Lessons Learned from earning $60,151.68 in past 12 months with Amazon Associates

[ChrisGuthrie]

Hello All,

I am posting this thread after seeing a thread from a beginner asking how to earn money with Amazon Associates. I just ran a report for updated numbers and have earned over $60k from Amazon Associates in the past 12 months so I thought I'd write a mini guide here for those that are struggling to earn money with Amazon's Associates program.

My earnings come from a variation of different blogs, websites, forums etc. etc. that I have hosted over a couple dedicated servers, some shared hosting accounts and a class C IP hosting account (trying out interlinking stuff for SEO these days). During my course of using Amazon Associates I've used various tracking codes to help measure what were the most effective strategies to earn money and what worked the worst.

Best Tactics to Make Money (income percentages based on 09 numbers)

1. Use in content linking as users are more likely to click links from within your blog posts or web pages (just simple HTML) than banner ads etc. I made 45% of my revenue via this method
2. Write bestseller list posts (i.e. Bestselling LaserJet Printers) - I made 15% of my revenue this way
3. Make any/all images clickable affiliate links to the Amazon product. I'm surprised how many people will get point #1 right but not make the image a clickable affiliate link. - I made 13.8% of earnings this way
4. Use buy now buttons in the content - I made 5% of my earnings this way
5. Focus heavily on shopping periods. HEAVILY. (I earned close to 9k in November and 13k in December 09). People want to be told about the best deals and if you take the time to write a great list pertaining to your niche people are grateful not annoyed by your consistent deal content during these times of the year. I also send out numerous emails via my newsletters on all the various websites during Black Friday / Cyber Monday - again people like getting this information so hit your lists hard.

Who doesn't want to know the original Power Rangers DVD combo set is available for only $5.99 on Black Friday? I know I would.

Worst Tactics to Make Money

1. Don't bother using Amazon's banner ads. They convert poorly. People rarely click them in almost every niche I've tried and you could use that space to sell direct ad space or *gasp* simply display nothing.
2. Don't bother with Amazon stores - they convert terribly. If you can even get a visitor to click a store link congrats. If you get them to actually buy something congrats again you got lucky.
3. Don't promote products that aren't related to your niche (should be obvious, but again I still see this when I'm roaming the web).
4. Don't use Amazon Associates if it doesn't fit with the type of visitor coming to your website (i.e. are they just looking for general information? If so Adsense will probably work better. Or are they looking to buy something? Amazon will work better)

These are tips I confirmed based on data gathered over the course of the year with the help of tons of tracking codes and I genuinely believe it should help you refocus your efforts into the areas that matter or to abandon Amazon Associates if it doesn't fit your visitor profile.

Important: Remember the tracking cookie lasts only 24 hours. Target potential buyers not lookers.

Feel free to post your questions or comments. No I won't post sample URL's of the websites I run for obvious reasons (many earning sites are low competition and I prefer to keep it that way) so please don't PM asking for them either. Just do keyword research, build a good website, link build and rinse repeat.

Last but not least...

Income Picture: (To dissuade people from calling me a liar. Yes these can be faked but if you still don't believe me that's your prerogative. Besides, if you read the tips above you should see how my findings are logical.)




FAQ: This thread has received a lot of questions and positive feedback (thanks) and I've started getting a couple repeat questions. Be sure to check the thread below for answers before posting a question. Thanks

Edit: if you think a more in depth training course is something you'd want to pay for let me know what you think it should be priced at here. In the interim this is still a good resource for you to start with.

[Biggy Fat]

Wowsers, very inspirational. I am currently working with Amazon and I hope to enjoy similar success. Well, not gonna shoot for five figures a month just yet, just a high three figure or a low four figures a month.

[sellerscompanion]

Your post is JUST what I needed to read tonight! I have been laser targeting Amazon for the last month or so and I am starting to notice increasing numbers. Glad to see what is possible and I will definitely follow your blog!

