Amazon US or Amazon UK

Discussion in 'Amazon' started by LilyUK, Jul 8, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hi all
    Out of curiosity - which do you think is a better earner on a website? I'm from the UK but my site is a .com and is not specific to the UK. I definately want to have Amazon affiliation but don't know whether to set it up with the UK or US site. I guess I could set up both?

    Which did you choose and why?
     
    LilyUK, Jul 8, 2007 IP
  2. gamefray

    gamefray Peon

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    I have used both. US has more potential, larger population, demographic, etc... I would go with the US personally. Afterall, Amazon.com US is thier flagship website.
     
    gamefray, Jul 8, 2007 IP
  3. cormac

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    I use Amazon U.S. as it is where the majority of my traffic comes from.
     
    cormac, Jul 8, 2007 IP
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    I doing both market place, but the most actived for me and enhance many traffic mostly come from US,
     
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  5. LilyUK

    LilyUK Peon

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    Hi
    Thanks for your replies - I thought that might be the case. I may wait a little while to see where most of my visitors are coming from first and make a decision based on that.
     
    LilyUK, Jul 9, 2007 IP
  6. rizal

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    #6
    It depend your niche and traffic target. So you need to study where most your traffic come for your website.
     
    rizal, Jul 10, 2007 IP
  7. kdb003

    kdb003 Active Member

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    I do better with UK
     
    kdb003, Jul 10, 2007 IP
  8. davybuk

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    #8
    I am a member of both US and UK and have wondered this too as I have traffic from both countries to one of my sites....Am I right in guessing that if someone clicked the Amazon US ad but were in the UK so clicked through to amazon.co.uk to order that I wouldn't get the affiliate commission ?
     
    davybuk, Jul 11, 2007 IP
  9. LilyUK

    LilyUK Peon

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    Hi Davybuk,
    Now there's something I hadn't thought of. I guess not as they are two seperate sites unless someone else has found different? Since I started this thread I have ended up making a US Astore to start with - simply because the range of goods on there for my niche is so much bigger than the UK version. Infact looking at the UK site has made me feel quite frustrated that it isn't as big or anywhere near as well organised as the US one.
    The problem is that I wish I could offer UK customers what I can offer to US customers. It seems such a shame. I've even found Portuguese food on the US Amazon site but no food at all on the UK one. Ah well - onwards and upwards...
     
    LilyUK, Jul 11, 2007 IP
  10. davybuk

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    Is it possible to have Amazon US and Amazon UK on the same site ? Maybe not on the same page next to each other but actually on different pages so you could try and appeal to US and UK visitors ?
     
    davybuk, Jul 12, 2007 IP
  11. LilyUK

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    Hi Davy
    Yes I'm thinking of doing that although I don't know if it would look a bit weird or not! I guess probably not if they are on different pages. I would like to be able to offer the products that are on the UK site - it covers everyone then!
     
    LilyUK, Jul 12, 2007 IP
  12. fadetoblack22

    fadetoblack22 Well-Known Member

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    To sign up with amazon US you have to have a US bank account I think.
     
    fadetoblack22, Jul 13, 2007 IP
  13. Marian

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    I've earned much more from the US Amazon....

    Marian
     
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    I live in Europe and have an Amazon US affiliate account.

    You can get paid in gift certificates which can either be spent on the US site or as I sometimes do sell them on Ebay to convert to cash.
     
    CanaryWharf, Jul 13, 2007 IP
  15. LilyUK

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    Fadetoblack - you don't need a US bank account. You can get paid by cheque or by gift certificates. For the cheque they waive the $15 fee for processing when you're outside the US. I use Auctionchex to change my dollars to pounds - they give better rates than my bank although of course you get much less pound to the dollar anyway.
     
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  16. Bayo

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    Go with the US - More potential and more profit for most things online

    This isn't to say that you should ignore the UK market because we rock!!!

    B
     
    Bayo, Aug 25, 2007 IP
  17. acclaim

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    You can join both US and UK amazon programs. But you would have to join them separately. They operate as separate programs and pay separately.

    I would suggest also using AcclaimSubscriptions.com to market next to amazon pages -- AcclaimSubscriptions sells worldwide from one site and pays commissions on worldwide sales. New design in 1 week will improve conversions even further.
     
    acclaim, Aug 25, 2007 IP
  18. pixads

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    I have signed up for all amazons but US converts the best
     
    pixads, Aug 26, 2007 IP
  19. dannytuppeny

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    #19
    Go with both :)

    I've been posting a series of articles on my blog about building your own context links that will send users to either the US or UK Amazon site depending on where they're from.

    Check out the whole lot here:

    http://blog.dantup.me.uk/2007/08/blogging-creating-better-ad-system-with_9334.html

    I'll be tidying up and posting the source code soon, but you can copy/paste it yourself from the blog if you're confident :)
     
    dannytuppeny, Aug 26, 2007 IP