How much have you made with Amazon?

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Hey. I was just wondering if everybody could tell me how much they have made with Amazon? I've heard of people making $3000-$4000 a month & was wanting to see if anybody else has had that kind of success. Thanks.
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  • As an affiliate?
    As a Kindle author?
    As a FBA seller?

    There are many ways to make money with Amazon. Did you mean in any fashion or did you mean a specific business model?

    If you mean as an Amazon Affiliate then this is a good thread to check out:

    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post6608638
  • That is a great thread! I just meant in general but those are some good ideas & may look into kindle sales later
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    • Yes, I currently only do Affiliate sites for Amazon but I have been thinking about starting Kindle books.

      I like writing fiction and from what I have read that is a good way to make money on Kindle if you write well and target a specific genre.

      FBA seems like a good idea and there are some people making great money. The trick with FBA is that your problems are not traffic and a selling platform (being on Amazon) but finding low competition products that sell, managing the manufacturing/shipping or doing daily inventory runs for arbitrage. As well as a different kind of support and customer service.
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  • I just only made 32$ with amazon affiliate as I have 2 amazon review site. It's a small profit but I'm scaling it up
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    • Ever hear of bad timing? I was a new amazon affiliate and I created a movie review site to sell dvds and amazons instant access. It was like the next day I got a email from Amazon cancelling my affiliate account due to Missouri's new tax law.
    • Keep it up. Gotta start somewhere & hopefully it will get alot bigger over time
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    • Great job mate.
      Just do not change your method cause you think $32 are not enough.

      That used to be my huge fault for a long time and cost me lots of $$$.
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    • Woah $32? Keep up the good work man!
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  • We make quite a bit more than that with Amazon, but that said, it's really not about the affiliate program(s) you choose, it's about the value you bring to your users.

    As an example, look at goodreads.com -- a completely different model than most affiliate marketers, but extremely successful. How successful? The eventually were bought by Amazon for an estimated $150 to $200 million.

    The point is that it wasn't the fact that they were Amazon Affiliates that made them valuable (they actually were affiliates of many sites) -- it's what they brought to the table that made them valuable.
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    • Awesome My point exactly. The sky is truly the limit with the right site.
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      If anyone's interested, the truth was in post #12, above.

      Here you go - "quoted for posterity" ...

      Affiliate marketing is affiliate marketing. And Amazon affiliate marketing is affiliate marketing.

      This thread will help almost anyone willing to put in the effort required to read it slowly, carefully and thoughtfully: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post6608638


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  • I got a check for 63 cents after about 6 months for being an affiliate.
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    • huh bro , 63 cents??? check?
      I thought there is a min payout of 10 dollars...bro
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  • I found it hard to compete with a lot of the sellers because it seemed like all of the ideas i had were similar to the other sellers and there would be almost no chance of making sales.
  • I think you are better off selling on Amazon, don't bother with promoting Amazon products.

    Create books, apps, video, or sell physical products...you'll make way more than little commissions.
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    • That is a good idea. I've heard of people getting things wholesale & then listing them on Amazon.
  • Ive made 3,000 dollars to date Started out 2009
  • Cool. What kind of niche do you have?
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    • I got into the dolls niche before I know it doesn't sound sexy lol

      but you'll be amazed how profitable it is!
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  • One of my friend is making money through Amazon. But, he hasn't achieved this goal yet.
  • As an affiliate I have earned $1000 maximum in a month. It depends on few criteria.
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    • That seems like a decent amount may you elaborate please
  • I'm not doing too bad myself and can assure you that is is possible to be making in the 000's with Amazon associates. Look for good courses and learn and apply what is taught in them.

    When I first started out I had the wrong mindset - I was promoting stuff that was only $30 or so and it was when I finally changed my mindset and hunted out the better products that I started to see some real traction.
  • Yeah. Sounds like you need some high end products with plenty of accessories to really make it work. Have to keep you all updated as time goes with mine
  • I dabbled with it a couple of years ago with okay results. At the time I made some review websites using Blogger and posted some reviews. Made one or two sales.

