My windfall gains with Amazon, please advise?

by Yaros
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I have never tried to earn with Amazon affiliate program, however I have an affiliate account and sometimes build Amazon affiliate niche stores for custom orders. Recently I was asked to create 15 Amazon affiliate stores. To this moment my client has paid for 10 stores, other 5 ready stores I had to hold back until getting 100% payment. I have just checked my Amazon affiliate account and was surprised to find out that these stores have brought me $29.80 as an affiliate commission. I am amazed to see such profit from websites which had been launched not long ago (9 days ago) without any SEO and marketing work.

I wonder, how can it be possible? I thought that such stores need rather extensive marketing work before they can start making any money. May be the reason in chosing good niches or in the amount of products presented at these sites, or jut a luck... If someone has an experience, could you share it? How long does it usually take for your Amazon affiliate sites to start bringing profit. What kind of promotional work is recommended?
#advise #amazon #gains #windfall
  • Profile picture of the author natebunger
    Do you know that you can actually earn with Amazon Affiliates even when you're sleeping?

    You only have to choose an affiliate product from Amazon to advertise on your website. If your visitor notices it then they actually click the link and will eventually buy the product that you advertised for Amazon.

    That's how simple it works. Good luck!

    Nate
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    • Profile picture of the author Yaros
      Originally Posted by natebunger View Post

      Do you know that you can actually earn with Amazon Affiliates even when you're sleeping?

      You only have to choose an affiliate product from Amazon to advertise on your website. If your visitor notices it then they actually click the link and will eventually buy the product that you advertised for Amazon.

      That's how simple it works. Good luck!

      Nate
      Thanks, I know how it works.

      I am interested, what kind of promo work best suits Amazon affiliate niche sites to get traffic.

      Does anyone here have success working with custom Amazon affiliate stores?
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  • Profile picture of the author jleep64
    Hello Nate, I have recently started to look at amazon affiliate site to purchase and came across this WF seller here, he offers amazon sites with ratings that increase visibility...hope this helps! GL View Profile: wolfmmiii
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  • Profile picture of the author cooler1
    I guess it's that some of the niches aren't competitive so your ranking for some keywords 1st page in Google.

    Do the stores just have the same product description which is listed on the amazon product page and no other content?
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    • Profile picture of the author Yaros
      Originally Posted by cooler1 View Post

      I guess it's that some of the niches aren't competitive so your ranking for some keywords 1st page in Google.

      Do the stores just have the same product description which is listed on the amazon product page and no other content?
      Yes, all the products have the same description listed on Amazon. I took a look at traffic and found out that this traffic and revenue I get with the help of longtail keywords.

      So, the strategy now is following: popular niche + a lot of products added to a store + fast indexing with Google = result.

      I have also added RSS feed to my stores with Google news for necessary niche. It is updated automatically on regular basis and brings some more traffic.
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      • Profile picture of the author honestim
        Hi Yaros,

        The way I see it, its a matter of demand and supply. Not many websites or review sites are targeting the long tail keywords you are using. And typically when people search for product reviews that they are genuinely interested in they go for the exact brand and make. So that helps one part by getting your product in front of the buyers. Once they get through to Amazon, the sites does an awesome job of converting visitors to buyers.

        So yes your formula of success is spot on...

        Thanks
        HonestIM
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  • Profile picture of the author DubDubDubDot
    That comes out to 22 cents per day per store. I'm not sure how this is "windfall gains."
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    • Profile picture of the author Yaros
      Originally Posted by DubDubDubDot View Post

      That comes out to 22 cents per day per store. I'm not sure how this is "windfall gains."
      66 cents actually (five websites, 9 days). And +$21 in last 2 days!

      Is it really so easy to earn with Amazon!?
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