CC

[LilBlackDress]

Thanks Chris,

This is great info. I appreciate your writing it up and am off to read your blog. I was wondering how often do you use photos? Can you get by with just the intext links or do photos add a lot?

TY!

[ChrisGuthrie]

Originally Posted by LilBlackDress

Thanks Chris,

This is great info. I appreciate your writing it up and am off to read your blog. I was wondering how often do you use photos? Can you get by with just the intext links or do photos add a lot?

TY!

Every time I write a post that discusses a product I try and use a photo. I don't suggest just using in text links because it's not that hard to add the link to the photo as well (try creating your own tracking link to watch it).

People love clicking images and if you use images in Wordpress (for example) and just link to a larger version of the image you're missing out.

If anything you can get sneaky and use a small version of the image of a product that has a lot of detail and they may click it because they are hoping to see a larger version of it. Bam! You just got a tracking cookie on them and get paid on anything they buy in the next 24 hours.

[LilBlackDress]

So when you say banner ads are you including the little widgets that have a picture and the price? or just the picture? I ask because on your blog you mention rotating sizes that are larger than the widgets...

What are your thoughts on the widgets?

[AndyJohnson]

Great Post Chris!

I have never promoted any Amazon products.. maybe it is something that I will test. Have you tried promoting products from Click Bank or Commission Junction? If so, what were your revenues like compared to revenues with Amazon?

[Paul Barrs]

Nicely done Chris,

And a great post to boot

That's what we need more of around here.

- Paul Barrs

[JoshuaG]

Hey Chris, thanks for the helpful information.

I was wondering, in your posts, do you make typically make text links without giving a hint as to where they go?

Ie: Gaining the knowledge to take great photos is one thing, having the right camera is another. <link>The Canon Digital Rebel XT</link> is a fine piece of machine for aspiring shutter bugs.

- OR -

Do you typically let consumers know what will happen

Ie: Gaining the knowledge to take great photos is one thing, having the right camera is another. The Canon Digital Rebel XT is a fine piece of machine for aspiring shutter bugs. You can get a good price on the Digital Rebel at <link>Amazon</link>, I get all my camera and accessories there.

Do you see what I mean?

[ChrisGuthrie]

Originally Posted by LilBlackDress

So when you say banner ads are you including the little widgets that have a picture and the price? or just the picture? I ask because on your blog you mention rotating sizes that are larger than the widgets...

What are your thoughts on the widgets?

Widgets are just ok, and with widgets I only use them to display bestseller products for the respective niche. The only reason why I would use them is if I don't want to use more than one Adsense unit on a single page (I'm sure you may have heard you can earn more if you display just one) and if there isn't anything better to use.

It's best to think of anything supplied by Amazon i.e. banners, widgets, tag clouds etc. as the worst way to monetize a website (at least in my experience).

Originally Posted by AndyJohnson

Great Post Chris!

I have never promoted any Amazon products.. maybe it is something that I will test. Have you tried promoting products from Click Bank or Commission Junction? If so, what were your revenues like compared to revenues with Amazon?

To be honest I'm a click bank noob lol. I'm not even sure where I can check my stats. I've only promoted one product there via my blog and that was the ShoeMoney System because I've been reading his blog for years and I went to Elite Retreat last year (his event) and know he's legit.

Commission Junction I only tend to make a few hundred dollars a month from. The way I look at it is that any real physical product that someone can buy is available on Amazon at a higher commission rate too. The fact that consumers trust Amazon so much is also a huge benefit.

It's also just way easier to link to products. I hate CJ's interface and the only time I'll use CJ is when a product isn't available at Amazon (not often).

Originally Posted by JoshuaG

Hey Chris, thanks for the helpful information.

I was wondering, in your posts, do you make typically make text links without giving a hint as to where they go?

Ie: Gaining the knowledge to take great photos is one thing, having the right camera is another. <link>The Canon Digital Rebel XT</link> is a fine piece of machine for aspiring shutter bugs.

