The Hidden Power Of Amazon. Hands Down The Easiest Affiliate Marketing Around. A Blueprint For You

[Daniel Brock]

Hello Warriors!

I have a video compiling so I figured I would take a break and write a nice little blueprint to Amazon affiliate marketing for you. I noticed a lot of people on this board not really sure how to make money with Amazon marketing, so I figured I would help out.

So let's get started shall we?

The problem a lot of newbies have with making money online is that they undoubtedly start out with CB like so many gurus suggest...

I was there myself.

The problem is, that Clickbank has hundreds of newbie affiliates joining everyday. It takes some real skill to be able to be successful with CB nowadays, so if you are new, I would highly recommend you resist the temptation that all of the Gurus out there have put in front of you.

Instead, I like to go for the easier jobs...And that is Amazon affiliate marketing selling physical products.

Let Me Explain to You Why Amazon Is So Awesome...

Simply put, Amazon IS the easiest way to make money online

• There are literally 10s of thousands of products on Amazon.
• I spent over 40 hours niche researching all of Amazon products and I still find new products to promote all the time.
• People have no suspicion about buying a physical product like they do a digital ebook - therefor no need to go through the long pre-selling process.
• Amazon is unsaturated(99% of the niches are still low competition)
• People are addicted to Amazons sales process and end up spending more than they originally plan to. A $10 purchase can turn into a $100 purchase in a blink of an eye.
• All you have to do is send traffic to Amazon to make a sale. For example, the other day I sold a $1500 playset and I dont have a single website that sells playsets. Someone just browsed through my link and decided they want to buy a playset at the time.

But Dan...I can make more money off digital product commissions!!

Yes, you can make more money selling higher commission goods like ebooks and what not. But the difference here is the amount of work you need to put in on those digital goods sites.

On all of my Amazon sites, I haven't touched them in over 6 months now and they still earn for my like they did from the beginning. In fact, last month was my highest earning month ever at $1,200 in commissions.

With digital product sites, you have to continually work on rankings, add content, add links, etc. just to keep the same level of income.

They are not as set and forget as Amazon sites can be.

And the reason for this is because there is virtually no competition in most of the Amazon niches.


The First Thing You Need to Do Is Find a Product to Promote

There are two types of products you should promote in a 90/10% fashion.

• 90% high ticket items above $100. That gives you around $5 of commission per sale. A $300 item sale gives you about $20 in commission.
• 10% low end products to inflate your commission percent. At the beginning of the month they drop you down to 4.00% commission, so its important to sell 20 items ASAP to get it up to 6.5%

So all you do is go through each category in Amazon until you find products that fit the following criteria(for high ticket items):

• $100 or more
• 10+ reviews(This is a really good indicator whether or not the product is popular and selling)
• A star rating above 3 (no sense in promoting a crappy product)
• Has 5 or more similar products to promote(this way we can create a whole website around one type of product)

Let Me Give You a List of Products NOT to Promote

One of the most common mistakes people make when starting out with Amazon is picking the wrong niches. EVERYBODY tries the following niches when they get into Amazon affiliate marketing:

1. LCD TVs
2. Digital Cameras/camcorders
3. Luxury Watches
4. Laptops
5. Computers
6. Cell phones like iphone, blackberrys, palms, etc.
7. Any product that is easily purchasable at stores like Walmart, Target, etc. A niche like that is vacuum cleaners. Every store around has a vacuum cleaner department, so most of people buy at stores for this type of product than they do online.

The problem with these niches is everyone and their mother has a website on these items. These are the first things they think of that are high ticket items they can get a lot of commission.

What that means for you is MASSIVE competition...which is bad.

So try to find more obscure niches like:

• Grills
• Lawnmowers
• Womens Boots

Confirm The Products Are Actually Getting Searched For

All you do is run the root product name through the google adwords keyword tool.

So if we have a grill called the coleman x50 gas grill(im making this name up), run the keyword 'coleman x50' and 'coleman x50 gas grill' through the keyword tool to see the search results.

If a product has about 4000+ searches each month, I will consider writing an article on it.

