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You have more than one site... so, say you have 20 such sites... there's your answer.

Plus, once you get good at it, you can streamline the process, and outsource the time consuming stuff.

For starters, 500 visitors per month isn't going to earn you much of anything. I receive that many visitors PER DAY via my Web 2.0 properties alone.

Secondly, I only promote products that sell for over $300.

Thirdly, my commissions routinely hit at least 7% due to volume.

When it comes to Amazon, it is best to target expensive products above $200 or more would be better. This way, you will earn more for the same amount of time and effort that you spend. Unless if the cheap products are really high in demand which in most case you will also encounter massive competition problem.

But if I promote a 300 dollars or more product how many people will buy it in 24hours?

Great breakdowns in here.

Hi Marco,

The reality is that unrelated sales (from the 24 hour cookie) will make up a good percentage of your sales. I wish I could tell you what exact effect it is on your percentages but the unrelated sales run across the board.

Michael

One thing you are definitely forgetting is all of the unrelated sales. Much of what I sell on Amazon has nothing to do with what I'm promoting. Now, a lot of this is just filler stuff, but it does add up and it helps you reach the higher commission tiers. People love buying tons of stuff from Amazon. (I know I do. But don't buy cat food and a laptop in the same order session. They'll pack the two things in the same box. My cat is now obsessed with my new computer).

A single site wont make much of that thousand dollars unless they are promoting a very high-end product. Just like adsense sites, amazon review sites are a numbers game. Make more sites to increase your income.

Andrea

And how do you drive traffic to all these sites, hubpages, lenses. etc?

Depends how good your reviews are. Currently I've had 27 visitors and 24 clicked to amazon, so somewhere around 80-90%

Conversion is around 10%. All social bookmarking visitors. My first run delivered High 90's click-through rate to Amazon but no purchases (24 visits), days later people must have added the products to cart because I've now converted 10% of those. Atleast that's what Google Analytics say.. 27 Unique Visits, and I had 24 unique clicks to Amazon.

Probably extreme luck. But when creating your Review sites I think you should make them with the hope that they have a CTR of 50% with a 10% conversion.

With 500 visitors and those stats, promoting a 70 dollar product you could earn roughly 105 dollars.

I think a good first goal for traffic is the 2.5-5k mark. Between 100-200 visits per day. And I think that goal should be expected after 2-3 months.

With one website and in that time frame you could make between 600-1200 dollars. Going by my stats, or the stats of others who have openly told me what their CTRs are like.

Obviously this isn't going to be anything like yours, but these are my expectations based on my own tests and research.

Ignore the whole, "only promote high-ticket products" - Because the smaller items have good search volumes too and promoting them with one single site you can still make 4 figures a month.

And when I say smaller items I'm talking between 50-100 dollars. I have a big interest in some of the items I'm currently promoting, should I not promote them because of the price? Even though the search volumes of all my keywords reach in excess of 300 k searches per month?

Yes, I forgot unrelated sales.. a really important aspect!

I have a good SEO team and i just create a website on a good niche..

I will create a network of 20-30 sites in 2-3 months if it works!

So in your actual Amazon Associates account it says, 400 unique clicks and no sales?

If so, you've had the worst luck I've ever heard of. Even at a lower converting rate that should have netted you at least 8-12 sales.

How many clicks to amazon per day are you getting ?

CTA= Call to action

Yeah, I have to agree with Jason that I'm very surprised you haven't made any sales. I initially thought that maybe there was a lot of click-thrus to Amazon because people thought the link would lead them to more information, not Amazon.

Does the product have poor reviews? I once had a site with a great CTR but poor conversions because some of the reviews were really negative (that wasn't the case when I first created the site).

Some sites just don't convert well despite good traffic.

