are different affiliate programs around the world, but if there is one affiliate program par excellence, it is Amazon Associates.

Affiliate programs are a business model based on the recommendation of products by a person or company in exchange for compensation (a commission) for the sale of those products.

Affiliate programs are a new way to make money online. Anyone can access them; you simply need to learn the steps to follow, plan a good strategy, and start making money with this system.

In recent years, affiliate programs have grown exponentially. They have become popular among people looking for extra income in a relatively simple and fast way, without too much effort or highly technical knowledge.

It was in 1996 that Amazon launched its first affiliate program in the United States. A few years later, it became very popular both in its home country and in the UK and other countries around the world. But it has only been in the last few years that it has really started to grow in Spain, becoming the giant it is today as an affiliate program.

Today it is the largest thanks to the millions of products and customers it has. Therefore, it will very likely be the affiliate program with the most opportunities and the one with which you can earn the most money in a scalable way over the long term.

How can I make money with Amazon Associates?

One of the most attractive points about getting started with the Amazon Associates program is that, as a good affiliate program, you do not need much experience or highly technical knowledge to start making money with Amazon Associates.

Creating an account is quite simple and earning your first commissions is not complicated. You simply have to go step by step, find a good niche, and set up your marketing strategy to achieve qualified traffic.

Doing a thorough study to find the right niche as well as the specific keywords for the selected niche will be essential to achieve good rankings for your affiliate website. If your strategy is going to be based on SEO, you will need to research the specific keywords very carefully. In addition, write quality content to get the traffic you need and redirect it to Amazon.

It is not a business where you are going to lose money, since the risk is minimal. If you manage to drive traffic to Amazon and the user ends up buying, Amazon will pay you your commissions as an affiliate.

How do I sign up for Amazon Associates?

The process of becoming an Amazon Associate is quite simple. You simply need to have an active website and start the registration application with Amazon. Once they approve your account, you can get started. Follow these steps to create your Amazon Associates account:

1- Have an active website

Although later on you will be able to promote products through other tools such as WhatsApp or social media, to create your Amazon Associates account you will need a URL to register. Therefore, you need to have a website up and running before signing up as an Amazon Associate.

When we say a website up and running, we mean a complete website. That is, it should have quality content related to a specific niche (for example, at least 10 posts and the ability to link to Amazon). Amazon will not check whether you have good rankings or not, but you also will not be able to sign up as an affiliate with an empty or nearly incomplete website.

You can start designing your SEO strategy afterward. In other words, as you grow, you can expand your posts and improve your website’s rankings. But as we said, Amazon will not verify whether your site is ranked or not.

2- Create your Amazon Associates account

Go to https://afiliados.amazon.es/and click sign up. Create a new Amazon account. Follow the steps and verify your email and phone number. Fill in all the account information fields. IMPORTANT: do not use an existing Amazon account; it is better not to mix your affiliate account with your customer account.

Once you have completed the details, enter your website URL. This step is required for registration, as we mentioned in step 1. Then continue filling in information about your website, the products you want to promote, etc. These are simple questions that will only take a few minutes.

When all the steps are completed, you just have to wait for your account to be approved by an Amazon reviewer. They will check whether all the information is valid. There is nothing to worry about; Amazon usually approves practically all applications.

3- Create a tracking ID

You will need to create your own tracking ID, that is, your unique code to identify a website and associate that website with the commissions from the sales you generate. Within the same account, you can have several IDs to identify different websites. In other words, you can have two or more different websites associated with the same account, and each one will have a different ID.

4- Select the Amazon products to promote

Now it is time to select the products you want to promote.

– Go to the product information on Amazon.es and look for its ASIN code.

– Copy and paste this ASIN into the search box within your account and it will show you the selected product.

– Click on «Get link», which will take you to 3 options: «text», «text + image» or «image».

– In general, choose the «text» option because you simply want the link to place on your website.

– You can also use the shortener option to make it a shorter link. Insert this link on your website.

And start selling. You will earn a commission for each sale made within the following 24 hours from the moment the user clicks your link, as we will explain below.

What are the commissions for the Amazon Affiliate program?

When you sign up for the Amazon Associates program, you need to be very clear about the commission system Amazon uses in order to understand how, how much, and when you will receive commissions for sales generated through your affiliate links.

The main goal of an Amazon affiliate should be to get a user to click on a link on your website to redirect them to an Amazon product. When they enter the product page, Amazon places a cookie on them for 24 hours linked to your affiliate account, and if the user buys a product, whether the one you redirected them to or any other product, you will earn a commission for that sale.