Once you find 1 product that fits, go back to Amazon and try and find at least 4 more related products that also have 4000+ searches. So for our gas grill example, we would go back and make sure there are 4 other popular gas grills.

Now Create Some Articles On These 5 Products

The easiest way to do this is to summarize what is already provided to you from Amazon. They give you practically all the info you need in 99% of the products out there.

I myself outsource all of my articles to www.textbroker.com.

They are perfect for this application.

I generally like have my articles in the 300 word range.

Whether you write the articles yourself or have someone else do it, you want to include the following information:

• The Who - Who the item is for. For example, your gas grill would be for outdoor enthusiasts looking for a quick way to grill up meat patties for parties. When someone is searching for a product review, they want to make sure it's for them. So by addressing their situation, it helps confirm it for them(which means they are ready to buy and click your affiliate link)
  
• The What - Basically this is the outstanding features of the product.
  
• The Why -You are answering why they should buy the particular product compared to something similar. You would say something like 'this gas grill is one of the easiest to start because of its auto-start feature. Stop wasting half the day trying to get those other gas grills started'

Post the first article, and add the rest on drip feed(wordpress) so that they get posted automatically over a period of 2 months or more.

This helps keep your site active over periods of time which is great for search rankings.

A quick note about auto-generated blogs. For this method to really be effective, you need to use unique content for each article that you post. Im sure you could make some money with this method auto-blogging, but it wont be anywhere as near as successful.

A note on how to drive traffic to Amazon.com
I have found that simple text links within the body of your article convert the highest. I havent had much luck with image ads to be quite honest with you.

For a text link, I would do something like:

"If you want to buy this grill, I highly recommend you purchase online through Amazon at this link. It's currently on sale for 21% off only through Amazon.

Let Me Give You An Example Product Review

Here is a quick mock write up of an acceptable review.

Whether you are looking for a gift for that special grilling enthusiast, or just want it to for yourself to fulfill your own primal grilling urges, the Coleman x50 Gas Grill[affiliate link] is the perfect solution to the problem.

One of the best features of this grill is not the actual grill itself, but in the flavors of the meat it grills. Because it is an all gas grill, you never have to worry about your meat tasting like burnt charcoal. Instead, the only thing you will taste is the pure juiciness of perfectly grilled meat.

Let's take a look at some of the features:

• Feature 1
• Feature 2
• Feature 3
• Feature 4
• Feature 5
• Feature 6
• If you are interested in buying the Coleman x50, you can get it cheap online through Amazon at this link here. They usually have it on sale there.
  

Compared to other gas grills in this price range, I really don't think you will find a better piece of grilling equipment. Considering that it comes with a set of grilling utensils with purchase, the deal is even sweeter!

Another outstanding trait this grill has over others is its one of the easiest to start because of its auto-start feature. Stop wasting half the day trying to get those other gas grills started

Let me show you some reviews from current owners:

Jim Bob,

I bought this grill and it really rocks. I will never buy another gas grill again........View the full review here: (insert link to persons review page on Amazon)

Sam J,

This grill is absolutely amazing. Nothing comes close.....View the full review here: (insert link to persons review page on Amazon)

Now Go Social Bookmark Your Main Domain

Once your first article is posted, you will want to go post it on some social bookmarking sites to help get your site indexed.

I like to use onlywire to speed up the process.

Next SLOWLY Build Links To Your Website and Internal Pages

A lot of people will tell you to build a ton of links all at once. I don't like this idea because I like to be extremely paranoid when it comes to search engines.

I BELIEVE that they can flag your site if it just starts and gets hundreds of links within the first month.

I like to build NO MORE than 1 to 2 links per week to my main domain and internal pages.

It's also important to rotate your anchor text as much as possible.

Here are the various linking sources I use:

• Profile Packets
• Social Bookmarks
• Blog commenting
• RSS feed submission
• RSS feed to Ping.fm <- a nice way to get some backlinks automatically as each of your articles drip feed
• Web 2.0 Articles <- just one unique article linked to an article on your site holds some really heave ranking power(just remember to bookmark your web 2.0 property to increase its ranking power and help get it indexed)

SLOW AND STEADY...SLOW AND STEADY...

