Getting past the 4% amazon commission

It's terrible! No other word for it other than for Amazon that's a terrible conversion rate. That's just a little more than what you get with clickbank via e-mail follow-ups. Usually I see your average affiliate get between 7-8%, and they could do better, heck, maybe I could still do better?

If I sugarcoat it and say, "Yeah that's fine you should be pleased with that", you'd never improved. It's not good and it needs to improve

I don't know what type of site you have, but I can show you what templates work as examples (these are templates I use to use when creating sites and still do for those few sites I still own that make money):

http://www.standmixerreviews123.com/...-mixer-review/

And (this one is under maintenance so I could only use the wayback machine). It still shows you the actual review and the format:

Samsung UN46D6000 46-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED HDTV (Black) Review | LED TV Reviews

Unfortunately the actual reviews (the writing) don't live up to the quality I like, but that's a pretty good template to follow. If you struggle on deciding what headings to use in your templates for the features, visit the brand site and look for how-to articles, information or through the online manuals. They'll usually make it pretty obvious as to which specifications/features are the most regarded when looking to buy product "x".

In terms of the type of site I now run, visit:

toptenreviews.com and have a browse through their reviews, articles and comparisons. In fact mine are more in-depth and has better features

Also, Consumerreports.org (These are hard to compete against, since they have in-house testing of actual products and they've developed methods for testing each feature of a product. It's pretty hard to compete with firsthand experience and/or usage, whereas I can only discuss facts and explain why something may be good or not, and what they might need depending on what they want to achieve. Consumerreports can however tell the consumer specifically how the product performs according to specification, how promptly it arrives from retailers, the packaging it comes in and real life photos. I want to reach this when I have the income for it, because not many do it and it's very hard to compete against, plus is more socially viable as opposed to factual reports).

Reviewed.com, again have a browse through it.

Consumersearch.com (not as comprehensive but they are still miles better than your usual crappy thin review site)

Which.co.uk (another good review site with good guides to help when choosing a product)

The majority of these have the fact that they heavily research each product and write useful reviews, comparisons and articles in common, which is why they do so well. I've got a site well on its way to achieving a similar status.

However, I know I praise the "Review a wide array of products" business model, but you can review only one type of product and be considered an authority review site, but again there is a cap on the amount you can earn eventually. An example is:

bestbinocularsreviews.com (Very specialists review site for binoculars, and I'd consider it much more useful for people looking to buy binoculars than the above sites for example, but that doesn't mean the above sites are useless, only that the owner of this site has dedicated his time to writing anything and everything about buying, owning and using binoculars).

If you're doing a review format, this is the quality you should strive for, or look to beat it as I am.

That's how you get conversion rates as high as 10-15%, because these reviews explain a lot more than any Amazon product page does, and guides the consumer in purchasing the right product for them, leaving them confident they are making the right choice.