Monetization & Billion-Dollar Amazon
Posted by Holly in Make Money
Did you know that the Revenue for Amazon.com in 2007 was more than 14.8 billion USD? How would you like to have the opportunity to earn through their huge success? If you aren’t already aware of this, Amazon.com has opened up its doors to regular “joe marketers” – anyone can promote and earn for them. It doesn’t matter if you have a personal or business website. Their referral program (a.k.a. affiliate program) allows you to earn up to 15% in referral fees by linking to any products or services offered on Amazon. You can get more details and/or sign-up for the program at the link below.
Amazon Associates Program Details
Website: http://honestholly.com/goto/amazon
Once you join the Amazon Associates program. Then you can start using their tools to create widgets to place on your website. The widget choices provide you with a huge array of tools and items to place on your website. If someone clicks through any of your links and makes a purchase, you will earn a commission. My favorite (NEW) Amazon Widget is the “Your Video Widget.”
Y our Video Widget Details
First, you can use any video for this; personal, family-related r marketing-type videos. The widget will allow you to upload videos or use videos that you already have online, and insert in Amazon product links or information to link the viewer to Amazon. Whenever a person clicks through the link and makes a purchase of any Amazon products, you will earn commissions in your Associates account.
How to Create the Widget
Just login to your Amazon Associates account area, click on “Build Links and Widgets” and a new page will open.
The new page will provide you with an assortment of widget choices – just click on “Your Video Widget.”
Uploading Your Video
The video you upload must be in one of the accepted formats: avi, flv, mov, mpg or wmv.
When ready to upload, you will be able to select a video from your computer and click the Upload button. It may take a few minutes to process.
Product Pop-Ups
Once your video is fully uploaded, you can then create product pop-ups or overlays to place within the video. You can insert as many Amazon ads or product
pop-ups as you like, as long as they are not within 10 seconds of each other (please note this may change, so you should verify the rules and restrictions once you are logged into your account).
Viral Videos & Amazon Profits
After creating your video widget, you will receive a piece of code so you can easily embed it within your website.
Videos are viral and if you have something entertaining or useful to share, it can be spread from person-to-person quite quickly.
If other people post your video to their website, you will earn money.
My Video Widget from Josh’s Video – Check Out What I did, Products I inserted & Where I Put Them!




nahlia
15. Aug, 2008
wow that was amazing! *runs off to learn how to make videos with photos*
annaverawilliams
15. Aug, 2008
I finally GET IT! Oh I am so slow. Okay in a few weeks I will see about getting out that video camera.
The video is too good though. Who is going to want to click away from that!
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catklc
15. Aug, 2008
That was Precious! Maybe I could pay you to do Gabriel’s video for his bar mitvah!! If you’re moonlighting that is.lol)Such talent!!(Thankfully, I’ve got time to think about that..)
Loved it, loved it, and the music to go with it..He is a cutie…and a little ham too! sent you an email the other day..Good to have you back!
Karen
GlenWoodfin
18. Aug, 2008
Great idea, I’ve also had great success with their aStores. Not quite a year ago I built a website about flashlights, then for the shopping cart, I simply used the free Amazon tools. You can build a huge site in an hour or two.
I did one using the keywords: brightest flashlight and the other new one is: brightest flashlight in the world
Remember, all of this is free so jump in!
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