Duplicate and Work On Products That Sell Well

I have learned that you are better off just focusing on one niche that you find profitable.

For awhile there I was making sites to 'explore' niches.

I left a lot of money on the table at first because I wasn't improving the sites that were working, nor was I duplicating those sites.

When you find a winner, STICK WITH IT AND DUPLICATE. Create another site on the same exact niche using unique articles and just repeat the entire process.

The same goes with individual products. You will find on your niche sites that 1 or 2 products sell better than the rest of them. It makes sense to work on these ones.

Focus your link building on it and work on conversion rates for that product.

It's about working smart.

Most Importantly....

Like all other affiliate marketing, the key is to stick with it. I can tell you right now that not all of your Amazon niche sites are going to work out for you.

I can also tell you that it's going to get REALLY boring making these Amazon sites after you build a couple. It's not fun...but it definitely works well, so stick with it and push through the boring times.

That's the basics behind Amazon.com affiliate marketing. There are a lot of other clever tricks you can do to boost your conversions and traffic, but I'll save those for another post.

I hope you all enjoyed my free little guide here.

Feel free to ask me any questions, I am more than willing to help!

Regards,
Daniel Brock

[LegitIncomes]

Nice post....would make a great WSO

[MurphSmurf]

Awesome, thanks for sharing. I have never tried promoting Amazon but it seems like there would be much less competition for these types of affiliate sites.

Do you do any kind of competition research?

[Heuristic]

Lots of great info there Daniel - Thanks for sharing!

[mdotwhite]

Are you using a special software to drip feed the articles? If so what software is it?

[tomw]

Nice post, Daniel. Really well done.

Just a quick question...didn't Amazon drop it's rate to something like 4% and a maximum of £7 per item last autumn? Or is this just for electronic goods? I can't remember...but I do know it caused quite a stink in the affiliate world and many affiliates dropped them.

Tom

[MurphSmurf]

I did some quick research on Market Samurai for an Amazon niche and I'm seeing great potential!

Do you buy a domain for each new niche, or do you think using a free platform like Blogger would work okay too?

[Daniel Brock]

Originally Posted by MurphSmurf

Awesome, thanks for sharing. I have never tried promoting Amazon but it seems like there would be much less competition for these types of affiliate sites.

Do you do any kind of competition research?

Yes - what I'll do is just do a quick run through of the adwords keyword tool.

If the green bar has a white portion greater than 25%, I'll consider the product.

Very primitive way to go about it - but 90% of the time it actually works.

What i'll do to be sure is run the product root name through google to see what kind of competition is out there.

I never worry about the authority sites like Amazon or the product manufacture being ahead of me in the search rankings. By the time someone searches for this product, they have already been to amazon and have already been to the product creators website.

Regards,
Daniel

[Daniel Brock]

Originally Posted by mdotwhite

Are you using a special software to drip feed the articles? If so what software is it?

It comes with Wordpress.

Instead of clicking publish, click the link next to publish immediately. From there select your date and hit schedule.

When the date comes around, it will auto-post it to your blog.

tomw,

No. You start out at 4% every month. Then after about 20 item sales you go to 6.50%.

It doesnt matter if you or new or have been on there for years. Each month, everyone starts out at 4.00.

MurphSmurf,

I always register domain names for my properties because I want to own everything.

You could use blogger if you want - I know a lot of people that do. I think Wordpress.com is getting stricter on affiliate sites if im not mistaken.

But personally, I always register a domain name for whatever niche I enter into. Its only like $8 so its not a big deal especially if the site pays itself off within the first few weeks(which is easy to do).

Regards,
Daniel

[Mattk]

I had already made up my mind to let affiliate marketing go for now and focus on my own projects.

Now, thanks to you, I'm thinking about affiliate sales again.

Thanks a lot Daniel.

