If you have a very active website or social networks, you most likely want to earn some income from them. And most likely you have noticed Amazon. Perhaps you have already searched for information on how Amazon affiliates work, or perhaps you are inside but you do not use it enough to get enough sales to make it profitable.
Amazon affiliates allow you to advertise Amazon items And, for each purchase made by the people who follow you, they give you a commission. But how does it work to make it really worth it? If you want to know, we tell you below.
How Amazon affiliates work
From what we have just told you, the operation is simple. Imagine that you have a web page on a topic because you like to write a lot about those topics. And you decide that one day you will Recommend some Amazon products to your users so that they know about the subject.
Well, that implies that you are sending customers to Amazon, because those people who follow you and, if you have an impact, are going to buy them. For each purchase, if you are an Amazon affiliate, Amazon will give you a commission. It is not much, if we look at it individually; but, if you increase that commission with many potential clients, it will be worth it.
In other words, you become an Amazon "recommender and merchant". So, for every sale you get, Amazon pays you something.
What it takes to be an Amazon affiliate
Now you may have been piqued by curiosity. Or even feel like doing it to earn an extra at the end of the month. Well, we are going to explain to you first of all what you need.
First of all Do you need a website. From what we have seen and read, too They accept mobile applications and social networks such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, TikTok and Twitch.tv. And it is that, in them, you can put the Amazon links and get sales through those options.
In general, they look for websites because that way the articles that will be made recommending Amazon products stay in time, and current and future customers can go to those articles and click on the links to buy.
If you have your website, then The next step is to register on the official Amazon affiliate page. If you already have an Amazon account, you can log in with it (otherwise you will only have to register).
They will ask you for the data to be able to pay you. It is important that you have them filled as you will not be able to continue with the process. Once you give it to them, it will ask you which are the websites (yes, if you have several websites you can put them all) where you are going to use Amazon links (with your affiliate). Of course, Amazon can ask you for information about the sites, such as verifying that they are yours or asking you what kind of ways to use to monetize them.
once you finish, You will now be able to use your affiliate link. But be careful, because it has a limit. If in 3 months you do not get at least 3 sales, they will cancel that account.
What is the commission paid by Amazon affiliates
Let's talk about money, which is what can matter most to you. You should know that Amazon affiliates pay you a commission, yes. but depending on the product that you manage to sell pays you more or less.
For example, if it is from the fashion category, it pays you a commission of 11%. If it is Handmade (handmade products), then it will be 10%. For personal care, health, beauty, books, cars, pets, home... 7%. In toys, sports and fitness 6%. For supermarket products, movies, series, musical instruments... 5. On their own products (Amazon devices) they will only give you 4%; a little less in computer articles, audio, cameras, mobiles, software...
The rest of the categories will be at 3%.
And now you will say that it is not much that it gives you, the truth is that it is not. But if we take into account that you just have to make a post with that link, and position it so that many people see it and are tempted to buy it, it is not bad. You should see it as a publication that you make and that will not only be seen that day, but many more, being able to have extras without doing anything.
The good and bad of Amazon affiliates
Now that you know how Amazon affiliates work, and that you can use this tool to earn money, how about we talk about the advantages and disadvantages it has?
We start with the advantages, and in this aspect the main thing is the fact that it is a "passive" method. You only recommend, but do nothing else. In addition, according to some, even with few visits you start to see money and you do not have to take care of anything, you only recommend.
Considering that Amazon is now where we always look when buying, it can be a very good option.
Now, It has its bad things, first of all, those very low commissions that it has. Also, if you do not comply with their rules, they will cancel your account, and the same thing can happen at any time (so you lose that income).
On the passivity that we must have, yes and no... and after all we must make those links move and encourage people to buy; otherwise we will not earn money either.
Another point to keep in mind is that, as with Adsense income, you can also you must declare what you earn with Amazon affiliates. Yes, it means that you have to pay personal income tax on the money that comes in. In these cases, the most "legal" thing would be to become self-employed and also register in intra-community operations to invoice (without VAT). Of course, this already depends on each person's situation and how they do it, but you must be careful in case the payments are high because the Treasury controls that a lot.
So basically, this is how Amazon affiliates works. If your website is good or you have quite a few followers on social networks, you could try it. After all, you don't lose much and you can earn something extra that doesn't hurt at the end of the month (and I already told you that Amazon pays those commissions like clockwork).