There are so many ways to make money money online and I have my finger in many of those pies. Well not all but a huge amount. I have exposed how I make money online previously and selling Amazon products is a very small part of this.
Add Amazon links to a WordPress Post
This video below shows how to add Amazon affiliate links to a WordPress post manually without any plugins. It can take some time to do this and I now use the EazyAzon Plugin for this, which has saved me from even going to the Amazon website. All links can be created within your WordPress post.
Azon Deal Snatcher – Add Amazon Affiliate Links
Azon snatcher is one of those plugins that I installed and instantly made money with. It shocked me. I created a few posts using this WordPress plugin and 3 or 4 sales came in the next day. I have many websites but I had never written an article about the Kindle Fire before now. I ended up selling two Kindle fires and some weird accessories. I also sold some Xbox items, also which had never happened for me before. It was a dead giveaway.
Here is a link to the articles that made me sales:
http://smallusbflashdrive.com/xbox-360-games-an-overview/
http://smallusbflashdrive.com/the-new-kindle-fire-is-cool-for-kids/
The screenshot below shows the items I sold from this experiment. See the arrows pointing to the sales. Now I am ready to implement this on a bigger website as I always like to test things out first.
View Full picture here.
I just wanted to show you that these are totally normal WordPress posts on a website that has never really made made money before.
This was also on a dead blog, well not popular anyway! It was a website about small usb drives but I decided to make it into a tech site.
As long as we are on a selling spree, please check out this article about earning extra affiliate sales by tweaking your proven sales pages. Now that I know these two pages can make sales, I will link to them and promote them further.
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is it time consuming to set up the Amazon ads? ive heard that most of the clients come from USA and other far off places though, is this true?
I am not sure. I am in Australia and sell Amazon products. IT is time consuming to add affiliate links but it is worth it. I use The plugins above to make it easier.
Just wanted to say thanks for the reply and the other articles. I have TON of work to do to try and better monetize my site now! Thanks for the tips!
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Loved your article – I currently use cj and have Newegg as an affiliate. I use deep linking for pertinent articles I post. I still get more from my adsense than NewEgg… I guess it’s off to do more research!
Unfortunately as much as I love Amazon – due to the fact I live in Colorado – I can’t use them! Makes me so mad that I’m unable to use them due to a stupid sales tax law that Amazon doesn’t want to implement into their system!
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I agree that Amazon is great but there are many other options out there!! You should check out my posts on how I make money online and how I make money online Part 2 to see more ideas..
Thanks for the post. I have not done too well with Amazon for two reasons, I think.
One is that less than half of my visitors are from the USA and the others from all over the world.
Second is that it is so time consuming to set up the Amazon ads.
Your info should help with that.
Cheers,
This is one of the reasons that easyazon is great because you can GEO target the click and guide the person to the right Amazon store.
Hi Mitz,
Great tutorial to add amazon links to wordpress post. I am going to use this one now.
Thanks for sharing it.
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Enjoyed this discussion on how to add Amazon affiliate links into a WordPress post. You given me some excellent ideas for a weekend project. Thanks Mitz.
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Amazon really does make it very easy to be an affiliate with them. I really wish iTunes had an affiliate program like that because I think I could make a lot more sales through them than with Amazon.
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i’m newbies to affiliate marketing . i just start my affiliate marketing career with share a sale . sure i will check amazon also .
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Never knew about this until I stumbled upon your blog. You really covered the topic well Mitz!
Thanks!
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This plugin work perfect okay for amazon review sites. I use it on 3 websites and i’m happy. Thanks for your post.
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Affiliate marketing is a great way to earn income, but its not easy. The trick is the right niche and driving traffic to it. Qualified traffic and that’s where its niche driven for higher conversion opportunity. There is a learning curve to affiliate marketing and essentially two approaches; 1. learn as you go, which is going to take a while and 2. get some education and shorten the learning curve. If you want an idea of what you need to learn take a look the University of San Francisco’s affiliate marketing curriculum.
Amazon is great for posts or pages that target or rank high for specific product related keywords. Because Amazon is trusted by so many buyers and because of the large range of products sold on that site it shouldn’t be too difficult to find a product that targets your niche.
Yes Amazon does sell a lot of stuff and is highly regarded.
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Nice tutorial Mitz. Adding affiliate links on a blog post is a very way to increase income. I guess this is related to your previous post too!
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Yes they are all about making sales..
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Being an affiliate marketer for amazon is becoming popular nowadays. I’ve seen lots of niche sites who are targeting great products for their specific customers. A good strategy on their money making scheme.
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Yes, why not go with the big players. They are there because they know how to make sales.
Yeah, why not take advantage of it and try to make the difference and be successful as an affiliate marketer, good point Mitz
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wow, that’s a good success rate with just simple Amazon links. I guess its because so many people trust Amazon and if your link satifies a curiosity they have after reading your blog, and they buy from Amazon,….everyone wins.
I do think that Amazon knows how to sell and is trusted like you say. All you have to do is get the person to Amazon and they will be tempted.
