Learn how to get started as Amazon Associate

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Introduction

The Amazon Associates Program is one of the most extensive affiliate marketing programs globally. It helps content creators, publishers and bloggers monetize their traffic. With millions of products available on Amazon, associates use easy link-building tools to direct their audience to products they recommend and earn from qualifying purchases. Amazon associates earn commissions through the Amazon Associates Program by promoting Amazon products. You include affiliate links to Amazon products in the content you created for your audience. When your audience clicks on these links, you can earn from the purchases. Income commissions earned depend on the product categories purchased. You can find income commissions by product category.

Who is my audience

This blog is created for:

• people who search to learn more about digital marketing
• people who have just started building a blog for interest
• people who want to develop an online store for their products  
• people who want to learn online business

Table of content

• Amazon Associates Program
• How to Signup Amazon Associates
• How To Create Amazon Affiliate Links
• Promote Amazon products and services
• Conclusion

Amazon Associates Program

Associates earn commissions through the Amazon Associates Program by promoting Amazon products. You include affiliate links to Amazon products in the content you created for your audience. When your audience clicks on these links, you can earn from your purchases. 

With the Amazon bounty program, you can also earn for promoting Amazon services and programs. Instead of commissions on product sales, you earn fixed commissions—"bounties"—on certain actions taken on specific offers, such as activating a free trial or signing up for a program. So basically, the bounty program is an additional way to earn affiliate income by suggesting and driving actions on Amazon services and programs your readers may be interested in. Find all eligible bounty qualifying actions.

Promote Amazon services and programs 

Wedding Registry Bounty

Engagement season is coming. With most couples getting engaged over the holidays, one of the first things teams do is create their wedding registry. Earn when your audience clicks through your links and makes a wedding registry. Share with readers products and inspiration for items that they should add.

Baby Registry Bounty

Help expectant parents figure out what their new baby will need and create a universal registry on Amazon. Encourage your audience to redeem the "Welcome Gift" after signing up. Expectant parents click through your links to make a baby registry on Amazon.

Prime Student Bounty

Students are headed off on a well-earned winter break. They will be headed back to class and preparing for spring courses all too soon. Help them learn about the benefits of Prime Student. Earn when students click through your links to sign up for the Amazon Prime Student program.

How to Signup Amazon Associates - Amazon's Affiliate Marketing Program

Amazon is a massive platform with 200 million visitors per month. She has 2.5 million sellers. The product ranges cover lots of well-known commercial brands and digital brands.  

Associates can make money by recommending commercial products and digital products. TO BE YOUR OWN BOSS SELLING TONS OF AMAZON PRODUCTS online is not rocket science.    

First, enter your account information, including your name, address, and phone number. 

Next, enter the websites and mobile app URLs where you plan to display banners, advertisements, or affiliate links. Up to 50 websites and mobile app URLs combined.

As illustrated below, select a store ID and provide information about your websites or mobile apps and what kind of products you intend to promote. Join AmazonAssociates Amazon's Affiliate marketing program Choose the topics from the drop-down menu apparel, books, gaming, movies that best describe your websites or mobile apps.

Describe how you drive traffic to your sites, how you generate income from your sites and apps, how you typically build links, and how many total unique visitors you get monthly.

Enter your phone number on the Identity Verification page and click the Call Me Now button. Amazon will call you and give you a 4-digit PIN. Enter the number into the box, and your application is complete. A welcome message will appear in the next window. It will ask whether to put your tax information now or later.

Enter your payment and tax information now or later, and then proceed to your dashboard to begin creating Amazon affiliate links. Profits earned from Amazon's affiliate program are paid approximately 60 days following the end of each calendar month. Payments can be made by direct deposit, check, or Amazon gift card.

To Follow Up on the Above Process,  Sign in to Explore Amazon Dashboard, Tutorials  Tools, and Resources

Qualification

Associate accounts that have not referred three Qualifying Purchases to Amazon.com will be closed within 180 days of signup. Don't forget to include an affiliate link disclosure. This is very important, and not doing so could result in you being disqualified. For more details, refer to:

• Operating Agreement,

• Associates Program Policies

• Associates Help 

• Associates Program Trademark Guidelines

 

How To Create Amazon Affiliate Links to Increase Referrals and Earnings

After you sign up and then log in to the affiliate dashboard, generate a custom affiliate link to Amazon products with the 'Product Linking' tab, a drop-down menu:

• Product link,  text, image

• Banner, 

• Link to any page at Amazon

• Quick linker 

Enter one or more keywords in the search box and click 'Go' to create a link. You can conduct an all-product search or search within a particular product line. You can also search across Amazon and its subsidiaries. If someone purchases through your link, you earn a small commission. 

Use Amazon SiteStripe to Create Your Affiliate Links

Various advertisement options can help you share Amazon products with your followers. I like to use this feature. It is straightforward to use and can link to a page your like. For example, check into my 

Promote Your Amazon Products and Services

• Writing content for your blog or website about buying a product available on Amazon.
• Writing reviews of new products. ...
• Writing about bestsellers. ...
• Promoting special offers on the blog.
• Use in-content links.
• Compare similar products.
• Write a bestseller list.
• Offer shopping guides.
• Dedicate posts to the best uses of a particular product.
• Link images to Amazon products.
• Develop an effective keyword strategy.

Here are more ways to engage your social media followers

With over 1 billion active users a month, social media is ideal for promotional activities. You can do well by including affiliate links in: 

• Youtube 

• Facebook 

• Instagram  

• Twitter 

• Quora 

Amazon has no problem with you posting affiliate links on social media. In fact, they have the Facebook and Twitter linking tool built right into the Associate SiteStripe.

Conclusion

Make your existing links more prominent or visible to site visitors, Including links to additional products or product variants. Adding links for trending promotions that you can find in the Amazon promotions hub increases traffic to your website using search engine optimization and social media. Don't forget to visit the Resource Center on Associates Central to view articles for additional tips to optimize your earnings. 

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