[tomw]

Thanks for the reply, Daniel, but it was still bugging me because I can remember all the fuss. So to prove to myself I wasn't losing my marbles I checked it out:

"Note about Caps:

The referral fee payable on any Product under the Performance Fee Structure is limited to a maximum of £7.00 per Product, regardless of the Qualifying Revenues derived from the sale of any such item, except that Products offered for sale in the “Books,” “DVD,” or “Music” section of the Amazon.co.uk Site will not be subject to that £7.00 limit."

I could remember all the talk of never again bothering to promote an Amazon product over around £175 because affiliates will not make any additional revenue on them.

*And* they increased the 9% threshold to 30,000+ products per month!

Tom

[adamv]

I had heard that the max. per item was $25 so it may be different depending on the country you're in. The same techniques can be applied to Commission Junction programs too. There are a lot of affiliate programs for physical products.

[actionplanbiz]

awesome post and great suggestions. i just started promoting amazon products and this post is very informative.

thanks

[MurphSmurf]

Do your sites need to rank on first page of Google for you to start seeing sales, or do they just kinda start earning on their own after a while regardless of rank?

(sorry for all the questions but I must say, I'm intrigued! )

[Daniel Brock]

Tomw,

In regards to the commission comment.

Here is a screenshot from the day I sold that $1.5k item:



Im pretty sure the $25 commission cap only applies to electronics.

Regards,
Daniel

[tomw]

Thanks for clearing that up. I've done some further research and it appears that Amazon.co.uk does indeed have a £7 cap on *all* products except books, dvds and music.

So the take out, for those interested in following your excellent blueprint, is to only set up sites and sell through Amazon.COM in the US of A. Forget all about the UK site my fellow Brits.

Thanks again, Daniel. You're doing some great work around here!

Tom

[Daniel Brock]

Originally Posted by tomw

Thanks for clearing that up. I've done some further research and it appears that Amazon.co.uk does indeed have a £7 cap on *all* products except books, dvds and music.

So the take out, for those interested in following your excellent blueprint, is to only set up sites and sell through Amazon.COM in the US of A. Forget all about the UK site my fellow Brits.

Thanks again, Daniel. You're doing some great work around here!

Tom

Oh wow!

Tom, didn't realize they screwed you UK folks over there like that. But even still, $10 per sale isn't bad either...

Mattk,
Hah! I know how you feel. Try not to let me thread distract you too much from your ultimate goal!

MurphSmurf,
No. I have many pages on page 3, 4, and 5 that still get me sales. Obviously the closer to the top rankings the better you will be, but it's not necessary to make money with this particular method.

People are nuts about finding reviews when they are ready to buy, so they will dive deeper than your average searcher will.

adamv,
Good point about CJ.

This method would work with that as well - however I personally like to go with Amazon if possible. Reason is because their upsell process freaking rocksssss!

[Dennis Gaskill]

Excellent post, Daniel. Well written, easy to follow, and very helpful to anyone wanting to go down that path.

[adamv]

Originally Posted by Daniel Brock

Good point about CJ.

This method would work with that as well - however I personally like to go with Amazon if possible. Reason is because their upsell process freaking rocksssss!

I agree about the upsell process. I was initially a little turned off by the 4% commissions but the fact that someone could click a link for a $5 item and end up spending several hundred makes it a little easier to deal with. Also the fact that they offer free shipping on orders over $25 encourages people to spend more than just the $5 or $10 they may have intended to.

[Chuck Underwood]

Daniel,

Awesome post. I appreciate the detail that you went into laying out your simple yet effective plan.

Off to Amazon to start researching products.

Chuck

[Buildingfutures]

Sounds like another project to add to my list of things to do! Thanks a lot Daniel! Gawsh!

But seriously, very well thought out post, and its been bookmarked by me now so that I can come back and look at it whenever I need to. I like this set and forget strategy, especially with a blog like wordpress. Speaking of, I need to go work on my other blogs.

Had no clue that is how the drip-feed worked with wordpress, thanks for clearing that up too!

EXCELSIOR!

-Sean

[Buildingfutures]

Here's an idea, just off the top of my head real quick.

Purchase a domain name that can cover a whole bunch of products. Focus on one domain for now (You can definitely make more later), and make it a product review site.

