Do You Make Big Money With Amazon ?

I agree Amazon is a tough pill to swallow. Sure its fun making $30 dollar says but when you only get a pathetic $1.30 from it how can you be happy. Sell a $1000 item and you only get $40-50? Doesn't sound fair.

Ive just removed some of my amazon ads on sites its not converting well and changing them to adsense and will see what the results look like.

Amazon does convert very well btw however it seems your better off going with Adsense or some other affiliate program that pays higher.

However testing is the key because you will experience different results in different niches. Sometimes Amazon ads might be the better choice.

Because it is a volume game with Amazon. Amazon has credibility and trust a million times over some sales page that tells you how to make your teeth white by drinking apple juice.

They also have an amazing up sell process so often people with buy multiple products.

I would personally advise against promoting amazon purely because of this. Considering the amount of time you would spend promoting amazon's products, the return does not warrant the effort. Spend your time promoting clickbank etc and you will have a far greater return for your time!

I am sure Daniel Brock and Sara Young (two successful Amazon affiliates) will tell you much, MUCH different. But from what I can see with Amazon, people already WANT TO BUY, so there isn't a complicated presell process you'd have to go through like you would with Clickbank.

I've focused on Amazon for that reason alone now. While I haven't made any sales yet, I feel like I'm close.

From a previous amazon thread there was a lady making $10,000 a month from amazon. I'd say that's not bad at all. Is there work put into it? I'm sure but that's just like anything else.

As Daniel mentioned, the fact that they have "suggestions" means that people looking for a cd player are more likely to add more to their cart (speakers, cd's, etc) and your commission goes up.

It does seem to be a numbers game with Amazon but for simple little sites it can add up.

Good luck!
Teresa

Because it is at least 5-10 times easier to sell a high quality physical product than to convince someone to buy a shi**y eBook about weight loss or building chicken coops.

Just saying.

Also, depending on your niche, Amazon can be much more profitable than Adsense.

On one of my sites, I convert 5.6 out of every 100 unique visitors. Average commission - $1.72. That's $9.6 for every 100 visitors.

On that very same site I used to average ~16% CTR and average CPC of $0.23 which makes it $3.68 for every 100 visitors.

Why don't you test it yourself instead of jumping to silly conclusions?

Amazon has alot of authority and people are used to buying from amazon. Just as a test, I want you to ask all your friends about amazon and then ask them about the clickbank product you are promoting.

You will find out for yourself why people make money from amazon.

amazon niche sites rock

Now a days I simply use Amazon as a way to earn money back on my own purchases, and those of my friends and family. We all use the site anyway for our purchases, so I might as well make money when we do. I no longer actively promote it, but it was never a primary source of income for me anyway. Arranged purchases work best as what's to really stop someone from buying something from a third party seller for less? When they do that as we all know, it doesn't count and you don't get a commission.

I have a few Amazon sites set up, but I am not making big bucks with them at all.

I think it depends on the type of product and the conversion rates, but like you say I don't think many people make major money with Amazon

My attraction to Amazon is that I can use it as a stepping stone to set up an online site/store that can be eased over to selling physical or drop shipped products at a much higher commission. My sites aren't micro-sites though. I will have a lot more leverage if I can show my history of results when approaching a company to do business with down the track. That is my long term goal for my sites.

I get a conversion rate of 3% at the moment so Amazon really does convert.

It is also a great alternative to AdSense in niches that offer a poor CPC or poorly targeted ads.

Another benefit is that the products often get searched for a lot with little competition. If you take the time to create original content on the product you can dominate the SERPs with little off-site SEO. The competition is usually other sites copying the Amazon or manufactures product page. They are easy to beat.

Its definitely possible to make good money with physical products.

For me its much easier than with Clickbank.

I don't always use Amazon. Sometimes I go with other affiliate networks. If you know a particular niche and know where they like to buy - its always best to promote that merchant.

Regarding the commission rate - the going rate is 5-9% depending on the merchant and the product (Amazon starts at 4 but quickly goes up as you make more sales), but even 5% is great if the volume is high.

Now, just to show that its possible to make good money with physical products:

Recently one of my sites made $5,000 in one month because the one product it promotes was on sale and a lot of people wanted it for the lower price. The commission I got for that product was 7%. (It was not Amazon, but rather a merchant on Commission Junction.)

Another one of my sites regularly makes around $2,000 a month and I spend less than 1 hour a month on it.

Both sites are in a niche that I know very well, and so - I knew what to say in my landing page to encourage people to buy through me and which merchant to promote.

Other niches that I'm not really familiar with also make me money, but less.

Hope that helps someone....

everyone is differant and $100 per site is what i would be happy with. Just think amazon is usually easy to beat is the serps and if you create even 50 sites in a year which i would guess would be not hard then thats $5000 per month hands off income!

I'm in the same boat as Kvnkane.

I can make money with just about anything except Amazon. I even have 1st page Google results for products I promote for Amazon. I keep trying, but maybe I need to try harder.

My other affiliate programs always get better results.

Daniel, do you target a specific keyword per website?

Regardless of what your opinion is of Amazons terrible commissions, the fact of the matter is that you want to BE Amazon; not sell for them.

I currently have one Amazon site on the first page of Google and Yahoo. They generate a sale or two here and there. If you want to know what it's like to be an Elephant at the circus then go with Amazon. BUT, like Daniel says, there is absolutely no upkeep. So, no complaints.

I realized recently that the commission % does increase but on a month to month basis. For example, after 7 sales it increases from 4% to 6% but only for that month. It then goes back down to 4% at the start of the following month. This kind of threw me for loop. I assumed it was cumulative.

Before you think about selling on amazon make sure amazon has not disabled the state you live in because of sales tax collection. Just a heads up

I am currently changing towards amazon.

The reason is that I feel less dirty promoting real products. Clickbank products are often spam-related. The niches might not be so spammy, but if the eBook sells well, more and more people will push that product.

So having a link in a comment saying "cool rc helicopters" is easier to get away with than "get your ex back".

Also, you should not focus on the 4% commission. The real commission at Amazon is 6% and above as soon as you get your websites together. You only need to sell 7 products to reach that level.

dont think do it as said above 12 sales per day is easy within a month.

Although Amazon Affiliate program is one of the most Affiliates, however, when it comes to make money by affiliate marketing, Amazon may be not a good choice because of its low commissions.
In my eyes, you can try some small Affiliate programs because usually, you can earn more money from them than those popular Affiliate programs.