    I recommend going the YouTube route as I made more money that way.
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    • Youtube is awesome & is definitely a good way to brand yourself & reach alot of people
  • Over $2,000. Then again, I've written books (both in print and Kindle) rather than going the affiliate route. But it enables me to help people plus make some extra money.
  • Cool. Sounds like a great idea & would be awesome to have your own kindle book
  • As an Amazon affiliate, last week I made precisely $0.51.
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    • Sounds like you need some better products. Lol, What was that a $10 sale?
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  • i dont think so you make a lot of money with amazon affiliate unless you sell your own ebook
  • That might be alot easier but there is definitely value in selling physical products & that is about the only thing I actually pay for.
  • Becoming an Amazon Associate, Selling on Kindle, Amazon FBA all great ways of earning money on Amazon. Yes you can earn $xxxx amount if you treat it like a business, there are thousands out there all making good money from these methods.
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      A friend of mine created a website with about 40-50 pages, he also bought 30 high PR domains to make his own private network, total costs:
      • 40-50 pages of great content near $1000,-
      • 30 high PR domains a $200 each makes $6000,-
      • Content for the high PR domains about $300,-
      • Time spend to design site, build additional links 100+ hours so make that $1500,-
      • Theme + plugins about $200,-

      Total spend: $9000,-

      His site is making in the range of $2000-$3000/month

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      A client of mine also makes these type of amounts, once again cost break down:
      • 15 websites with 30 pages of content each: $4500,-
      • 15* link building outsourced a $800 = $12.000,-
      • 15 days spend to setup the sites * 8 hours = 120 hours = $1500,-

      Total spend: $18.000

      He's making in the range of $5000/month

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      Now what about myself:
      • 20 websites with 20 pages of cheap content = 400 pages * $5 = $2000,-
      • link building for 20 websites a $200,- = $4000,-
      • costs for VA's to set it all up: $500,-

      Total spend: $6500,-

      I'm making in the range of $1000/month and recouped my investment luckily.

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      For myself I seeked quite a few short cuts and my sites were pending way too long before I started the link building, on top of that half of the sites didn't receive much links as I forgot about them, and the sites looked ugly as hell to be honest. Were hit by multiple Google updates and required revisions and I also lacked heavily in keyword research (which was non existent causing me to throw 3 sites away literally as they were way too competitive).

      On top of that I got hit by Penguin 3.0 as I didn't diverse my anchors properly and focused too much on only one type of link so most sites tanked. Three sites still rank though and they are good for $1k+/month and I don't see them tanking very soon so I'm still satisfied as I made my money back and now they make money in a very passive way, for how long, I don't know.

      Still when you think of it, recouping your investment in only 6-7 months isn't too bad, especially when you do it in such clumpsy way like I did lol, though many will make these type of mistakes:
      • mess up with keyword research
      • mess up with link building
      • mess up with cheap garbage content

      The others recouped their investment in 3-4 months as they took it a lot more serious then I did, they didn't tank either during Penguin 3.0

      Though it's some kind of a failure it isn't a complete failure:

      1) The sites still make $1000/month combined, and that's all profit
      2) I tested 20 niches so I know which ones convert well, that's pure value
      3) I learned how far I can go with messing up by just looking at the sites that survived, that's value as well.
      4) I have a bunch of sites that I can still use as feeder sites to drive some traffic + rankings, once again valueable.

      So it ain't all that bad.


      Conclusion

      Yes you can make $3000-$4000/month but as you can see it doesn't come cheap, most need to invest 3-4 times such amount before they make it but once they reach it with organic SEO and survive some Google updates the income is as passive as it can be.

      As for link penalties, the higher quality the website you produce the less sensitive it becomes to Panda updates but it's also less sensitive for Penguin penalties. The client with 15 sites that outsourced the link building solely to me survived all the updates from the last year and the quality of his sites play a very large role in that.
  • Great case study from Nik0, he could pad that one out and sell it as a WSO!

    Personally I would go with less sites and build more authority I find that once I get about 40-50 posts up on a site the next posts get indexed in no time and if they are low comp keywords such as product xxx review they will appear on the 2nd & 3rd page of Google in days with no backlinking.

    I also don't think you have to go overboard with your link building, A few PBN's from a reputable source [ie Nik0's] or your own PBN and a few social signals go a long way.

    Onsite SEO and Optimizing your articles correctly goes a long way as well.
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      Lol what?

      Actually I do have a WSO in mind in the near future, which will cost only $1,- cause I'm setting up a writers platform (in development), a keyword research tool that blasts away all the other ones on the market (in development), a hosting company (well that's just a matter of renting a dedi and installing WHM) and I provide SEO services so an almost free guide to make money with Amazon, should be able to convert well as I service every aspect of site building, heck I might even start to sell complete sites.


      Solid advice.

      Especially Onsite SEO instead of Onpage SEO is important, the well performing sites all had a decent structure, decent interlinking, decent category setup, and not just category 1, 2 and 3, but also categories based on Price, categories based on Wattage, or anything else that is applicable and useful for visitors.

