I don't mean to toot my own horn but I'm ecstatic that I just broke the $200-a-month mark in Amazon Associates! As of yesterday, I'm up to $217 for the month, and with items yet-to-be shipped, I should be above $250 for August. Add in Adsense and Commission Junction earnings, and it's my first $300 month in my online business. Woo hoo! If I've learned anything, it's to forget plugins and Astore templates and SEO tricks - the key to making money with Amazon Associates is to focus on creating useful, original content that is directly related to the products you are promoting. The dollars will follow.
Congrats, blogaboutcrap. Nice to hear how much you've made this month. I hope you continue the trend and keep getting heavy cheques monthly. Good luck.
Great man! I've reached 100$+ a month in a few months and it is always increasing. Yea, being unique is what matters in business. You've got 1000 people doing the same thing, why'd they buy at you. Good luck, hope you post "Just Broke 2000$ a month" soon
Hey congrats I have yet to get there but I will take your advise and build better relivant posts the best I have done is $150 Keep it up I am shooting for 4k a month so any help I can get from people who are doing it is great thanks
Congratualations! It's really a incentive to know that I really can make decent money with Amazon Associates.
You are definitely on the right track, content is king and will make you alot more sales than any out of the box store that looks like thousands of others. There is loads of competition and only those sticking out of the crowd will see decent conversions and not just clicks.
Congratulation, nice to hear your success. I am new to amazon, i made $49 this month from around 30 domain.
I have 5 blogs with a mix of newsy-type stuff and evergreen content (product X review, product X vs. product Y, how to choose which product you need). The newsy stuff builds keyword density and sends traffic to my anchor articles which make most of the money. One blog makes 80% of the money, though I'm actively overhauling/building three others. I'm also monetizing with Commission Junction, another online retailer, and Adsense.
This is great - I have been seeing your progress on the forums and on your site, and its a great example to follow. Good quality content and sites, lots of patience and focus. Well done and keep it up!
Quick update: I hit $258.88 in August which was above 48% above July, my previous best month ever. I also got multiple orders in August that should ship in September, giving me a nice head start. Expenses were ~$6 for hosting, $25 on a new domain (not monetized yet), and ~$35 on a book that's already earned me back about $13. I don't use any aStores or plug-ins or widgets. Everything comes from original content (product reviews, product comparisons, news updates) with boring old links to Amazon. Negatives - I was kind of lazy due to personal obligations and didn't produce much meaningful new content. Key Conclusions: As always, my money came from my key long-term oriented anchor posts - 1,000+ word product reviews and in-depth product comparisons. That's another good reason to focus on evergreen (stuff that doesn't go stale) content that will remain relevant for months or years - search engines love that stuff, and they can make you money even when you're not actively updating your blog/site. P.S. Join my RSS feed to follow my updates.
I have had some luck with amazon.. Some months made 100 some 500 and then some 50 lol So its all up and down the key is uniqe content added biweekly and also new articles submitted to article directories
Luck has nothing to do with it. It's all about plugging away at creating new, original content for a targeted audience.