It can be a direct attributed purchase (the product you redirected them to) or an indirect one (any other Amazon product they buy within the next 24 hours). Commissions on indirect purchases are generally 1.5%and commissions on direct purchases vary depending on the category they belong to.

Depending on the category, direct purchase commissions can range from 10% to 4%. These are the main categories and commissions:

• Fashion 10%

• Home 7%

• Consumables 6%

• Digital 6%

• Hobbies and Cars 6%

• Amazon Devices 3%

• Electronics 3%

• Consoles 1%.

In addition, if a minimum turnover set for each category is exceeded, these percentages will increase by 1%.

To check the exact commission that applies to you, once your affiliate account is created go to Help > Standard Commission Income Rates, where you will see a table with the different commissions according to department (Fashion, Home, Electronics, etc.) and turnover.

Can I buy an existing Amazon Associates website?

As we have explained, you can create your Amazon Associates website easily; you just need to have a website up and running to get started. However, you will need the time (or money) to build your website and give it some time (usually a few months) for it to start producing results. In this post, we explain the differences between buying a website or creating one from scratch.

To save you the effort of launching a website from scratch, at Moaflip we offer the option to buy ready-to-go Amazon Associates websites to get started right away. There are some websites that even have a sales history and, due to the owner’s personal or work situation, are put up for sale so that another person or company can continue running them.

The reasons why the owner of an affiliate website decides to sell can be several. For example, not having enough time to dedicate to the website for work or professional reasons, not knowing how to keep growing the site, needing money, or many other reasons that are specified in the sale of the site itself.

Therefore, we give you the option to buy a website that makes money immediately, since it is already generating income. You will be able to apply your own marketing strategies to improve it and keep it growing. For example, you can create social media profiles, improve SEO, review what other bloggers are talking about and get content ideas, etc. In other words, implement your techniques with your affiliate marketing programs and tools to grow this affiliate website and take it to the next level.

In addition, we also offer Amazon Associates websites that are ready to launch. In other words, everything is already set up (website ready with linked products, quality content, completed sections) and all you have to do is take the reins and wait for it to start growing. It is like a turnkey apartment, where all that is left is for you to move in. In these cases, the sale price is usually more affordable because the business is not yet generating money. Contact us here if you are interested in this option.

What type of products do Amazon Associates accounts sell?

There are all kinds of products for sale on Amazon and, therefore, the possibilities for Amazon Associates account types are (almost) endless. With the goal of making money with Amazon Associates, you can create an affiliate website in any category with high potential on Amazon.

You will need to study Amazon and try to find the products with the highest sales and potential. Make a selection of products with an interesting average ticket size (that is, we would not recommend 1-euro pens) and check which niche they belong to.

Select the niche with the greatest potential by asking yourself the following questions: can I include enough products in this niche? Do I know the topic and can I generate quality content? Can the retail price of the products be medium to high?

For example, if you choose the niche of «kitchen utensils», you will have many product options to talk about, from food processors priced at 300€ to an orange juicer for 10€. And in between, you can create informational posts about «how to organize kitchen utensils». You can even narrow the niche further by choosing more specific topics such as «running shoes». It may have less product variety, but greater potential since there are thousands of running shoes you can talk about.

Finally, we must point out that if you are not good at writing content, it is better to contact an agency or a person who can write quality content for your posts. For example, you can find quite affordable options on Fiverr (a platform that offers all kinds of services, including content writing).

The advantages and disadvantages of the Amazon Associates program

Advantages:

Amazon brand recognition

With the Amazon Associates program, you will benefit from Amazon’s own brand recognition . They have enough years of experience in many countries to have earned users’ trust by a wide margin. They have millions of customers who trust their website every day, which only adds to their visibility and good reputation with their 1-day deliveries for Amazon Prime customers.

Optimized website

In addition, Amazon has its website optimized to the maximum so that the billions of users who visit its site every day click the buy button. You only need to send traffic to Amazon and they will do the rest. For example, they will handle A/B testing so that the traffic you send converts better and you earn your commission.

Website and service improvements

Amazon is responsible for making constant improvements not only to its website, but also to its services. They keep growing year after year and, with that, they need to improve and surprise their users so they continue to trust them. Being an international e-commerce benchmark is no easy task, so they cannot disappoint and will always try to offer the best service at any cost.

Knowing which products sell best

With affiliate links, you will be able to track which products sell best and, with that valuable information, you can even create your own Amazon FBA business later on. This business model runs alongside the Amazon Associates program and consists of having a store on Amazon that sells products while Amazon stores and ships them to the end customer. It would be taking one more step, but if you find a star product with your affiliate links, go for it because you already know it works. More info about Amazon FBA here.

