Originally Posted by pogospring

Hi all, haven't logged in for a while. Thought I would get more involved on the site from an Amazon point of view.

Has anyone had any more success?

My account keeps pumping out a consistent $450+- a month, all from this original 2012 work. Still really happy with it.

I'm going to be creating more content starting today. Looking to double this income. Fortunately I've been able to go over all the 2012 content and can see which articles have worked really well and which haven't. This should help me avoid wasting too much time on things that don't work.

Also I have a quick question. I was thinking about it this morning. If I put everything together in a WSO would there be any interest in it? It would cover how to select topics, where/how to post it, how to write it, etc. Everything that I do. No over the top claims of '30 days to earning $10,000', just a validated method that creates a consistent income over time.

I like the idea of putting one together.

Originally Posted by Bengood

OK, just created my Amazon account now. Is it too late to join?
Someone on this site said to try using a Facebook page, so I'm going to try that.

Originally Posted by willyboy104

Whether you have a full-time job, self-employed or still at school if you’re looking to make money online then Amazon is a great place to start! However, it seems a lot of people discard Amazon straight away because they look at the commission tiers and think “geez I will never make any money getting 4-9% commission” then they compare it to the likes of Clickbank or other digital product vendors with their 70% plus commissions and potential upsells/downsells as added commission. However they never consider brand awareness, market leverage, exposure, refund rates, conversion rates or any other fundamental metric in online marketing. If this is you, then STOP having that mentality and read on!

I was like you once, I started with Clickbank and was straight away lured in to the foreign exchange (forex) market, with its great conversion rates, huge commissions and amazing upsells, but it was soon to blow over when refund rates hit 30-50%, products started to launch and disappear within 30 days, the market was at war with its self and I was the ammunition. I quickly got out of the Forex market, and then went in to promoting other products, such as SEO tools, audio software and by this time had enough experience, know-how and skill to realise that Clickbank really wasn’t the best platform for an affiliate promoting products through websites.

Now, don’t get me wrong – I am not a clickbank hater, I have my own products on Clickbank and I honestly believe that’s where the money is on Clickbank, in being a vendor – if your new to affiliate marketing, you can make money through Clickbank but I feel it is a long, cold road ahead with lots of competition, lots of sneaky vendors and affiliates and a massive learning curve. If you have an E-mail list, or a website which is a great match for a Clickbank product then go for it! You would be silly not to, but otherwise why not look elsewhere...or heck, why not compare two options, Clickbank and Amazon.

Well, with this case study/challenge I am going to be using Amazon as my platform of choice. I have been using Amazon for the past 12 months, I started with paid media activities, not a long term strategy but something that lasted about 9 months where I was making £x,xxx per month. Since then I moved my strategy to a long term approach, focusing on SEO, authority and niche content websites. However, the more I read, the more I realise that people are still struggling to crack that first sale, or first consecutive month where sales continue to come in and I cannot understand why.

Amazon has amazing conversion rates – especially when you focus on niche content websites leveraging traffic from long tail search queries.

In this case study/challenge I am going to challenge myself to research, create, promote and rank a completely new website. I’ve already done the research and registered the domain name which I will discuss in my next post tomorrow, the next step is choosing my platform, choosing my theme/template and writing down a layout/structure for my navigation of the site.

If you are interested in learning how to make money with Amazon then stay tuned, subscribe to the thread and let’s get going!

A 30 day journey to researching, developing, optimising and ranking a niche content site monetized primarily through Amazon, stay tuned to learn more!

Originally Posted by willyboy104

Amazing that this thread is still alive. Apologies everyone for the lack of updates, this case study simply fell through due to multiple projects running.

However, a couple of years later I am here again and well Amazon still makes up about 25% of my earnings but 90% of my passive earnings. I will be launching a new website in the next few weeks and think it's about time I really start giving back to the community, there were a few key people who helped me when I first started and it'd be awesome if I were a key person in someone else's path to success.

If you would like to follow the case study, just reply below...I think I will post it on WF but also publish it on a blog so it's easier to follow along and I will add other things, basically going to be a free course on how to make your first sale on Amazon.

Originally Posted by pogospring

Great news dude. I'm going to PM you.