Review articles are so easy to write, that literally anyone can do them.

You can make 10 a day, set them up to post one every 2-3 days, and let it go.

MAKE 10 ARTICLES A DAY FOR A WEEK.

Your blog will be set and ready to go for months then. 70 articles, one posted every 2-3 days will have content going into your site for at least 4 months.

All you'd have to do then is ping the blog every time a new post goes up (you'll know when it is!) and slowly build links like Daniel explains.

How's that for a set and forget model?

-Sean

[Mattk]

Originally Posted by Buildingfutures

Purchase a domain name that can cover a whole bunch of products. Focus on one domain for now (You can definitely make more later), and make it a product review site.

I've often thought of buying 1 or 2 catchy sounding general domains, then using subdomains as the keyword for the product.

Would that work? I thought of this a while ago and planned to do it with PPC. I figured if your subdomain was a keyword and the landing page was nicely done, Google might even keep the quality score up.

[Buildingfutures]

Originally Posted by Mattk

I've often thought of buying 1 or 2 catchy sounding general domains, then using subdomains as the keyword for the product.

Would that work? I thought of this a while ago and planned to do it with PPC. I figured if your subdomain was a keyword and the landing page was nicely done, Google might even keep the quality score up.

You know what Matt? It certainly sounds like it could work (I haven't tried it myself, so I couldn't tell you one way or another) and I would suggest giving it a try and see what happens.

Trial and error my friend! Never know until you try.

Excelsior!

-Sean

[kevinw1]

Great writeup Daniel - I too find that Amazon is very much worthwhile, especially at Xmas. My only disagreement would be here:

Originally Posted by Daniel Brock

"If you want to buy this grill, I highly recommend you purchase online through Amazon at this link. It's currently on sale for 21% off only through Amazon.

Because Amazon changes its discounts on items all the time - sometimes several times a week - I prefer not to state any specific price or discount in the link. I don't want my customer hitting Amazon expecting a 21% discount and finding that it's now only 7%, and going off in a huff, nor do I want to be checking prices and updating links all the time. One good thing about the iFrame auto links you can get from Amazon is that they do auto-update all those details.

It's amazing how many people don't realise that when they buy from Amazon through my link, they are buying through Amazon, not me! There's a good reason why the FTC now requires disclaimers.

Kevin

[Buildingfutures]

Originally Posted by kevinw1

It's amazing how many people don't realise that when they buy from Amazon through my link, they are buying through Amazon, not me! There's a good reason why the FTC now requires disclaimers.

Kevin

Wait, Kevin, does this mean as an affiliate with amazon we too must put these disclaimers in, or is it alright to leave them out in this case?

Because I'd like to know if I need to add in an extra few lines to the articles I'm writing.

-Sean

[Simo]

Originally Posted by Daniel Brock

All you have to do is send traffic to Amazon to make a sale. For example, the other day I sold a $1500 playset and I dont have a single website that sells playsets. Someone just browsed through my link and decided they want to buy a playset at the time.

Hey Dan - great post.

I built a Amazon site a couple of months ago and one of the first sales landed me a $40 check. Someone purchased 4 garage door openers through my link for $1000 . That's a really great point you've made there. The browsers do buy, and you still get rewarded!

cheers,

Andrew

[whateverpedia]

Great post Daniel. That's the sort of thing you normally only get in the War Room.

[Daniel Brock]

Thanks for the comments everyone. Im glad you all liked my post so far.

buildingfutures,

That's a really good idea, infact I have a website myself for just that.

The only problem is is that wordpress is not really suitable for a mass page product review website IMO.

I also think an initial problem would be that you might not rank as well as some of the more niche versions do because it'll be a very broad website. Overtime after you get enough authority I think it will help, but for the initial run it could present a challenge.

I'll let you know how the testing on that goes. It's up and running ATM and slowly adding content.

Good addition though.

As for the FTC question, it certainly wouldn't hurt to put a good old:

"Income Disclaimer: By clicking and buying through one of the above links, you will help pay for countless hours spent writing, editing, and promoting this website."

Im no lawyer or anything, so use that above advice at your own risk.

