I was excited for you and was even thinking about researching this a little more but, and correct me if I'm wrong, it seems you're basically just trying to squeeze in an extra buck by selling amazon hunter..
Thanks for the explanation. I *think* I'm starting to get it. You are actually sending the user directly to Amazon from Adwords, via TinyURL. Very cool. I like it. My only question is: Is this okay with the Amazon Associates TOS?? As for my sig site, since you asked, the deal is really straight forward, as a launch-special, we're allowing people to get 100% of the commission from Amazon and eBay. We have about 100 affiliates so far. We're going to run this deal for a while longer until the traffic picks up and then back down the commission rate for new sign-ups. Yours stays at 100% for life... For those signing up now, you input your Amazon and eBay (CJ PID) into my software. Any traffic you send in with your affiliate ID in the link tells the software to put your IDs in the outbound link, no matter what they select. You basically "own" that user. A cookie stays active for 7 days in case they return, you will still own them... We have a bunch of keyword seeding tools so your inbound affiliate links can be most relevant. Additionally, we're researching low competition keywords and publishing pre-written paragraphs about 3x a week for people to cut-and-paste into their blogs / sites. There's the deal... It's very straight forward... p.s. Our company is investor-backed. Not going away any time soon.....
Jake, correct me if i am wrong. Selling items where i get EU200 commission pro single product makes me very, very happy. When i get commision for AH too, ok. I wont deny that fact, lol. Look, today i made new campaign with items only $3999 and up and uploaded that many ads that i got a warning from Adwords that my limit is reached Do you think it would be doable without the help of a tool ? I used the tool in my method, and there is no way around it and i have excellent sales. And yes, i am convinced about the potential of AH, you can also read this on my http://www.1up-seo.com blog where i did a review, and this was *before* i had all this coming. So..should i just shut up ? Maybe i should...really...
Purdue, why would i want to use tinyurl ??? I dont cloak anything..i just use the simplest method with links straight to the products and my ID appended at the end. No need for encrypting or hiding urls...IMHO. It's fine with Big G and also with amazon. See my excellent QS and min CPC.
After reading this entire thread I have to say it sounds very suspiciuos. You say your earned $14,000 EU in 14 days by spending $50 on PPC/day. So: Total Ad Spend: ~$700 Total Profit: $14,000 Base Commission: 4% Total Sales * 4% = $14,000 Total Sales = $14,000 / 0.04 Total Sales = $350,000 You are claiming to have driven well over a quarter of a million dollars in sales for Amazon in 14 days by only spending around $700. You are also claiming that over 90% of your ads were at $0.03 CPC. $700 x 90% = $630 approx spent on $0.03CPC $630 @ $0.03CPC = ~ 21,000 clicks Assume 2% conversion rate 21,000 x 2% = 420 sales Your page says you only went after products that gave you $20+ in commission. 420 sales x $20 commission = $8400 commission That's only about 60% of the amount you are claiming, and that's with a really high conversion rate (1 in 50). It we were being realistic and went with the average of 1%, then you'd be sitting at about $4200 in commissions, which is still great for spending only $700. I'm not saying you didn't do what you are claiming, but it seems rather unrealistic and doing some basic number crunching in your claims don't add up. Furthermore, when I got to the homepage on your site moneyflux.com, it's just loaded up with links to other programs selling similiar info products. Again, I'm not saying you didn't do what you claim, but I find it extremely unlikely. Good luck selling the product you're trying to push though.
What a math,if you use this in your campaigns instead of calculating the other guys odds,i think that you are going to make some money. Anyway,as you said: $20+ in commissions 420 sales x $20 commission = $8400 commission (you forget the + sign here) 420 sales x $20+ commission = $8400+ commission (thats $20+ per commission) He makes commissions from $20 to $200,so do your math again with the + sign, change $ with EUR and your all set.
GeorgR. On your blog you are saying that you will spend more once Amazon pays you.I hope you know the waiting time for affiliate commissions from Amazon
Have u been using the google search network or the content network and were all those sales generated from one niche only or was it over alot of different niches.
Looks great. As well as your commission figures I like this "If you have only half a brain you can find a profitable niche also." might have to investigate amazon affiliates in near future.
Having re-read the article it's one of the few that I believe is true. Everything makes sense and it's written in a frank way which means that probably you're very confident and have nothing to prove - well done. I'm suspicious of people who claim to have made vast amounts and then they sell "their secret" in an ebook. Having thought about what you've written it seems to make sense .. so well done and thanks for giving people like me a bit of inspiration!
Guys, i get so many questions i think i will expand my squidoo lends. Many questions are already explained on the lens. Mayn questions i get from people who justs signed up on adwords or amazon and need basic help. Before i write a new blog, probably some Basics about Amazon and PPC, here just short: 1) I dont use landing pages for about 90% of products. Only for products where there is competition on adwords already i use own pages, otherwise i cant put up an ad with the same display url (ie. amazon.de) 2) 90%-95% of my ads are EU 0.03 CPC, yes. The best min CPC are the ads with amazon.de and the product link (call it "arbitrage" or whatever, no own LP). The rest 5% - 10% of my keywords is min CPC EU0.08 3) Content network is off. Too much clickfraud on there, never successfull with content network on: Wasted clicks. 3) AffiliateID: You *need* to be signed up at amazon for any country/market you are targeting. you can not sell .DE products with an amazonID for amazon.com. Thats amazon basics, tho.
I'd like to see a response to Christian Little's well thought-out analysis above... Usually things that are too good to be true, aren't.
He assumes that all my products only make EU20 commision, which is false of course. lol...www.moneyflux.com is just a generic site/domain which i made to have some neutral base name for a bunch of subdomains, marketing related, ebooks or whatever. The WWW-part of it is more a personal bookmarking site and where i dump links to help them get spidered, or where i can put stuff like the free ebooks or similiar. Anything but my "main" site My "main" site would still be http://www.1up-seo.com
Congrats on your sales! From the looks of your method it seems this is only possible outside the US. It would be impossible to get 0.03 cent ads for big ticket items like tvs and stuff here.