Amazon Side Bar Suggestions?

wolfmmiii

12 years ago

I add videos related to the niche as well as Shopzilla ads. I also add related products and subscription forms.

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shintaiguy

12 years ago

It sounds like your site is all sales and no content, try putting some quality engaging stuff in there to hold peoples attention. At the very least an autoplay video thats grabs the prospect and pulls them in, you can scale the video to fit. Or change theme so it will.

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cooler1

12 years ago

Originally Posted by zspuckl

What do you put on the sidebar of your Amazon Niche Sites,

Right now I have two product suggestions, categories, and an adbrite ad. But what else can I do, I just don't like how it looks and I think it accounts for a lot of my bounce rate!

Adbrite has a poor CPC I wouldn't recommend putting that there as you could be earning pennies opposed to getting a sale.

I put links to products.

To decrease your bounce rate, it would be a good idea to put a video in your sidebar. Also, using the YouTube sidebar plugin you can make it display a different video for each page the visitor is on your site.

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JeremiahSay

12 years ago

Why not put an optin form?

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wolfmmiii 12 years ago

Originally Posted by JeremiahSay

Why not put an optin form?

I stay away from opt-in forms because the traffic I'm targeting is ready to buy NOW. They aren't interested in opting into anything and I don't want to do anything to interrupt their clicks on my affiliate links.
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zspuckl

12 years ago

Thanks everyone, yeah I think my bounce rate may be high because it's all pictures linking to reviews, I think a video could help, I just gotta find a video that will work. Thanks

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thedog

12 years ago

Originally Posted by zspuckl

Thanks everyone, yeah I think my bounce rate may be high because it's all pictures linking to reviews, I think a video could help, I just gotta find a video that will work. Thanks

You NEED a good video review, above the fold. This will not only lower your bounce rate but will really help qualify your site in the eyes of the visitor.

I wouldn't recommend autoplay as mentioned earlier, I don't like visiting sites and having some video just coming on unannounced... imagine you're listening to some tunes, or worse, in work...

You should put a nice big call to action button under your video.

I also like to include price range buttons and recent reviews, comments etc...

An opt in is an option, as long as it doesn't take from your affilate links/buttons.... always good to catch emails.

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zspuckl

12 years ago

Originally Posted by thedog

You NEED a good video review, above the fold. This will not only lower your bounce rate but will really help qualify your site in the eyes of the visitor.

I wouldn't recommend autoplay as mentioned earlier, I don't like visiting sites and having some video just coming on unannounced... imagine you're listening to some tunes, or worse, in work...

You should put a nice big call to action button under your video.

I also like to include price range buttons and recent reviews, comments etc...

An opt in is an option, as long as it doesn't take from your affilate links/buttons.... always good to catch emails.

I know I need to start captureing emails, but my big thing is, what can I offer from this page, other than trying to sell more headphones?

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CrisisCore08

12 years ago

I use Contexzon,it is a plugin that creats amazon banners for you.

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zspuckl

12 years ago

Originally Posted by CrisisCore08

I use Contexzon,it is a plugin that creats amazon banners for you.

But won't more banners just hurt my bounce rate, I want the site to offer real info, not just spam and hope for CTR, right now my conversion rate is only like 4% and I need to figure out why!

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cooler1

12 years ago

Originally Posted by zspuckl

But won't more banners just hurt my bounce rate, I want the site to offer real info, not just spam and hope for CTR, right now my conversion rate is only like 4% and I need to figure out why!

From what i've heard, the bounce counts when someone clicks the back button on their browser, not when they go on an external link on your site. I don't know if that is true though. Someone here should confirm.

Do you mean the conversion rate which is shown on your Amazon stats? 4% isn't bad although it depends on many factors such as the niche, cost of the products, etc..

Have things like ads makes your site look ugly. Id remove the Adbrite ad and see if you get a better CTR to Amazon.

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zspuckl

12 years ago

Originally Posted by cooler1

From what i've heard, the bounce counts when someone clicks the back button on their browser, not when they go on an external link on your site. I don't know if that is true though. Someone here should confirm.

Do you mean the conversion rate which is shown on your Amazon stats? 4% isn't bad although it depends on many factors such as the niche, cost of the products, etc..

Have things like ads makes your site look ugly. Id remove the Adbrite ad and see if you get a better CTR to Amazon.

Cooler, I am willing to sacrifice the $0.18 I have earned for 1500 pageviews if it might increase CTR lol

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CrisisCore08

12 years ago

Originally Posted by zspuckl

But won't more banners just hurt my bounce rate, I want the site to offer real info, not just spam and hope for CTR, right now my conversion rate is only like 4% and I need to figure out why!

Bounce = back button on the browser

I upload quality contect as well,the banners are showing products which are related to the product which I reviewed.the banned looks clean and nice,it is FAR from spam

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zspuckl

12 years ago

What Do You All Think Now?

In Ear Headphones Reviewed

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cooler1

12 years ago

Originally Posted by zspuckl

What Do You All Think Now?

In Ear Headphones Reviewed

It's pretty good.

I don't think centering your text looks professional. It would look better being left aligned.

I would recommended trying buy now buttons in your reviews to see if it improves your CTR.

In the right sidebar, instead of having the posts under Recent Posts, you should have them under relevant categories to make the site look more organized i.e. "How-to Guides".

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zspuckl

12 years ago

Originally Posted by cooler1

It's pretty good.

I don't think centering your text looks professional. It would look better being left aligned.

I would recommended trying buy now buttons in your reviews to see if it improves your CTR.

In the right sidebar, instead of having the posts under Recent Posts, you should have them under relevant categories to make the site look more organized i.e. "How-to Guides".

My CTR is Through The Roof (Yesterday it was like 25-30%) the problem is my conversion on amazon is terrible. As far as taking out recent posts, I have a catagories, it's just further down, I will rearrange

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cooler1

12 years ago

Originally Posted by zspuckl

My CTR is Through The Roof (Yesterday it was like 25-30%) the problem is my conversion on amazon is terrible. As far as taking out recent posts, I have a catagories, it's just further down, I will rearrange

Have you considered using add to cart buttons on your site?

If you use Amazon's "add-to-cart" interface your reported conversion rate will be much higher than if you provide text, banner, or "widget" links to Amazon pages.

What is a good conversion rate for Amazon.com?

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zspuckl

12 years ago

What about having a custome header made? Would that help bolster trust?

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bosspulsa

12 years ago

I put Best Deals Ads from Amazon Widget... Like in this Gold Box Deals Today

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zspuckl

12 years ago

Where is the add to cart button

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cooler1 12 years ago

Originally Posted by zspuckl

Where is the add to cart button

It tells you the code required to add them here;

https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/help/t1/a10?ie=UTF8&pf_rd_i=assoc_help_t6_a1&pf_rd_m=ATVPD KIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=&pf_rd_r=&pf_rd_s=assoc-center-1&pf_rd_t=501&ref_=amb_link_177735_1
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learningprocess

Banned 12 years ago

i think you should add video's so you keep people on your site

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zspuckl 12 years ago

Originally Posted by learningprocess

i think you should add video's so you keep people on your site

Okay, my big thing is I don't have the products to make videos with, do you recommend I embed videos from youtube and use them on my site?
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- cooler1 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by zspuckl
  
  Okay, my big thing is I don't have the products to make videos with, do you recommend I embed videos from youtube and use them on my site?
  
  Embedding YouTube videos is a good idea. Often the manufacture has a video of the product which looks very slick so that is good to have embedded next to your content.
  
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