- OR -

Do you typically let consumers know what will happen

Ie: Gaining the knowledge to take great photos is one thing, having the right camera is another. The Canon Digital Rebel XT is a fine piece of machine for aspiring shutter bugs. You can get a good price on the Digital Rebel at <link>Amazon</link>, I get all my camera and accessories there.

Do you see what I mean?

Hey Joshua,

Great question, but sadly I don't have a definite answer. I do a mixture of both. I've done things like intentionally only listed a few of the product features and said things like <link>see all features</link>. It's probably something I could test even further but I'm never really worried about the impact on consumers because I usually provide them enough information to make a purchase decision so that once they do click a link it's not like I'm just trying to dump them off.

That and they can just hover over the link and see it's for Amazon right ?

[JMartin]

Good stuff Chris.

I've been making some money with Amazon for years, but it looks like I was underachieving. Geez, and I got all excited when I'd pop a $2,500 item and get some spending coin (I always get paid in gift certs since I spend a ton at Amazon annually).

And yeah, I learned a long time ago that Amazon's little tools suck (at least for me).

Are you doing a whole site for just 1 product or keeping it into a small group (like 3-d TVs for example) or ?

[ChrisGuthrie]

Originally Posted by JMartin

Good stuff Chris.

I've been making some money with Amazon for years, but it looks like I was underachieving. Geez, and I got all excited when I'd pop a $2,500 item and get some spending coin (I always get paid in gift certs since I spend a ton at Amazon annually).

And yeah, I learned a long time ago that Amazon's little tools suck (at least for me).

Are you doing a whole site for just 1 product or keeping it into a small group (like 3-d TVs for example) or ?

I do a mixture of both and it all depends on how much time you have. I don't think there are any shortcuts to success (perhaps there are and I've missed out on them) and so if it's a larger category I'd need to spend more time building up a quality site to rank etc. than if it's a smaller category but in both situations it's still a matter of making sure you put in the work and do something good.

That said I am slowly trying to move into outsourcing more of my content creation as I would love to be able to build and rank sites by only doing the initial set up and that's it... we'll see how that goes though.

[JMartin]

One more question. Do you focus on high-ticket items?

Just wondering, because I've never been more depressed than seeing book sales commissions. I need to move a truckload to make anything "interesting."

Is this your experience too?

I have many sites, outsourced people, etc. I just haven't put much into Amazon since 2008 honestly. Maybe I should.

[ChrisGuthrie]

Originally Posted by JMartin

One more question. Do you focus on high-ticket items?

Just wondering, because I've never been more depressed than seeing book sales commissions. I need to move a truckload to make anything "interesting."

Is this your experience too?

I have many sites, outsourced people, etc. I just haven't put much into Amazon since 2008 honestly. Maybe I should.

I haven't focused on any big ticket items yet (in my mind big ticket is $1,000+). If I do it will be on something that I know people don't mind buying without seeing close up. But I also don't like working on stuff less than $50 (Just tried moving a site that does under $50 items today though so we'll see)

It all really depends on the need your filling with your website. Are you providing information or helping someone make a purchase decision? I believe the former tends to work better with Adsense than the later (or perhaps a combination of both). So there is a chance it's not even worth you running Amazon on your websites.

i.e. I don't run any Amazon on my blog except for when I review a book and because internet marketers are so savvy and "link click averse" they'll likely just type in Amazon and buy it that way (for whatever reason).

[TimG]

Originally Posted by ChrisGuthrie

Every time I write a post that discusses a product I try and use a photo. I don't suggest just using in text links because it's not that hard to add the link to the photo as well (try creating your own tracking link to watch it).

People love clicking images and if you use images in Wordpress (for example) and just link to a larger version of the image you're missing out.

If anything you can get sneaky and use a small version of the image of a product that has a lot of detail and they may click it because they are hoping to see a larger version of it. Bam! You just got a tracking cookie on them and get paid on anything they buy in the next 24 hours.

