Amazon is one of the most trusted companies on the Internet. They were also one of the first companies to create affiliate programs. Now, they have thousands of affiliates selling literally millions of dollars worth of products every month. (I’m one of them!) Amazon’s affiliate program is very well run, and the products they sell are pretty much always things people want to buy. Becoming an Amazon affiliate is something you’ll definitely want to consider. If you’re new to internet marketing, Amazon is a great place to start.
To start selling Amazon products, the first thing you need to do is become an Amazon Affiliate. To do that, go to the Amazon home page. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and look at the navigation links. Find the link that says “Join Associates.” Click on that and follow the instructions.
Once you’ve signed up with Amazon, you need to choose a type of product to sell. Amazon has a “hot items” list. It’s a great place to get ideas for what you want to sell. Also, shopping.com has a similar page, where they list their most frequent searches. Decide on a product, or products, to sell. If this is your first time selling things online, don’t worry too much about the details. Just choose three types of products that interest you. The goal at the beginning is to learn all the new skills you’ll need to make this all work.
Once you have chosen your product, you will need a web page with information about the product. You can do this on your own website with your own web server, or you can use a Web 2.0 platform like Squidoo, Hubpages, or Weebly.
Once you’ve created your web page, you want people to visit your website. The reason people will visit your site and click on Amazon’s site is because you are offering them the information they need. Ideally, your website content should provide people with information about your products that they would have a hard time finding on their own.
If you really want to get good traffic from search engines, you’ll need to do a keyphrase analysis of your main topic. You can do this using Google’s external keyword tool or the free WordTracker tool. Pick the top-ranked keywords, then write pages that focus on those keywords. These will have a better chance of ranking well in search engine results.
Now that you have traffic, your task is to convert that traffic into sales. If you’re writing useful content for your website, a decent number of your visitors should convert into sales.