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Amazon or affiliate program which would you do?

by DeePower
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I'm finishing up a new book that I plan to self publish. It's based on my dogs' humorous blog. The price will be about $7.99 for the hard copy and $4.99 for the ebook. With the millions of books on Amazon would I be better off on Amazon, soliciting affiliates through clickbank or buying solo ads in dog related lists?
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  • Profile picture of the author AuthorityBuilder
    If you want to make more than a couple of dollars a month with your new book, you need to make sure that the category you are targeting has enough buyers. One way to see how well books are selling in your chosen category (dogs) is to look at the "Amazon Best Seller Rank" of some of the top books on dogs niche.

    This step is so important, and will either solidify your decisions, or may tell you to completely scrap the niche you've picked and try something else.

    In a nutshell, I want to see the best sellers in my chosen category with an amazon best seller rank of at least 10,000; and finding titles under 5,000 is much better. A lower rank means that the book is selling more copies.

    If a book is ranked 5,000 on the Kindle store, that means it's probably selling anywhere from 20 to 40 copies a day (this is not an exact science but just a best guess). A book with an Amazon best seller rank of 10,000 or higher is most likely selling less than 10 copies a day (and perhaps much less just depending on where it ranks).

    I don't know about you, but I don't want to write a book that only sells 1 copy a day. I want something that can potentially make 4 figures a month! By looking at the Amazon best seller ranks, you can know if your chosen category "dogs" has any chance at all of selling that many copies.

    If you can't find books sold on the niche on Amazon, then you can go for affiliate marketing on ClickBank.

    Originally Posted by DeePower View Post

    I'm finishing up a new book that I plan to self publish. It's based on my dogs' humorous blog. The price will be about $7.99 for the hard copy and $4.99 for the ebook. With the millions of books on Amazon would I be better off on Amazon, soliciting affiliates through clickbank or buying solo ads in dog related lists?
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    • Profile picture of the author DeePower
      Thank you. The market is there. But my question still remains, Amazon, clickbank affiliate or solo ads? Perhaps a joint venture?
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      • Profile picture of the author agmccall
        Originally Posted by DeePower View Post

        Thank you. The market is there. But my question still remains, Amazon, clickbank affiliate or solo ads? Perhaps a joint venture?
        I think it all depends on the content of this "book" From the little bit of information you gave us, it seems to me, that the subject will be something humorous about dogs. That would probably not sell or attract affiliates on platforms like clickbank. So you should probably stick with Amazon, Kindle, Barnes and Nobel Nook, and all the other formats for self publishing.

        If on the other hand it is some sort of "How-to" book about dogs then the affiliate route would probably be the best

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  • Profile picture of the author AuthorityBuilder
    Did you check if market is there on Amazon specifically?
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  • Profile picture of the author Kojo25
    I would recommend buying solo ads as they work pretty well with this kind of stuff,
    Check Udimi website and you will definitely find some good solo ad seller for your offer.
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    Originally Posted by DeePower View Post

    I'm finishing up a new book that I plan to self publish. It's based on my dogs' humorous blog. The price will be about $7.99 for the hard copy and $4.99 for the ebook. With the millions of books on Amazon would I be better off on Amazon, soliciting affiliates through clickbank or buying solo ads in dog related lists?
    Hard copy raise that price by $10. How much are you selling the ebook version on your website/blog? My intro-product sells for $37 on Amazon right now. $7 on my site. If you plan on selling it on Kindle... sell it for $7.

    But to answer your question... do all 3:

    - Amazon
    - Clickbank Affiliates
    - Buying solos in dog niche

    Who says you can't do all 3?
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  • Profile picture of the author flamingphoenix
    Test on Amazon first - it has the biggest reach and give away a few copies in return for a review.
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