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Amazon affiliate UK or US

by alvinhy
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Should I go for amazon UK or US. I heard people do both because of the low rates on UK. Is it worth the trouble? or shall I just stick with UK.

Does this mean I have to make two websites one with .com and one with .co.uk to attract both readers from the two countries? or just get the 2 domains and redirect .co.uk to the .com website but with a link localiser plugin converting the amazon affiliate links?
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  • Profile picture of the author Stefan Shields
    You should definitely use both but if you are hoping to make big money then I would focus on US.

    The commissions and the market are smaller for the UK plus there is the fact that the government are looking into taxing online giants like Amazon more so I wouldn't be surprised when Amazon pull the plug on UK affiliates
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by alvinhy View Post

    shall I just stick with UK.
    Not unless you want a commission ceiling of £7 per item, regardless of price, and to target and benefit from UK traffic only.

    Originally Posted by alvinhy View Post

    Does this mean I have to make two websites one with .com and one with .co.uk to attract both readers from the two countries? or just get the 2 domains and redirect .co.uk to the .com website but with a link localiser plugin converting the amazon affiliate links?
    A link-localiser plug-in automatically sending your traffic to the correct country's branch of Amazon is a good thing. It won't limit you to the US and the UK (there's Canada too, among others). There are other options (such as "showing multiple links" ... "click here to view this item at Amazon US/UK/Ca" and so on), but automated is probably best, if you can do it. You'll need to be registered as an affiliate with each Amazon company to which you direct traffic, of course.

    Originally Posted by Stefan Shields View Post

    I wouldn't be surprised when Amazon pull the plug on UK affiliates
    I'd be extremely surprised, myself.
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    • Profile picture of the author alvinhy
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      Not unless you want a commission ceiling of £7 per item, regardless of price, and to target and benefit from UK traffic only.



      A link-localiser plug-in automatically sending your traffic to the correct country's branch of Amazon is a good thing. It won't limit you to the US and the UK (there's Canada too, among others). There are other options (such as "showing multiple links" ... "click here to view this item at Amazon US/UK/Ca" and so on), but automated is probably best, if you can do it. You'll need to be registered as an affiliate with each Amazon company to which you direct traffic, of course.



      I'd be extremely surprised, myself.

      I don't think Amazon is going to stop affiliates in the UK soon. But a £7 ceiling?!?! Is that really true?

      So I should get a mysite.com with localiser plugins. and redirect mysite.co.uk to the .com site.
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      • Profile picture of the author speedylikesKJ
        imo UK is better then US , More money because of currency difference and low competition as compared to USA , Well thats my experience
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        • Profile picture of the author alvinhy
          Originally Posted by speedylikesKJ View Post

          imo UK is better then US , More money because of currency difference and low competition as compared to USA , Well thats my experience
          Do you get the £7 cap for products that cost a lot?
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          • Profile picture of the author wayneh
            Originally Posted by alvinhy View Post

            Do you get the £7 cap for products that cost a lot?
            It appears so:-
            The Amazon UK affiliate agreement says that advertising fees are limited to a maximum of £7 per product regardless of revenues received, except for books,music,amazon mp3 products
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        • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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          Originally Posted by alvinhy View Post

          Do you get the £7 cap for products that cost a lot?
          Yes, sadly!

          I'm in the UK myself (not that that's relevant, either way, really), but I have very little interest in promoting UK Amazon with its £7 commission ceiling. :p :rolleyes:

          Amazon.com (US) is a far better proposition all round. You can make up to 8.5% commissions there - without the cap - on expensive items, and it's generally easier and better (and of course the market's huge by comparison, not only because the population's five times the size but also because the proportion of US citizens who use Amazon.com is bigger than the proportion of UK citizens who buy from Amazon.co.uk).

          Originally Posted by speedylikesKJ View Post

          imo UK is better then US
          With apologies, I can't really understand this perspective at all. :confused:
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          • Profile picture of the author alvinhy
            Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

            Yes, sadly!

            I'm in the UK myself (not that that's relevant, either way, really), but I have very little interest in promoting UK Amazon with its £7 commission ceiling. :p :rolleyes:

            Amazon.com (US) is a far better proposition all round. You can make up to 8.5% commissions there - without the cap - on expensive items, and it's generally easier and better (and of course the market's huge by comparison, not only because the population's five times the size but also because the proportion of US citizens who use Amazon.com is bigger than the proportion of UK citizens who buy from Amazon.co.uk).



            With apologies, I can't really understand this perspective at all. :confused:
            So say I have a $1000 product on US amazon I get around $50
            but if in UK i'll get £7....

            I guess it won't hurt having both affiliates but have the US as the main affiliate.
            Should i go for other options like having adsense or other affiliates as well?
            or just focus on one affiliate (amazon)
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            • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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              Originally Posted by alvinhy View Post

              So say I have a $1000 product on US amazon I get around $50
              but if in UK i'll get £7....
              On amazon.com, you'll get between $40 and $85, depending on your commission-level for the month. On amazon.co.uk you'll get £7. And the US market is far bigger and more responsive than the UK market, too. (How people can be advising others that UK is "better" is a complete mystery to me: I just can't make sense of it at all).

              Originally Posted by alvinhy View Post

              Should i go for other options like having adsense
              I wouldn't, myself. You can test it, of course, but the number of potential Amazon sales that AdSense would have to lose you, for it to have a negative effect, is typically very small. It's certainly not easy to imagine that this could be wise.

              Originally Posted by alvinhy View Post

              or other affiliates as well?
              This is a different matter - it depends what they are and whether they're worthwhile. If you're not building a list from the site by opting in a proportion of the traffic, then I certainly wouldn't use anything like banners/reviews for ClickBank-type products, because you'll almost never sell one, that way. (And I'm saying that as someone whose primary source of income is ClickBank products).
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              • Profile picture of the author alvinhy
                Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

                This is a different matter - it depends what they are and whether they're worthwhile. If you're not building a list from the site by opting in a proportion of the traffic, then I certainly wouldn't use anything like banners/reviews for ClickBank-type products, because you'll almost never sell one, that way. (And I'm saying that as someone whose primary source of income is ClickBank products).
                I think starting off with amazon affiliate both UK and US with link localiser is a good choice.

                Hopefully I will be able to grow a list and by the time I can start using other affiliate sources like click bank etc...
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  • Profile picture of the author dreamtoreality
    Question: What's the difference between earning commissions for the exact same products on Amazon UK and USA?

    Answer: A side income and a full time income.
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