Chris,
Glad you started this thread and thus far I have found it to be very valuable. Love the tip above about the small picture and someone clicking on it to see it bigger and capturing them for a tracking cookie on Amazone for 24 hours......awesome.

Also didn't realize that the banner widgets by Amazon didn't work that well as I've been using those on my sites but now I may adjust and go with single product pictures.

Respectfully,
Tim

[pappyy3]

What a fantastic Post!

Many thanks for sharing your experiences as a amazon affiliate.

Many articles I've read on the net only seen to give very vague hints about what people need to do to succeed.

You have summed up the process and findings very nicely

[JMartin]

Thanks Chris.

I agree with Adsense being better for "hey, here's some info" sites. For Amazon I've always looked for buyers only. I'm not there to educate someone about what a TV is (for example), rather here's where to get it at the best price and why you want it now.

Whole different mindset and content requirements.

[peterphillipps]

Hi Chris,
Great post. Thanks for all the information. How many sites are you running to generate the numbers you are acheiving.
I'm doing well with amazon but not as good as you.
Regards Pete

[Sparhawke]

While you will not share your niches, understandably would you go as far as to mention what actual research you do to find these hidden niches?

[Christian York]

Great post.

It's cool to see other people having success with amazon.

I didn't make as much as that from amazon last year but it was still very worthwhile.

Thanks for sharing

[tycoon828]

Great post. This is what I need now.

Christ, I have a question though. Do you think it's difficult to promote large sized product? I read a post before and the author recommend not promote heavy and large sized product because people tend to buy those kind of things locally instead of buying from amazon. What's your experience about this?

Much thanks.

[volkansen]

Great post Chris. Thanks for sharing...
Does amazon only pay by check or does it pay via direct deposit too?

[ChrisGuthrie]

Originally Posted by TimG

Chris,
Glad you started this thread and thus far I have found it to be very valuable. Love the tip above about the small picture and someone clicking on it to see it bigger and capturing them for a tracking cookie on Amazone for 24 hours......awesome.

Also didn't realize that the banner widgets by Amazon didn't work that well as I've been using those on my sites but now I may adjust and go with single product pictures.

Respectfully,
Tim

Hey Tim,

Yah I try to get creative with it. That type of stuff like intentionally using a smaller picture is just one of many random little ideas I try doing that I assume should work based on what I've learned but I never really tried doing tracking codes to prove it (perhaps I will eventually but I just don't want to go back and change a bunch of aff codes to be sure it works).

Yah widgets work alright and again what works for me may not work for you. But I've found of the widgets - bestseller style ones work best simply because it's a way to instantly provide social proof.

Originally Posted by peterphillipps

Hi Chris,
Great post. Thanks for all the information. How many sites are you running to generate the numbers you are acheiving.
I'm doing well with amazon but not as good as you.
Regards Pete

I run 10+ some earn more than others and I have a few I haven't touched in several months that still make a decent sum of money but I spent a lot of time building them up at first.

I've met other friends that earn more than I do off just one site though. Just depends on the ticket price of your niche items and how large the niche is. Then of course how big you are in the sea of competing websites.

Originally Posted by Sparhawke

While you will not share your niches, understandably would you go as far as to mention what actual research you do to find these hidden niches?

I've done things like just be sitting in my office and think to myself I wonder how people find this type of product to buy i.e. a desk, a printer, a file cabinet, computer speakers, monitors, monitor stands etc. etc. etc. and then just simply started researching via the free Google Adwords keyword tool how many people search for that stuff as well. Then I'll look at what type of websites are ranking.

I firmly believe that no niche is out of reach if you are willing to invest the time necessary to dominate. It's just like in sports. You can't be the best without working very hard. I haven't found any shortcuts in my efforts to earn money online.

Originally Posted by tycoon828

Great post. This is what I need now.

