For most webmasters and website owners selling products or services, the run-up to christmas is the busiest time of the year. And it needs to be when you think how much extra we all spend at christmas. And one of the best ecommerce stores on the Internet is amazon. Nowadays they have a massive range of products and they are brilliant marketers too. But did you know they have an affiliate program, or they call it the amazon associate program? Of course you did.
Darren Rowse from problogger has published 3 ways to make more money with amazon’s affiliate program this christmas. The gift buying period has started. Darren has three tips based on his experience of selling products through the affiliate program; get people in the door, watch what amazon is promoting and run christmas related articles. Amazon is so good at converting browsers into buyers, just getting people to the site will make you money.
Even if you know about the amazon affiliate program, you may not know about the amazon astore. The astore is a new product for affiliates. It allows you to create a professional online store, without any programming, and embed it into your website. All you need is a ‘store’ link and ‘hey presto’, your visitors are looking at an amazon store customised with your product selection and your website’s look and feel.
On today’s video the ‘make money crew’ show you how to setup an astore, step-by-step and integrate it into your own website. They choose a rather eclectic mix of products with Harry Potter paraphernalia and ipod bits and pieces, but it shows you just how easy it is to configure a store and make it live. The only prerequisite is you must have an account, but if you don’t, you can sign up for free. The video features amazon’s UK store, but astore is available in the US too.
Building your own amazon affiliate store has never been easier.