Not totally un-heard of I got 412 clicks and 6 purchase and I have $5.47 in my account right now, can't even buy lunch with that kind of money. Also, do anyone know if Amazon count when you click on your own link? When I create a review site I always click the link to ensure it links correctly to my affiliate ID. Also, is there a way track which site the clicks are coming from? I know adsense you can create channels but can't find that option in amazon.

Amazon purchases rank among the highest on the internet! Definitely a great option to check out, easy to set up and easy to understand the buyer too

When promoting your Amazon affiliate sites, put the product links in prominent locations to increase click through rates, then market it by doing social bookmarks, directory submissions, and backlinking the heck out of it. Outsource and repeat the process till your income reaches the desired level. That's pretty much how you do it.

I'm not aware of your current sales technique, but you may be pushing too hard with the ads. Since you mentioned quite a few clicks without sales, I would certainly take another look at what products you are promoting. As others have said, you could be promoting a product with bad reviews.

You may also be selecting the wrong product. I always do a bit of research as if I was going to buy the product myself. This way I know who has it for the best price, which product is the best deal and what features are important. When you put a bit of thought and effort into your sites, I find that it makes a world of a difference.

i like amazon,it's pretty good

Hogre, there are 2 link localizer plugins, testing both so don't know which is best.
* Amazon Affiliate Link Localizer - which is what most people use
* Wordpress Amazon Associate
Note that you will need to register individually with each country and get a tracking ID.

Tom

emarketmedia,

I have an idea that no one has really touched upon.

On one of my blog posts I mention the fact that a goal of mine (among others) was to create 25 niche sites by the end of the year. Pretty lofty, I know.

I am now starting to realize that that particular goal might not be very smart.

I have a niche site that ranks #1 for two keywords I am targeting. After I hit number one for the first keyword, I was all ready to move on to the next site to develop.

Shortly after hitting number one for my term I read a blog post that basically explained that you should focus on ranking as high as you possibly can for every relevant term on every page of your niche site, maximizing the earnings potential of the site before moving on from that site. This turned out to be very good advice.

So I worked on term number two and hit #1 for that keyword as well. Now I am on to Keywords 3, 4, 5, 6 and so on.

The point I am trying to make is if your conversion numbers are to be used as an example all you need to do is grow your niche site to 10,000 visitors a month. Doing so will get you to $1000 a month, based on your example.

My advice is to focus on ONE site, not a bunch, like I was going to try. Instead, it might make sense to try and rank as high as you can for every relevant term on your site before moving on to the next project.

And yes, as you increase the number of Amazon sales your commission rate will increase. I'm only going off of the raw data from the example.

Good luck.

Brendon

Short answer is

A) You definitely have to have multiple sites, and you should have them properly monetized. Not just with Amazon links, but also with Adsense and other avenues.

B) 500 visitors a month is not going to cut it. That just really demonstrates poor keyword research on the front end. For most of my amazon sites I get 300 visitors a day. Again, it's all about being SMART.

I think it all depends where your traffic is coming from as well. Think of it as selling hamburgers to hungry people. If they want what you are offering them, then you will make loads of sales. If not, it will be a little trickier. It's all about getting targeted traffic in my opinion.

You gotta love Amazon though. Yesterday someone bought a $700 product from my site, and then went on to spend another $100 on accessories for it.

There is another thread called "Amazon Affiliates - are you seriously making money?" that asks the same question you are and it has a ton of replies.
Sorry I'm not able to show the link on my comment for some reason it won't work on my iphone which I'm using right now.

For starters, it would be good to start around $100 and then look for higher price once the profit starts coming in.

I am working on Amazon Italy.. how this aspect can influence the conversion rate?

Back to the original question, I used to have an auto blog set up on one of my Amazon sites and I would average 600 Amazon unique clicks a month, and no conversions. I switched off the auto blog and now I get way less clicks (200 ave), but I have started to convert...go figure...

You have to sell big ticket items. $300 minimum product price
has been mentioned in this thread. You need to drive volume
with lower ticket items to get a higher percentage payout.