Christ, I have a question though. Do you think it's difficult to promote large sized product? I read a post before and the author recommend not promote heavy and large sized product because people tend to buy those kind of things locally instead of buying from amazon. What's your experience about this?

Much thanks.

If you mean a physically large product i.e. a playset or a swimming pool then yes I haven't really tried going after those types of niches. With that said, perhaps other people also think like me and as such there is very little competition for the people that ARE willing to buy something big online sight unseen.

I'd recommend to just try it

Originally Posted by volkansen

Great post Chris. Thanks for sharing...
Does amazon only pay by check or does it pay via direct deposit too?

They pay via check, direct deposit and Amazon giftcards. That's it. Checks they charge a $15 fee or something so I always just get direct deposit. I was thinking that if I ever broke the $100k barrier in a single month perhaps I'd ask to get a check so I could pose Shoemoney style but with Amazon instead of Adsense. lol... but I don't think it's possible for me to do that for several years (if at all).

[GeorgR.]

what is your main source of driving traffic?

Your tips are very good...i especially like that bar stats with "who needs a job?"

But how do you get traffic to your blogs. I mean, the average person can make 10 very nice blogs with the highest converting reviews, but what use has it if you hardly get 100 visitors to a blog per month?

[ZMan73]

This really is a great post. I've built many eBay sites over the past two years, and I've used many of your methods to make my sites profitable.

Thanks for sharing!

[NenadR]

A very nice post. I am just busy writing my first site focusing on Amazon, so I found this at the perfect time! Thanks a lot!

[CatherineMay]

Wow, what great info! Thanks so much! This is all exactly what I needed.

Just wondering about how you drive traffic to your sites. How much of your traffic do you attribute to SEO? Do you find marketing on twitter, etc., to be important?


Catherine

[Martin Luxton]

Chris,

Do you have figures on what percentage of sales come from people buying other products apart from the original one they clicked through on?

Martin

[careybaird]

Originally Posted by ChrisGuthrie

2. Don't bother with Amazon stores - they convert terribly. If you can even get a visitor to click a store link congrats. If you get them to actually buy something congrats again you got lucky.

Just to clarify, do you mean the Amazon aStores?

[ChrisGuthrie]

Originally Posted by GeorgR.

what is your main source of driving traffic?

Your tips are very good...i especially like that bar stats with "who needs a job?"

But how do you get traffic to your blogs. I mean, the average person can make 10 very nice blogs with the highest converting reviews, but what use has it if you hardly get 100 visitors to a blog per month?

Traffic wise I just try to build legitimately good websites that people would tell their friends about. If the information is good enough that I believe people would share it then that's what I shoot for.

I also target for SEO and again spend a lot of time building the sites up. As for getting traffic I don't think I have any suggestions other than the basic types of stuff (i.e. keyword research articles to write about). In my experience there aren't any shortcuts to success.

Originally Posted by CatherineMay

Wow, what great info! Thanks so much! This is all exactly what I needed.

Just wondering about how you drive traffic to your sites. How much of your traffic do you attribute to SEO? Do you find marketing on twitter, etc., to be important?


Catherine

Thanks Catherine, glad you enjoyed the info. I get more than half of my traffic from SEO (probably more like 60%). Twitter etc I don't market on other than perhaps the retweet button and even that is somewhat useless. Most buyers on the web don't really care to comment on blogs / get involved. They're on the web for one thing - to find information about a product before they buy it.

Originally Posted by Martin Luxton

Chris,

Do you have figures on what percentage of sales come from people buying other products apart from the original one they clicked through on?

Martin

Hey Martin,

I looked at this a while back before I had a ton of different sites going and I'd say 70% is the original product category and 30% extra is simply because I happened to be the last person to send them to Amazon.com. It's tough to determine that now though due to the various niches I'm in aren't in one Amazon product category (so if I pull the report I can't sort through the other stuff easily).

If you find buyers then it is a good chance they're going to be buying a couple items on Amazon (perhaps to take advantage of free shipping sometimes?)

