How to sell Amazon products?

I can answer 1st and 3rd.

1. Nop. You should not consider the rate of products but the number of products that you can sell.

3. Because of the royalty programs and fringe benefits.

P.S.correct me if I am wrong, anyone.

if you think like this, i would give up now. amazon turns over millions, if you are not aware of this then i'm not sure what you're trying to do :S

Personally, I like to aim for $80+. You will sell many unrelated products that are cheap due to the 24 hour Amazon cookie so might as well get the best bang for the buck and sell more expensive products that people are ACTIVELY SEARCHING FOR which leads to me to your 2nd question......


You need to look at Amazon bestsellers whose products and categories have decent search volume by using keyword tools and researching their monthly search volume.

I talked about this months ago in another post but now more than ever buyers are shifting from brick and mortar stores to purchasing on Amazon due to poor economic conditions (despite what you see in the stock market) AND Amazon's very competitive prices!

3.) Why do people would want to buy physical products on Amazon when they can just easily buy them at their nearest shopping mall?

Simple. It's more convenient. I hate going to the mall. It's annoying. The crowds are rude and annoying. You have to walk all over the place. Half of the stuff isn't stocked so you usually have to settle.

At Amazon, it's all there...it's delivered to your front door...you have access to comparable products and reviews all at your fingertips.

The question should have been:

3.) Why do people would want to buy physical products at the mall when they can just easily or even easier buy them on Amazon for less money and time spent and tax free (for now)?

I think that when it comes to selling cheap products you need to sell many of them. It all depends on what type of person you are. If you would like to close just a few deals a week and make good money then sell higher priced goods.

The commission rate gets bumped up from 4% to 6% after selling 7 items on a monthly basis. So, one strategy is to have a few sites selling low-priced items, such as books, to get the number of sales over 7 items and then have other sites to sell the higher-priced items, like over $100.

Good info in this WF. One word of advice that may happen in your state. Our state of Illinois wanted to charge taxes on online purchases and Amazon warned them if Illinois got their way that Amazon would not do business with Illinois affiliates. Sure enough we got the tax increase and Amazon dropped us affiliates. I heard Indiana is also considering it. During that interim Amazon also dropped my ebook because of Public Domain material that made too many people with the same book. I had priced mine less than others and apparently they kept the more expensive version of same book. So, watch your politicians and their laws to change your income.

1.) Since the commission rate is around 5%, should I avoid products which are cheap and only research into products which are at least $50 or higher as taught by many trainers?

A: You need a mix of products. Do not sell just high-priced products. You must sell some cheaper ones too, in order to help get into the higher commission levels. The higher commission levels demand a certain number of sales. By selling cheaper products, you can easily sell many of them, thus helping you reaching the required sales to get into the higher commission levels.

2.) Amazon is selling hundreds of different stuff under different categories online. How do I find out which ones are worth promoting? Should I just concentrate at the bestsellers list?

A: Use the bestsellers list and also double check from within each category. Also take a look at recent trends and other outside data. Sometimes you can pick up on a trend from data outside of Amazon, before it translates into the bestseller list.

3.) Why do people would want to buy physical products on Amazon when they can just easily buy them at their nearest shopping mall?

A: Sometimes people don't have time - a lot of times the Amazon price is cheaper than offline - sometimes it could be a deal of the day - sometimes that particular product can not be found in the buyers's local area

Try Amazon bestsellers and categories and you will be overloaded with awesome ideas

thanks
Ankur

Depends on which amazon you want to promote for. Amazon Europe, so .co.uk, .de, .fr, etc. caps the commission at €10/£7. This really su*** because no matter if you sell a cellphone for €200 or a lct-tv for €2000 you just get €10.
Amazon.com does no yet cap commissions I believe.

However I'm promoting for amazon Europe and I only go for products up to €200 because of the commission cap. They also sell a lot easier, I have a few sites promoting high priced products for other affiliate programs and conversions are significantly lower than on my low priced item sites. Of course, since those other affiliate programs do not cap the commissions I get a lot more per item sold... numbers game.

But if you're just starting out and learning I would start with low priced products. You will most likely see results more quickly and qualify for a higher commission level.

1. You should try to look for products over $100 than at least you'll get 5 a sale compared to making selling 10 $10 items for the same commission.

2. Best Seller Lists is the best place to start looking at general items, look deeper and you'll find quality products that are not as competitive

3. Easy! Some people rather have it shipped to their door versus spending gas money and physical labor to get the product. Also, amazon is fairly cheaper compared to local stores in most cases.

No matter what type of Amazon marketing you are doing, I strongly suggest you have a read of this article from ProBlogger.

11 Lessons I Learned Earning $119,725.45 from Amazon Associates Program

James

It has already been covered, but there are so many WF Warriors that are already making some serious money on Amazon.

You can run an advanced search and use keywords, Amazon, WSO, etc to find some great teachers.

I personally have found Russell Smitheram and Jan Roos to be invaluable, because they do not pitch some secret system.

They point to a system that you can employ in a step by step method that WORKS if you follow it.

Patrick