Disadvantages:

Identifying your audience and using the right keywords

To make money as an Amazon affiliate, you need to identify your target audience very well. Getting quality traffic so that they ultimately make a purchase on Amazon is not always easy, and using the right keywords will be decisive in getting users to buy.

For example, think of terms aimed at buying (rather than information), such as «best X» or «ranking of the best X», since whoever searches for these keywords is very likely to have the final goal of buying.

Violating Amazon Associates program rules

It is not common, but you should know that if you violate any of the affiliate program rules, you could even be expelled from the program. Therefore, it is always advisable to read the legal notice or terms and conditions before starting in order to understand the philosophy and purpose of the Amazon Associates program and avoid or minimize risks.

For example, two very important points to keep in mind to avoid any penalty are not showing the retail price or the number of reviews:

Do not show the retail price on Amazon products

A very important point to keep in mind is that the website must not show the product’s retail price, but instead of the price, you must display a striking CTA («call to action») so that users click and check the price directly on Amazon (for example: «SEE PRICE» or «SEE OFFER»).

You may only show the price if you take it directly from the Amazon API to avoid mistakes; the API will fetch the price in real time. You know that Amazon prices can change from one day to the next, so it would not make much sense for your website to advertise a different price from the one actually on Amazon.

Do not show the number of Amazon product reviews

As for reviews, it is the same as with the price. It is not recommended to indicate the number of reviews or average rating since they can change very quickly and your website will become outdated too fast.

Remember that, in general, your website will take work at the beginning, but once it starts running, it will work almost on its own and you will only need to update the information that is strictly necessary because it has become outdated.

Strategies to grow your Amazon Associates website quickly and effectively

Combine high and medium-low priced products

One of the most common strategies to make money with Amazon is to feature expensive products to earn a good commission. However, if you think about it, more expensive products will be harder to sell. A lower-priced product will always be more impulsive to buy than a higher-priced one.

Therefore, a good tip to keep in mind when starting your affiliate website is to not only drive traffic to expensive products, but to combine both so that lower-ticket products bring you more sales volume and higher-priced products give you more commission. In this way, you will achieve the sales volume needed to take off faster.

Find your perfect niche

Finding the right niche will be key to making your affiliate website a success. As we just mentioned, product pricing must be taken into account when choosing the right niche. However, do not focus only on products in a specific niche with a high retail price; instead, try to find a balance so that you can have an adequate number of sales.

For example, if you select the kitchen niche, do not just try to sell food processors for 300€, but also try to include kitchen accessories with a more impulse-friendly retail price.

Use the right keywords

On the other hand, when it comes to keywords, try to think about how the user would search for the product on Google. A short and clear example would be «buy kitchen tablecloth», but a more specific keyword will have fewer searches yet will always be more effective, such as «buy stain-resistant kitchen tablecloth». You can also use other keywords such as: «best X», «X ranking», «comparison of the best X», «X buying guide», etc.

Create your social media and database

Another tip that can help you grow your affiliate website is to create your own database. If you build a good audience, users can subscribe to the newsletter to keep finding content of interest on your site. To do this, you should not only write shopping content, but also informational content so that those users visit your website regularly and you gain more authority.

In addition, creating your social media profiles will also be positive for growing your community. Becoming a reference in the niche will help you make more money with your Amazon Associates links.

Conclusions

As we have seen, Amazon Associates is an Amazon affiliate marketing program that allows website owners and bloggers to earn commissions from products purchased through Amazon. By signing up for the Amazon Associates program and adding Amazon affiliate links to their website, participants can earn a commission on any eligible purchase made by their visitors.

In addition, participants can earn commissions on any product purchased by visitors who click on an Amazon link from their website. The Amazon Affiliate program is an excellent way to monetize a website or blog, and can be a valuable source of income for site owners and bloggers who promote Amazon products. Interested people can sign up for the program on the Amazon Associates website. Once registered, participants will be able to access the Amazon affiliate code and start adding links to their site.

In short, in Amazon Associates, signing up involves relatively simple initial work that will generate sales for you in the not-too-distant future. Once you have done the groundwork (finding a niche, creating the website with quality content, creating the Amazon Associates account, linking the products...), the rest is easy.

Once you have the whole strategy set up and running, you will simply need to keep optimizing your website as you learn new strategies or see that some competitors are lurking around, but the hard work will already be done.

You will be able to track commissions in the Amazon Associates user panel and review which products are making you the most money. Based on the results, you can improve content or even create more if you think it is necessary to increase your income.

The Amazon Associates program is one of the new ways to make money with Amazon in a practically passive way that is increasingly spreading among those looking for extra money without leaving home, so if you are interested, we encourage you to go for it. You are at the perfect time to get started in this world.