Where to find high end ($1000+) affiliate products?

It's a good question. It really gets at the heart of how you create a successful business -- any successful business, whether an Amazon affiliate or not. But of course, that's not an easy question to answer.

The short answer is that you add value. You make it so that your customer gets something out of going to you that they wouldn't get out of going to Amazon directly. How you do that is up to you and depends on your own business, your own skills, your own talents, your own resources and of course the needs and wants of your customers. There's no single easy way to do it.

One example that I love to talk about is GoodReads (Share Book Recommendations With Your Friends, Join Book Clubs, Answer Trivia). If you're not familiar with that site, it's basically a social network for book lovers. People talk about books, recommend books, and share books with both friends and strangers. And while it's different now, they started off monetizing primarily through the Amazon affiliate program. So any time you saw a book you might like there was the button for you to purchase on Amazon. Sure, you could go directly to Amazon to buy all your books, but without GoodReads, you probably never would have found them to begin with. That's the value add. And that's why people keep going back to GoodReads over and over and over again.

Obviously you're probably not going to create the next GoodReads. But the idea is the same: Add value beyond what Amazon's already doing. Create a reason for people to come back to you. And that's true for any business, not just affiliate businesses.

Other methods to "add value beyond what Amazon is already doing" may include;

*An online/offline funnel system promoting niche-relevant products, ideally with incrementally higher price points. Never use direct links nor mention Amazon in your emails or any other off-site marketing collateral, because this is against their TOS.

*Produce downloadable (pdf) "white papers" or spec sheets for high-end products with application recommendations. Encourage customers to share this with their colleagues and friends. All links must point to your own website per Amazon's TOS.

*Offer unadvertised Amazon gift cards to your best customers based on sales volume. For example, I send my top customers holiday gift cards, anniversary, and birthday cards roughly equivalent to one dollar for every twenty dollars spent. This expense is always covered by previous commission receipts.

*Produce videos of Amazon products in use by satisfied customers. Share these on social media, webinars, live seminars, group networks, etc, with links to your website.

*Participate memorably in forums related to your niche(s), and share your posts with your non-forum member customers and prospects through email, webinars, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, etc, again linking only to your website.

*Publish articles regularly and submit to online/offline trade publications, magazines, newspapers, specialty newsletters/ezines, etc. Share reprints with your customers and prospects.

Some affiliates may complain of Amazon's "measly commissions", but 8% on high-end products and 4-6 figure orders makes them well above any other affiliate program I know.