Dirty trick in theory Amazon affiliates & free ebooks

by devonm

Posted: 10 years ago 22 replies

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I can't remember if I did this before but I am going all out on this. Making PDF ebooks with amazon aff links to recommended products. Thing is, I make matter that is related to what it is that I am selling in the ebook, plus reports and recipes and the equipment that is related to it all in the ebook, only mentioning the product once in the middle of the ebook and then a support the author at the bottom with the same recommended product. I have some secrets up my sleeeve and may release a WSO if this proves successful. Do you think it will work? I upload to all of the free ebook and freeware sites as I can find. I also make an ecover for it as needed.

Any last words, partner?

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onSubie

10 years ago

It is against Amazon ToS to put affiliate links in ebooks. The ebook links need to go to an affiliate website, not directly to Amazon.

Same with email. You cannot put Amazon affiliate links directly in an email.

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GarrieWilson

10 years ago

Originally Posted by onSubie

I did not know that.

I guess it wouldn't be that hard to build a simple review page for each product.

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tpw 10 years ago

If Amazon catches on to what you are doing, you will lose your right to be an Amazon affiliate.

It is in fact against the Amazon Associate TOS to use your Associate URL in a PDF, email or any offline materials.

p.s. onSubie posted while I was typing.
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devonm 10 years ago

I will have to remodel it and plug a site into it. Thx for the warning. I will reroute the link.
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- onSubie 10 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by devonm
  
  I will have to remodel it and plug a site into it. Thx for the warning. I will reroute the link.
  
  It can be a good way to drive traffic to a site and then have the site populated with affiliate offers and Amazon links.
  
  Other affiliate programs allow links in shared PDFs but Amazon doesn't.
  
  I'm celebrating Canada's hockey Gold Medal and trying to out-type TPW. (I know, never gonna happen)
  
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devonm 10 years ago

Getting it remodeled and making a reviews site with it. Just soon have to insert links into the ebook to the website. This way people can go into a site and go from there.

BTW, WTF? Did Canada win the Gold Medal? I can't believe it. I don't pay attention to the Olympics, not really my cup of tea.
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devonm 10 years ago

DONE! For the first short book. Reset the links to a site and got it working. Now onto submitting for a couple hours and checking tomorrow sometime on my Amazon and site stats. Will be shooting out another one of these in possibly a different niche or something and starting a new site to set up the Amazon links into and directing from the book to the SITE to where the Amazon links ARE at site.
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10kaday 10 years ago

Its a pretty good type of trick,
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- devonm 10 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by 10kaday
  
  Its a pretty good type of trick,
  
  Love to hear that. I am in the process of Photoshop and making an image free from stock image that is free to use commercially with free to share and so forth images, I know the term, but can't seem to word it right ATM. I will look for one that can be altered for a cover for the book. Can't wait to start submitting it. I can't even wait for NEXT week to see what happens. I will be making more of these sorts of books along the way to next week.
  
  Anyone have some experience with this filthy little trick? If so, SPEAK UP!
  
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  DubDubDubDot 10 years ago
  
  Consider everything that must happen:
  
  Download ebook -> Read it -> Click to your affiliate site -> Click to Amazon -> Buy
  
  That's a lot of steps and having the links inside ebooks may prove limiting.
  
  Do the math.
  
  X ebooks * X downloads each * X% CTR to affiliate site * X% CTR to Amazon * X% conversion rate * $X average sale * X% affiliate commission
  
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devonm 10 years ago

Holy ^^^^! I didn't know there was so many places to spread the free ebook to, file and document sharing sites, torrents and other free sharing sites and so many ebook sites alone! Geez. I googled many places. I could get some cash by the end of Mar. if this really honestly pans out.
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steffanmax 10 years ago

Make an or five Ebook(s) 20 pages about weightlose(free) advertise for your -> 100-200 pages book about weightlose..

Was it that hard, you dont need to release an WSO for this method, it would just be scamming people with an crappy idea..
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devonm 10 years ago

hmm. Naysayer? I don't know. Will have to try this for a month or so and see if I can "out" the naysayer.
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- myob 10 years ago
  
  LOL! This is nothing new. Amazon affiliates have been embedding their website links in online/offline content including ebooks for nearly 20 years. You need to take into consideration that at some point the product may be out of stock or discontinued, and have the ability to redirect the link to a comparable product. It works, but ideally you should try to point to a content-rich opt-in landing page. Building lists of buyers for repeat sales is how the big bucks are made.
  
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devonm 10 years ago

I know now that it is "illegal" to put direct links to Amazon. Two people saved my ass before it ever got out. Plus, I am slow as molassas at catching on to this sort of idea. I dont know why.
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- tpw 10 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by devonm
  
  Plus, I am slow as molassas at catching on to this sort of idea. I dont know why.
  
  You must be from Canada? :p
  
  just kidding
  
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devonm 10 years ago

Yes, if that is anything to do with mollasas comment. IDK....
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- tpw 10 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by tpw
  
  You must be from Canada? :p
  
  just kidding
  
  Originally Posted by devonm
  
  Yes, if that is anything to do with mollasas comment. IDK....
  
  Yes, I was talking about your "slow as molasses" comment.
  
  I was just playing.
  
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devonm 10 years ago

Now to upload the book. Got the cover all photoshopped. Now we're ready to roll out this book. Won't be in bed for a couple hours. See what happens in a week with this book, alone.
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devonm 10 years ago

Now having to build a site with Wordpress. Fortunately I had a domain just sitting there and a host with lots of GB of Bandwidth for downloading books. I will have to now wait for DNS propagation over the night or so. I can then get into the right Wordpress and start it up.
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calebtovera 10 years ago

There's a clickbank product that does what you are planning except that their using clickbank affiliate links instead of amazon affiliate links
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devonm 10 years ago

I am thinking of adding other affiliate products as well so I am not dependent on Amazon only.
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