      That combined with solid inter linking of relevant articles is worth it's weight in gold.

      Personally I haven't focused on somewhat larger sites yet though my plan is to build each new mini site on an expired PR3+ domain, whether it ranks or not is not my number one concern, I'm more concerned about setting up a legit looking hyper relevant PBN per niche and follow up with a dozen or so authority sites with 50+ pages each, very well build, decent content writers and those should bring in the big bucks.

      That backed by a decent looking PBN that will also feed traffic can hardly go wrong.

      Price outline for that, yes making money costs money, no way around that:

      - 1 authority site 50 articles $1000+
      - 20 site large PBN turned into money sites with link building: $8000+
      - Additional semi-whitehat link building: $xxx,-

      So say $10k to spend on a site that probably makes like $3-4k/month.

      in rare cases with excellent keyword research it can be done a lot cheaper though, one final example:

      - Site with 15 pages = $60 (yes that was a real cheap writer)
      - 5 blog posts at my PBN ($5 for me $30 for clients) = let's say $30,-

      Then all of a sudden after Penguin 3.0 the crazy thing ends up on #6 for all 4 main keywords and makes $200/month

      I decide to dedicate one solid PR4 domain to it and link to it and poof my keywords all increase to #2 #3 #4 and #4.

      Total spend: $290,-

      Site is making $500+/month now.

      Sometimes you get lucky
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  • Amazon affiliate marketing for small websites will not give you more than $20 per month. For getting good income from it you website need to have good traffic. Below are my estimates.
    Unique Daily Visits Monthly Revenues(approx)
    500 $200
    1000 $415
    2000 $850
    2500 $1000

    So you need some quality traffic for your website. about 2500 * 30 per month for generating more than $1000 per month.
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    • What is the source of your estimates?
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      Is that based on your own experience?

      Let me give you some of my own personal experience ok:

      1000 pageviews/day good for $1000/month

      Most of my visitors don't stay very long so 1000 pageviews equals about 700 unique visitors so:

      1000 unique visitors/day bring in $1420/month, quite a bit more then your estimated $415,-

      And that is with pretty poor setup sites that hardly presell in a decent way.

      Now I talked with some friends and clients about how much they make per 100 unique visitors (which is VERY niche dependent obviously) but they told me they make $300-$400/month per 100 daily visitors.

      So that is $3000-$4000/month per 1000 unique visitors/day.

      Almost 10 times more then your estimate.

      Couple of reasons:

      - Your traffic is not targeted at all
      - You made up these numbers for whatever reason
      - Your site sucks 3 times worse then mine, and mine sure SUCK big time lol

      Is it possible you set up some hobby / news / gaming sites that's pulling in lots of untargeted traffic? In that case your numbers could be quite realistic. My visitors are searching for keywords like "best product" "product reviews" and thus they convert pretty decent.
    • Good to know. It is all about the amount of traffic you can get to see them
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      "It must be true: I read it in the Warrior Forum".

      What utter nonsense this is: the size of your website doesn't need to have any correlation with your income at all.

      There are people making large multiples of that amount from Amazon without even having a website at all. This thread is a bizarre mixture of genuinely helpful advice and completely fictional nonsense.

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  • I wanted to add some value to this disscussion but sadly I am not experianced enough about amazon websites, like some of you guys here.
    I do have 3 amazon sites. 2 generate a small income each month,(under $20.00) But one has been around for 2 years now and has grown into a monster. I have over 60 pages of good, quality content and have made some good money from it, (over $2000) and every month more and more visitors come to the site, I rank very well for some good searched for keywords, page 1 of google and in the top 3 spots. This has taken 2 years to get there. I didn't do a huge amount of backlinking, i did pay someone on the forum a long time ago to start it of backlinking package, then I went and set up in differant names to the site, 2 video pages, 2 facebook pages, 3 pinterest accounts all with links to the site. This I feel this might of helped me a little bit.
    I am also only selling a low priced item though, under $30, but the sales keep coming in month after month.
  • I use to have several affiliate sites for Amazon. My income was not what I had hoped. I have learned to create books for Kindle and Create Space. My income has shown a vast improvement.
  • Thanks for letting me know everybody
  • i am making $3k/month with kindle books and making around $8k/month with selling physical products on Amazon.
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    • Wow. Great job & that goes to prove that Amazon can be a great way to make money with the right advertising. I think it is pretty cool that you get paid even if they decide to buy something else after they look at your products
  • I'm not going to lie and say that I have made thousands upon millions on Amazon, but I do make a great consistent income from their affiliate program. Contrary to popular belief, it is always about making lots of sales and simply just getting as many high priced products sold. I also make great cash in this untapped niche that a lot of people are ignoring, and even though I may only make $2 or $4 for every sale, the amounts of sales I get for that one product is astounding.

