February 6, 2012

Amazon Associates – earn up to 8.5% on sales

Amazon is a monster in the world of cost per action affiliate programs. They have millions of products that you can market on your site and their program pays you 4 to 8.5 percent depending on your sales volume. With Amazon, you get paid when a sale is made.

Amazon.ca’s product list includes the following categories:

  • Books
  • Computers & Video Games
  • DVD
  • Deals Store
  • Electronics
  • General & Multi-product
  • Harry Potter
  • Holiday
  • Music
  • Software
  • Video

You can promote their products using text links like the one below:

Canon PowerShot A480 10 MP Digital Camera with 3.3x Optical Zoom and 2.5-inch LCD (Silver) Amazon Associates – earn up to 8.5% on sales

You can choose banners advertisements in a wide variety of sizes like the one to the right of this text for the Canon PowerShot camera. Here is a list of the different banner sizes available:

  • 468 x 60 Banner
  • 88 x 31 – Button
  • 120 x 90 – Button
  • 125 x 125 – Button
  • 234 x 60 Half Banner
  • 728 x 90 Leaderboard

You can create stores like the one that I’ve created for my recommended reading and promote your store with the Amazon astore widget like the one below:

In addition, there are a number of other widgets that you can use to promote Amazon products including:

To get started with Amazon Associates, visit their site