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Hi Mitz! This is what I am looking for. I have been thinking ways how can I add links from Amazon to my WordPress post. You have just answered my thoughts! Thank you for sharing this… Amazon for me is one of the best
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Hi, I am interested in selling Amazon things on my blog. A couple of questions though. Do you have to sell things connected to your websites speciality or not? I run a dog clothes and accessories site and I hate to think I would have to market someone elses merchandise on it.
Secondly – Is Amazon UK involved in this scheme as that is where I am based?
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Hi Chris
If you are selling your own products I do not recommend selling others on the site as well. Your key focus should be on your own product.
I agree with you that Amazon links are the best ones, and can be much effective for those people who use them
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Would you say this is a great alternative to make money from links to, say, infolinks, or in-text-ads? I heard some mention that these in-text-link pop-ups are annoying and could actually damage your traffic. I tried text links before and feedback I got from users are sort of the same. We have to keep on testing and hopefully find a great converting solution that our communities would be happy with. User preferences change all the time, so that’s a tough one!
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I seriously think that Amazon links (not overdone) are far better than infolinks etc. But I agree it depends on your audience. The problem is you need to find a nice balance and not over do anything.
Hello Mitz. I know you’re site is probably past the basic stages. But what is still important, besides all these tricks, are that you have to have the traffic, otherwise it doesn’t matter what plugin you have or affiliate program you use. Traffic is very important
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Yes traffic is important, but not the amount. This post is to help people incorporate Amazon if they like and I always give direct example so they can see how it works.. The example site I have used has no traffic to speak of but made sales. You can see the alexa ranking is very high.
Also I would not tell someone with no traffic not to add these links either. It does not hurt to be prepared and I am not one to wait around to monetize a site. I do everything from the start completely. As you can see, any site can make a sale.
I have an Amazon store account but haven’t taken full advantage of it. I once used their a-store widget and removed it after probably a week or two. Maybe I need more tips and ideas on how to properly take advantage of the opportunities.
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Yes I have tried a store but removed it also…they do not really work. I like the links in the content as people only click on them if they want more information. This is where I am getting my Amazon sales.
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I’ve been using Amazon and eBay boxes on my Wordpress blogs where readers can see or review their preferred product. Though, I only limit the items for three.
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boxes have not worked for me but it depends how you can make it part of your content..It is all about blending in.
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hello mitz
very nice tutorial to describe hw to add these links to my website i m going to share it with my frnda also thnx for the nice information and share
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No problem Vishvast! Glad you find it useful!
Hi Mitz,
Really great tutorial, when comes to money making I can easily figure out the way to get on to it.
But I haven’t thought of these great ways to add products so fast and quick.
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Is there a video on this page explaining easyazon?
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Can’t watch youtube videos, so that’s a shame
I make my affiliate links myself. It’s not that much work, just write ‘m in the htaccess file.
Easyazon is also the reason why you now have so many broken links on your other site.
Aren’t you wasting a lot of potential sales now?
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Yes I disabled all my plugins when I moved the other site to a dedicated server. The links are fine now…And when I didn’t have that plugin enabled I did lose some money..I just had too many things on my plate at that time…I had to move the site quickly as it was starting to bring down the server which is good and bad…
Very interesting post, will have to try that out sometime. Do you still continue to have success with this blog?
Yes but it is one I get someone else to work on for me. I have only just taught them to add Amazon links in.
What is all this about not trusting amazon?
This article actually made me want to look into the affiliate program but now I am not sure anymore.
Do you think it will take away some trust from visitors
Even if I do explain why and how I am doing it?
No you need to provide a link to see the product because the people that are interested will WANT to click it. You are providing more information. If you feel bad about what you are doing then you might not be doing it right… Only do what you are happy with..This is business and you are not forcing people to click through. Of course you must have great information on the page in the first place.
Awesome videos.
I’ve been staying away from direct ads on my blog but I would definitely like to use Amazon affiliate links when appropriate!
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Yes people read an article and then want to know more.. If you do not have a link there they often search for it in Google anyway..
That’s very true.
I don’t often talk about products that can be purchased on Amazon but I’ll surely remember to give affiliate links next time! Thanks.
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I want to first and foremost appreciate your wealth of information most especially to us who into internet marketing and of course the videos. promise to come back again for new update. kudos once again for a work well done.
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Thanks for this, but I don’t trust Amazon, based on what I said before about their practises. I do have a couple of widgets and some stuff on old posts that I’m going to get rid of bit by bit as I go over them. I may keep the widgets until I’ve collected enough pennies to reach the payout limit. No point wasting the last 3 years with them, right?
Hope you’re keeping well.
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Yes but thats how it starts for both Amazon and Adsense..Just pennies.. I have been through the doubt before and keeping this negativity will harm your success.. I will be contacting you later today with some questions.. Hopefully we will get some positive results.
I think it’s better if you just try it. I’ve heard friends that mention amazon affiliate links are not that bad.
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