I am planning on making a niche style blog which simply makes posts (Manually by me, not automated) advertising products for sale on Amazon, with description, some keywords, and a link to the product, following my referal link. Included on the blog would be amazing affiliate ads on the sidebar etc. So basically the entire blog would be a huge advert for Amazon Products where I earn commision from the sales. Is this ok to do?
Who will be read your blog? What useful content you can offer for your visitors? Do you plan to add to your product descriptions your personal detailed reviews, photos, videos? I think my questions will help you.
People who will read my blog will be people searching for the item niche I am blogging about. It will also be people search for reviews about the item, which I will be writing about on some of the items. I will be offering visitors reviews for the item, the cheapest version of the product on Amazon or another site if there is an alternative site I can sign up for as an Affiliate and so on. I will also be providing images of the items, the description, and other information about the items. Yes, but the reviews will be my own, not from others who reviewed the item on Amazon.
Sounds like a pretty textbook approach to Amazon affiliate marketing! Why do you ask, "is it OK?" Is there any particular area you were concerned about?
I just worry about Google banning me from their results, low pagerank etc, and maybe Amazon not liking it for any reason. Just wanted to make sure really.
No, Amazon will certainly have no problems with it. You will risk the wrath of Google only if you fall into the temptation of compromising on quality - we all do it, we start spending more time on thinking about how to cram more affiliate links and other potential ways of earning and we neglect quality content, which is the ONLY thing that is going to attract the customers at the end of the day.
Hi, Just wanted to share my experience. I got stop from blogger when I try to embeded astore in the blog. I got stop 2 times, so I'm afraid blogger do not allow to do this. After that I try to write the content web and just link to astore, it is Ok. good luck, Santacruz
I have no intention of using Blogger. I will be using self hosted Wordpress on my own .com domain which I will purchase depending on the niche I choose to base the blog on. I have to pick something in Amazon that is selling well, and is easy to talk about etc. I could do one on games, which would be easy for me as I know a lot about it. But is there a big Amazon market in it? I wonder. By the way. Can I sign up to Amazon Affiliates as a UK Member and still recieve payments?
The great thing is that you have an amazingly huge variety, so no matter if you love lawnmowers, want to write reviews about patio furniture, your favourite clarinet or the classics like books, DVDs, games, the something for everybody. One recommendation: Games are a huge market, but there is alot of competition. I'd personally pick a smaller niche/subniche you know very well and try it instead, especially if you want to generate organic traffic via SEO. So, if you want games, you could share strategies, experiences, collect hints, cheats, list fansites, etc for certain types of games. Just focus and don't try the jack of all trades approach.
Thanks for your information. I will take your advice into account. I was thinking along the same lines as going deeper into a sub category from games as a whole. I will have a look through Amazon and see what I like. Also, is this available in the UK?
that will be no problem this is the whole point of affiliate programs. as long as you have unique descriptions and content you will get traffic too. add some reviews for products without links as well so people dont feel like thats the whole point of the site.
Yeh this has been mentioned and I know that answer now. My question is CAN I SIGN UP AS A UK MEMBER AND RECIEVE PAYMENT?
Yes you can, I am a member of both - and once I get round to it, maybe I'll join the Japanese and German programs too But remember, you will be given new affiliate codes for those programs - they are separate, you do not get commission for sending someone to amazon.co.uk with a .com affiliate code. So you either need to use some kind of geotargetting, or more likely just make another site. But the US market is quite enough to be going along with to begin with, anyway, though the UK can be a very nice earner on top.
Cool. I will work on a US site first, as there is a much larger market in it, and then work on an additional UK site if things are going well