All About The Amazon Affiliate Program

[Forum-Engine]

I'd be interested in hearing comments from those of you currently using the Amazon affiliate program.

I'd heard bad things about it in the past, and so have always written it off. But it seems a good time to upgrade my outdated and not all that informed understanding.

What are the pros and cons of selling for Amazon? What say you?

If a specific example might help, I'm thinking of using them on a nature site.

Thanks!

Phil

[SeoDezin]

I think you should go for clickbank that have high commission.

[crystal.barba123]

Originally Posted by Forum-Engine

I'd be interested in hearing comments from those of you currently using the Amazon affiliate program.

I'd heard bad things about it in the past, and so have always written it off. But it seems a good time to upgrade my outdated and not all that informed understanding.

What are the pros and cons of selling for Amazon? What say you?

If a specific example might help, I'm thinking of using them on a nature site.

Thanks!

Phil

I think Amazon Affiliate Program is the best choice in terms of affiliate marketing. The commission which they pay is pretty good for the product or the services. If you have a good website with relevant content then this is the best program to go with.

[mikenash100]

pros.
- The number one pro is the trust/brand name factor. everybody knows amazon and people will be more inclined to buy from a site they know than from a site they don't really know.
- high(er) conversion rates. send 100 people to amazon and same number to clickbank and more people are likely to buy from amazon than clickbank. again, the brand.trust factor helps.

cons.
-lower commission rate ranging from 4-8 percent. Yes much lower than say clickbanks 50-70 percent, but this can be made up in numbers, as in the conversion rates.

[mark_john]

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[wwwguy]

I like to buy from Amazon. Run some of their ads on your website and see what happens.

[dtommy79]

I like amazon very much.

Most people recognize it immediately and are more comfortable with buying stuff from Amazon than from anywhere else.

The negative aspects are the low commission rate and the 24-hour-cookies.

[wilcoxa]

ya the commision rates are low for amazon. but i also use amazon and do pretty good with them.

[Ien Bell]

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