Question on Setting up an Amazon Site

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I am starting to create my Amazon websites without a course and basically on what i think will work. Unfortunately I have not made any sales from my techniques on about 4 websites.

For those of you that are successful with AMZ, what do you find is the best way to set up a site? I build the site, put a banner on the sidebar with te picture of what i am trying to sell and then in my content i have links that go to AMZ. I also have Adsense on the site, which i do get clicks here and there from.

Any suggestions on what works? or direction to the right person who teaches a great AMZ course?
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  • Firstly I'd recommend getting rid of the Adsense. It's too distracting and if you want to concentrate on Amazon then you ONLY want amazon links on your page.

    Most of my Amz sites are static html. It's just a header, simple text nav, main content and footer.

    Within the main content I have a big call to action button, usually a picture of the item and something like 'get the latest price at Amz' or something like that. The button is top right and above the fold and takes up about half the page.

    I then write content about the item. Usually I just rewrite what is on the Amz site into my own words. I tried just copying it but I get better results with original content.

    At the bottom of the pg I have another call to action. A big text link that says something like "get today's discounted price here".

    Each mini site has about 3 - 5 pages all focusing on the same or similar products.

    January probably isn't the best time to check though, most of my sales come in the middle of the year and towards the end of the year. Jan is my slowest month.

    I also like to test products on hubpages first before I build an actual site to make sure it converts well.

    Hope that helps
    Tracey
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  • Make sure you live in a state that amazon will let you be an affiliate of. I got booted from it because I live in North Carolina.
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    • Hello Newbie,

      What is your traffic strategy? Is it working? Without traffic, all effort is wasted..
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  • It really depends on the template you use and how well you can integrate both Adsense and other products. I find that my most profitable sites are my little ugly content sites that only have Adsense ads on them. My product sites are most successful when they are only promoting products...so they are very very very focused on accomplishing one thing...either getting the visitor to click Adsense ads...or to click on products. I find that Heatmap theme for WordPress converts my adsense sites really well...the flex-theme converts that Amazon products really well. But your mileage will vary
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    • Reviews with incontent links. No banners, no adsense, all call to action is to buy the item on sale through amazon at this link.

      I also like to add video reviews to keep people on page longer. You can then put a bolded link under the video so they get sent to Amazon.

      I like to use stars as well.

      The key is also to pick a good niche.

      I'm betting you made sites in at least 2 of the following:

      digital cameras
      lcd tvs
      laptop computers
      software

      correct?

      bad niches to start out in, that's for sure.
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  • I use WordPress with the Amaniche plugin. WP AmaNiche
    It's an awesome plugin that basically extracts all the product info you need from amazon.com.
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    • Yes i do have WPamaniche installed on a couple sites and it isnt doing much for me. Not sure if it is because i didnt purchase his template, but i like to have original content on the sites and i see that with his approach and theme it doesnt have orgl content on the site.
  • Oh...you can check out an Amaniche video here Created by Camtasia Studio 6
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    • Thanks Guys! This is some great information i have here. I see that i need to remove adsense from my pages and see if that will convert better. I am using a basic wordpress theme. Nothing too fancy and one large post on the front page with a banner on the sidebar as well as a few links to AMZ and a widget in the content.

      Maybe a video and another call to action will work. I will try it on one of my sites.
  • Start off by choosing a product by looking at the best sellers in amazon. Do keyword research regarding the product. Once you get your keywords (it is probably best to get as much keywords as possible to get the most traffic from each keyword), make articles out of it. Do your on page optimization Then build backlinks on your posts and your site. Then see if it converts. Scale it up!
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    • exactly what ive been doing Just not converting.
  • Our site was not a Christmas niche site, but it happened to be shopping season. You were in the same season.


    To get more traffic, do as I said above. Add more pages, each of them targeting another key-phrase. 2600 "exact" searches per month is OK, (but 2600 broad searches would be bad), check that they are exact. And position 3 is good too. So find another 10 keywords, add 10 pages, each of them ranking for a keyphrase. That way you can add another potential 26,000 searches, if you rank well in google.


    If you get 98 visits with one keyphrase, you could possibly get 980 with 10 of keyphrases. Plus the added content makes your site more appealing to google.


    If you choose keywords well, you should not have to write articles and make backlinks, which frees up more time for more websites.


    That's about all I want to disclose. I can answer another question you had above, in a PM.
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    • Thanks! You were extremely helpful! I am actually looking into related keywords now to add more posts to the site.
  • If you're using Wordpress, then I've had a lot of success using the rss widgets with my amazon associates id inserted. Basically you use an amazon rss feed with your associates id and the widget will display the best sellers in a given category...and you get the cookie set for your id. Here's a site that does a good job of explaining how to get the rss feed url

    Amazon.co.uk Associates Blog: Create Associate RSS Feeds!

    I like to setup the widget in the sidebar. Insert 5 products and name it like: "Top Selling MP3 Players"

    I also do it for ebay partner network too...with a lot of click throughs. I've been doing well on this site...feeds are in the footer:

    Baby Safety Products and Information

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    • I will try that. I currently have been using the carousel widgets so i can give it a try for the RSS widget.
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  • Do you promote a single product or something general? usually it is better to sell many things in one site. Highlight some of the products you are selling by creating a creative and reviewing it then linking it to the product site with your aff link in it. Also, you may want to consider that January is usually a lean season since everyone shopped off their asses last December..

    Feel free to shoot up a pm if you have any more questions...

    Gian
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    • I dont know if it is a single product. One for example could be "black computer desks" (just an example) and then i just have articles and a call to action as well as links throughout the article. Maybe its because i have adsense on the site as well.

      For those of you that do AMZ, do you suggest removing the adsense?
  • Try to remove the adsense. I think giving them too many links to click drives the customer away from the call to action button.
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    Question on Setting up an Amazon Site

    I am starting to create my Amazon websites without a course and basically on what i think will work. Unfortunately I have not made any sales from my techniques on about 4 websites. For those of you that are successful with AMZ, what do you find is the best way to set up a site? I build the site, put a banner on the sidebar with te picture of what i am trying to sell and then in my content i have links that go to AMZ. I also have Adsense on the site, which i do get clicks here and there from.