    so just because some people say to sell high priced items online, there is good money to be earned selling cheaper products too.
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  • If I could get a piece of all that I have spent with the big A over the years that would be a great income stream in itself!
  • I have seen Amazon products have good conversion rate than any other digital product. I have found it around 30% to 50%. Well it is my personal experience.
  • As an affiliate I have made only $5, but it is only the beginning B-)
  • Kindle is a great way to make some money. Please remember to keep cash in reserve. Taxes are a pain. Making several thousand a year from one e-book is easy. Fiverr is a great place to get a cover. Also, you have up front costs that are near zero. Gotta love amazon. It is win win.
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    • I agree & would rate it as one of the best ways to make money online if you can get enough people to look at it. Seems like you just need to have high end and low end products in order to raise your commission rates. Haven't gotten into the kindle books yet as most of them are under $3 but have got some physical books in my store & was hoping this would give them enough interest in order to search for other things
  • Currently about 3k-5k per month here on a good money site I created at the beginning of last year.

    I also had a really good churn and burn method going for awhile that earned me about 2k per month, but it doesn't work anymore thanks to a Google Update haha.
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    • Yeah. Good to see that it's working out for you & it really is just a matter of time if you continue to add good content to your site. Better to use white hat methods to build your backlinks though & then you shouldn't have to worry about any problems when Google decides to clear out all of the bad ones
  • Amazon changed its affiliate model in a way that eliminated most of my Amazon income, previous to this I was running a couple hundred bucks a month, (just set it and forget it publications) but with the way they have it setup now, if the buyer does not make an almost immediate purchase you do not see any kind of commission. When that happened I went back to ebay and have been doing very well with Ebay, I still promote Amazon but have not seen sales, its possible they may see a reduction in affiliate promotion and change the system so that it is more fair, but so far, it looks like Amazon is Dead for your average affiliate marketer, (average meaning hobby)
  • Hey. I was thinking that if they added an item to their cart, that you could still get paid up to 90 days after they add it. I would say it is all about your niche & having something that they can't run down the street & buy. I still believe in Amazon & have seen proof of the income possible from what other people are making a month
  • I just started a few days ago and i am already earning
  • Thanks for letting me know everybody & I'm looking forward to making my own testimonial one day
  • Great thread, thanks to all for info. However, I read elsewhere online that Google (at least in the past) penalized review websites that had a lot of affiliate links on their site. Can anybody here confirm this or give an opinion about it? If so, how do you guys market your affiliate links, if at all? What's the trick?

    Thanks in advance
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    • The way I get around this is twofold:
      1. I don't have a review site with lots of affiliate links
      2. I get the vast bulk of my traffic from other sources than search engines
    • Not sure how you meant that they are penalized for affiliate links? If they are cluttered with ads & don't really have any good content in them, I can see them doing that. If you have a good design for your site, with just a few ads & amazon links I wouldn't think you would have anything to worry about though
  • i have 4 sites waiting to be ranked for 8 months. have not made shi.....ttttt sorry to say. it is not as easy as it sounds
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    • Yeah. I think that is why they say to focus on one site & imagine if you had the content of all 4 in one!
  • Not very much. In fact i ain't using them anymore. Got tired of the low commissions.
    I figured that there's more to make with the same amount of time spent online so ...
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    • What niche are you using? Do you have a website? You just have to find a way to add a store into your site. I'm also using adsense, autoresponder, amazon, clickbank, hosting, seo services & a keyword ranker
  • Would you believe me if I say I made over 100k last year with amazon ??
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    • traffic is too broad of a term, you need to calculate the worth of traffic.

      value of traffic = commercial intent (prospect) x conversion (website, content) x price of product x commission rate (4% or 7.5% makes a difference)
    • Yeah I would, but I would like to know how
  • I tried a little bit, probably not hard enough and have made $0. I have had clicks on my links though.
  • Been dropshipping on amazon since April. Things have really picked up last two months (of course, Christmas season). 9K last month on ebay and amazon; 2/3 from amazon. Next year will look at white labeling product from China. I strongly recommend selling physical products on amazon.
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