[Michael Kohler]

I thought I was in the War Room. Great post!

[Buildingfutures]

Originally Posted by Daniel Brock

The only problem is is that wordpress is not really suitable for a mass page product review website IMO.

-----
As for the FTC question, it certainly wouldn't hurt to put a good old:

"Income Disclaimer: By clicking and buying through one of the above links, you will help pay for countless hours spent writing, editing, and promoting this website."

Im no lawyer or anything, so use that above advice at your own risk.

Daniel,

Thanks for the reply! As for creating a wide-range product review site, I opted out for a very targeted niche (4,800-35,000 searches depending on the exact keywords I use) but with some healthy competition on Google. Even found a neat 3 word targeted domain name. :P But its an untested kind of domain, so I'll keep everyone posted on how that goes.

And I will take your advice at my own risk, and place something akin to that somewhere in each blog.

-Sean

[Chris-]

Originally Posted by Daniel Brock

This method would work with that as well - however I personally like to go with Amazon if possible. Reason is because their upsell process freaking rocksssss!

I thought I'd read that Amazon only gives you commission if the visitor buys from the exact first page you refer them to, so I had presumed that any upsell, or buying something different on a different page, etc. would not give any commission. I could be wrong Anyone know the real story on that?

By the way, thanks for the post . . . I need to learn from what you do !


Chris

[Diver's]

i have several niche site selling amazon product. promoting product that is smaller in price definitely works much easier. This is a great post Daniel.

What you can also do is, find several forums related to that product 'niche' - grill forum/grill groups on facebook and then make your post with links. or just edit the link in your signature.

'contribute and promote' - find Q&A and problems related to the grills in the forum, post a helping feedback with links. If you are helpful, this will work wonders.

And usually in forum they have this WTB : Want To Buy section.. pm or contact the person personally, and send them the affiliate links.

[Oland]

Originally Posted by Daniel Brock

Hello Warriors!
I myself outsource all of my articles to www.textbroker.com.

They are perfect for this application.

I generally like have my articles in the 300 word range.

Regards,
Daniel Brock

Thank you for sharing this it's appreciated.

I have signed up with textbroker. I can see that they have different "quality levels" for their articles. What has been your experience regarding best value for money?

[JohnMcCabe]

Daniel, great job on the blueprint.

I'd offer one small suggestion regarding getting links to your pages...

The idea is to appear natural, right?

Wouldn't it seem natural for someone launching a new site to immediately post it to a bunch of directories, post the RSS feed to a bunch of places, and maybe blast a news release to a bunch of news sites?

To my mind, this would be similar to a new bricks and mortar store running a big "grand opening" promotion before settling down to more regular promotions.

Once the new site passes that initial blitz of "easy bulk" promotion, then I wholeheartedly agree with your strategy of dripping links over time.

[JonMills]

Yep Amazon and Ebay are great ones

[CatherineMay]

Daniel,

My question is about domain names. Do you choose a domain name based on a particular product, or on the niche? Aren't you infringing on the rights of the manufacturer if your domain name is too specific?

Catherine

[ayaw]

WOW... What Great Post Daniel...

I'm happy with Amazon too and make good income stream from it.
This is probably the the best stuff I read in WarriorForum.

This guide is really useful.

all the best,
ayaw

Originally Posted by chukwuma

The problem i have with amazon affiliate is their low pay.

No.. you're wrong... much marketers says this...
They hate that amazon only pay 6% - 8% of commission. Other Networks may give high percentage commission, but the conversion is low compared to amazon.

[Frodr]

Great business model daniel.. thanks alot.

It shouldnt be hard to find niches without alot of competition. Amazon sells everything.

I was staying away from amazon because of how low the commission was, but I didnt take into consideration all of the possible upsells.

I also didnt know you could make money on products that you are not directly promoting through the use of cookies.

Quick question.. how long do your cookies stay on someones computer?

-Felix

[Chuck Underwood]

Originally Posted by Chris-

I thought I'd read that Amazon only gives you commission if the visitor buys from the exact first page you refer them to, so I had presumed that any upsell, or buying something different on a different page, etc. would not give any commission. I could be wrong Anyone know the real story on that?