Originally Posted by careybaird

Just to clarify, do you mean the Amazon aStores?

Yes Amazon aStores are pointless. Even if you try and pretty them up to make them look like something other than an aStore. Basically by using any of the tools Amazon gives you to earn money you're more likely to earn less. (That's based on my experience at least)

[George Tee]

@ChrisGuthrie: Great post here. My amazon did a little well last year but still waiting for my uptrend this year.

Are you able to keep your earnings over 10k now since Christmas is over?

[Alex Lin]

Thank for sharing Chris!

A short question here do you do pay-per-click?

[Shannon Spoon]

Great post Chris and nice job with Amazon!

I just started promoting Amazon products this year and have begun to see some earnings. How many sites did it take you to acheive those earnings?

[LilBlackDress]

So you said the widgets for the most part dont work but then you mentioned the Amazon best seller widget. Does that one work?

[Evita]

Chris, great post and Thanks!

Do you run adsense along with Amazon on your sites? I went to your blog, (great info there!) but was unable to find the answer. And if you do, do you find that adding text links have lowered your Adsense CTR?

Also, curious what kind of traffic you are seeing to get those earnings, and what conversion rates you are seeing.

Bet you are happy now that you got fired...

Very inspiring post especially since I'm just getting into Amazon...

Evita

[zronald.barker]

Wonderful, Fantastic

We are learning and what I am thinking about now .

How can I make some thing big so I can write about and teach our community like this wonderful guy.

Cheeeeers.

[josher]

I love the fact that you've done testing for us. I've stayed away from Amazon (24 hr cookie) because of poor returns as compared to Ebay (30 days) but now I see how I can use it in conjunction with what I'm currently doing to improve sales.

Thanks for sharing!

[Jawshh]

Sounds great. I never tried promoting amazon products, I guess I'll have to give it a try.

[woodymcgrath]

Amazing tips. Thanks for sharing

[The Redfox]

Chris, excellent info here! Thanks for sharing...I've been so focused on adsense lately, this might just motivate me to build a nice Amazon site now.

Quick questions, you said:

Originally Posted by ChrisGuthrie

I get more than half of my traffic from SEO (probably more like 60%).

So, where does the other 40% come from? Returning traffic, ppc, articles, etc? Would be interested to know...thanks!

[ChrisGuthrie]

Originally Posted by George Tee

@ChrisGuthrie: Great post here. My amazon did a little well last year but still waiting for my uptrend this year.

Are you able to keep your earnings over 10k now since Christmas is over?

Hey George, no my earnings peaked at $13k as my record for December 09 last year. Here's my latest income report actually I just posted it on my blog this morning (I share my income monthly on my blog).

Originally Posted by Shannon Spoon

Great post Chris and nice job with Amazon!

I just started promoting Amazon products this year and have begun to see some earnings. How many sites did it take you to acheive those earnings?

I have about 10+ sites using Amazon but of course some perform better than others. The closer you between someone and a purchase decision the better shot you have at earning more money I've found. That's why I suggest if people are searching for just info then Adsense may work better than Amazon. If they are looking to buy then definitely use Amazon.

Originally Posted by LilBlackDress

So you said the widgets for the most part dont work but then you mentioned the Amazon best seller widget. Does that one work?

Yes of the widgets I think they generally don't work very well at all. I only use them on a couple of my sites and only because I don't have anything else to put there. When I do use them I use the best seller widget.

Originally Posted by Evita

Chris, great post and Thanks!

Do you run adsense along with Amazon on your sites? I went to your blog, (great info there!) but was unable to find the answer. And if you do, do you find that adding text links have lowered your Adsense CTR?

Also, curious what kind of traffic you are seeing to get those earnings, and what conversion rates you are seeing.

Bet you are happy now that you got fired...

Very inspiring post especially since I'm just getting into Amazon...

Evita

Hey Evita,

Great question! Actually I use a combination of both as you can see from my recently posted income report but as you see by my lower Adsense earnings I've built my portfolio of websites around Amazon more so than Adsense.