By the way, thanks for the post . . . I need to learn from what you do !


Chris

Chris,

Last month I someone buy $200 worth of Bakugan toys through one of my Amazon Affiliate links. I DID receive approximately $12 worth of commissions for this purchase. So yes you do receive credit for sales if they buy from Amazon and were directed through one of your links.

Chuck

[Daniel Brock]

Originally Posted by Diver's

i have several niche site selling amazon product. promoting product that is smaller in price definitely works much easier. This is a great post Daniel.

What you can also do is, find several forums related to that product 'niche' - grill forum/grill groups on facebook and then make your post with links. or just edit the link in your signature.

'contribute and promote' - find Q&A and problems related to the grills in the forum, post a helping feedback with links. If you are helpful, this will work wonders.

And usually in forum they have this WTB : Want To Buy section.. pm or contact the person personally, and send them the affiliate links.

You know, that's a pretty clever idea there.

Not quite as hands off as I would want, but you could totally outsource that.

Thanks for the tip, I will have to try that out!

Chris-,

I'm not exactly sure you get commission if they buy within 24 hours, or if they have to buy within the time they browse from your link to the sales pages.

Whatever it is, it doesn't matter because the sales just keep rolling in.

Gail_Curran,

Unless your domain is super targeted towards a particular product niche, I would just register a new one.

JohnMcCabe,

Yes, RSS feed directories are great for getting a few backlinks to each one of your posts. Definitely worth doing as well as creating your twitterfeed/ping.fm accounts. great suggestion!

CatherineMay,

If you wanted to promote for example, the gas grill I used in my guide, you could register a domain name 'thebestoutdoorgasgrills.com'.

Good enough.

Regards,
Daniel

[frieden70]

Brilliant post...

Good work

[N4PGW]

Daniel,

That was an excellent post. There is one more point you missed. You won't have any competition from us here in NC (unless we also have an out-of-state address too.

I know you get quantity sales from the smaller stuff, do you also review them, or do you show them along with the big ticket items. i.e. for the gas grill, you review the grill and suggest the accessories, etc.?

Buck

[Doiron]

I'm also curious about whether your affiliate status carries over on pages that the visitor clicks on after viewing your original recommended product. A couple of you have said that it does so I have to assume you're right.

The only reason I wonder is that when I click on an Amazon link on one of my sites, my Amazon ID is clearly included in that page's URL. But when I click on another Amazon link on that page - like in the "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought" section, my ID isn't in that page's URL anymore.

Any ideas on this?

[LegitIncomes]

Originally Posted by Doiron

I'm also curious about whether your affiliate status carries over on pages that the visitor clicks on after viewing your original recommended product. A couple of you have said that it does so I have to assume you're right.

The only reason I wonder is that when I click on an Amazon link on one of my sites, my Amazon ID is clearly included in that page's URL. But when I click on another Amazon link on that page - like in the "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought" section, my ID isn't in that page's URL anymore.

Any ideas on this?

It's still there...I've had sales that were from products I was not linking to, so it has to be there. I don't know how long it stays, one day, a week, etc... I'm sure Amazon tells you all of this in their documentation, I've just been too lazy to look it up myself.

[ayaw]

Originally Posted by LegitIncomes

It's still there...I've had sales that were from products I was not linking to, so it has to be there. I don't know how long it stays, one day, a week, etc... I'm sure Amazon tells you all of this in their documentation, I've just been too lazy to look it up myself.

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ayaw

[eashe]

Awesome Post and information that you gave, most people Always usually do go to clickbank to start making money, and don't realize the other potential out there.

Love the information that you have shared!!

[IMAdam]

Dan,

Originally Posted by Daniel Brock

It's also important to rotate your anchor text as much as possible.

Can you elaborate on what you are referring to above?

[itcoll]

thanks so much Daniel.this is really awesome.And i like the part where you said that people buy a lot than they had actually intended to.that is very interesting and so true too.

[jaiganeshv]

I thought this a WSO
very neat information

Thank you
Jai