I do think it can hinder your Amazon earnings by using too much Adsense though. What I suggest is on a site that gets enough traffic and earns enough money try using just adsense then try switching entirely to Amazon (go so far as to simply remove all ads) then you can truly see if the Adsense is hurting or helping.

You can also track the number of clicks from your Amazon links and your conversion so if you are already using both then you can track if your clicks and conversion go up after removing Adsense or stay the same and then make a decision that way.

Originally Posted by The Redfox

Chris, excellent info here! Thanks for sharing...I've been so focused on adsense lately, this might just motivate me to build a nice Amazon site now.

Quick questions, you said:


So, where does the other 40% come from? Returning traffic, ppc, articles, etc? Would be interested to know...thanks!

Returning traffic, Social Media, Email newsletters (a big one), Referring sites.

Of course for some sites they get like 90% traffic from organic but it all depends you know?

Side note: Redfox I see you're based in WA. If you happen to be in the Seattle area I've started up the first mastermind group for the area. Details here. 7:00 PM tonight

[bfas]

Originally Posted by ChrisGuthrie

...

I firmly believe that no niche is out of reach if you are willing to invest the time necessary to dominate. It's just like in sports. You can't be the best without working very hard. I haven't found any shortcuts in my efforts to earn money online.

...

Best thing I've read in a long time, and I completely agree. Granted, "Hawaiian folk instruments" is going to be a whole lot easier to dominate than "Sony LCD-TV's", but it's been my experience that even in the most crowded niche there are opportunities - providing you're willing to invest the time & effort necessary.

Thanks for a really informative and inspiring post. Your timing couldn't be better; I've just begun moving in to Amazon is a serious way. I've been an Amazon Associate for years, but like many, didn't put much effort or expectations into it.

bfas

[darthdeus]

Great tips, especially the worst tactics part

[Black Hat Cat]

Ouch! Only $60 grand on nearly a million dollars in sales? Talk about suck.

[TimG]

Chris,
Wanted to just commend you for coming back to your post and spending the time to answer everyone's questions. Right now Amazon affiliate sales appears to be headed in the direction of being a hot topic for discussion with so many people looking at Amazon as a way to make money.

Job well done!!

Respectfully,
Tim

[ChrisGuthrie]

Originally Posted by Black Hat Cat

Ouch! Only $60 grand on nearly a million dollars in sales? Talk about suck.

lol, well I guess it's different if you're selling a physical product as opposed to a company's services or information where they can afford to give out a much higher commission.

Yes I would have preferred to have nearly a million in sales via info products because then that'd mean I probably had about half a million dollars right now lol.

Originally Posted by TimG

Chris,
Wanted to just commend you for coming back to your post and spending the time to answer everyone's questions. Right now Amazon affiliate sales appears to be headed in the direction of being a hot topic for discussion with so many people looking at Amazon as a way to make money.

Job well done!!

Respectfully,
Tim

Hey Tim, thanks. Yah I didn't plan on just sharing the thread and leaving the forum. I'm here to meet others and learn from their expertise and share my tips from my expertise - that's why I signed up for the war room service on the forum.

Still can't believe I never registered and started posting here until now I was missing out.

[Intrepreneur]

You tempted me to login to my account and I found $80 earnings for today. Not bad I say.

Though I still think that no matter how many tips you give on this topic there's nothing like showing a working sample.

[Brenny76065]

Hi Chris. Thanks for the detailed postand for your willingness to answer follow up questions.

Could you tell us how many monthly visitors you're getting to your 10+ sites, and what kind of click thru rates you're seeing?

[Shannon Spoon]

Chris,
Do you use PPC at all and on average how many visitors are you getting to your site?

[xnice]

Very great experience. I had try and get many clicks but it is not convert. So I realize I need a real target people want and buy it. And people sometime do not like to buy immediately, so it hard to convert it.