If you have to tried to make money running affiliate programs and never had a leeway due to hurdles ranging from inability to participate since Nigeria is not included as a country, to that of how to receive your money here in Nigeria, then look no further as amazon associate program will just do that for you.
Yes, Amazon founder and Chief Executive Jeffrey Bezos, the one-time internet poster boy turned a post-dot-com pinata founded Amazon,com and made it possible for anyone in the world to participate in Amazon.com affiliate program.
In writing this, I know you have probably heard before about how you can make money with affiliate programs such as Click bank.
With Click bank, Nigerians would have to use other companies aboard, to cash their earnings since Nigeria is not listed among the participated countries.
However, Amazon's Affiliate program is the hype-free way to really make money straight to your Nigeria bank account without hurdles.
There are two ways to make money from Amazon associate program; either as a publisher (selling your personal products- books, software, and physical goods) or as an affiliate (promoting people's products for commission).
For the purpose of this write up. let us concentrate on how to make as an affiliate even if you don't own a product. And this is by promoting other people's products.
Here are the steps you will need to set up your Amazon Associate Program:
1. You need some '' small linking '' know-how: Learn some basics. You should be able to know a little bit of inserting copied HTML (Hyper text markup language) codes from amazon.com to your blog or website. You have to do this to keep your cost down and still get what you want. Even if the site is basically laid out to know how to insert images, create hyperlinks, and do some basic text formatting. What i will advise here is that you remove the i can't-do-it attitude and settle to do it. Get over any anxiety you have about this. Just do it. You'll thank me for it later.
2. Decide on a topic you want to promote reviews with. I tell you the easiest way to make money out of this is to start a product review and recommendation. So it is important you pick a topic you are passionate and knowledgeable on that you can also enjoy. This is the fulcrum. This is because if you can't stay passionate about your chosen topic, then it will soon show and you will not make money . What i advise is that you narrow your niche to be distinctive enough. For example, bands from a certain city, music for a certain kind of dancing, authors of a certain religion, books about arts & crafts, etc.
3. Choose Your keyboard Rich Domain Name.It is important that you choose a domain that is keyword-rich, you will focus on thinking about how people will find your site in the search engines. here are some niche ideas you can use for your domain: Music Domain: BandsFromLondon.com BandOutOfMaryLand.com, SouthLondonGuitarists.com, Non-stop-Hip-Hop.com;
Books Domain: Cook-book-Authors.com, Art-and-Crafts-Books.com, Books-by-Tony-Robins.com, ClassicInvestmentBooks.com etc;
Other: Best-of-Baby-Toys.com, Moms-Mags.com All these will make your site ranking in search engine and the SEO perform well on the Internet.
4. Register Your domain name. I know you may be among the group that might have phobia for registering domain. You can do it alone. If you're not technically inclined at all, register your domain wherever you set up your hosting in step 5. Otherwise, you can save a few bucks by choosing a lower cost provider. You can register your domain at www.warridomain.com for N3,000.00 or at www.goddady.com if you are registering in dollar.
5. Set up your web hosting . This is where most people get burned. The truth is that for this site , you do not need a high end hosting account you can have for N700 monthly and start your own hosting account. Your hosting account should have a fantastico deluxe application in it for your blog installation.
6.Install blog software.Yes, I know you have heard of blogs. Blogs? Yes, blogs will give your site all the structures you will need and will make it easy for you to quickly post new contents. I use Wordpress, and will advise you to use it as it is an open source software (i.e, free), easy to install and use, Yet very powerful. Many hosts have a one-step installation process for it using the fantastico, click on wordpress and then install your blog within two minutes.
7. Make Your Blog Unique. One of the great things about wordpress is the huge variety of templates available for it - they can completely change the look-and-feel. Templates or themes are used in designing blo0gs to give it all the beauty and appeal it should have. There are lots of blogs themes you can get for free online. You can do a search on Google using the search term ''free blog themes'' and you select any one that appeals to you.
8. Set up categories in your blog.Organizing your blog into categories will help you in organizing your entries and most blog software allows you to create sub-categories. This will help visitors narrow in, even more specially on their interests. For example,BandFromLondon.com might have one group of categories for genre- rock, country, blues, reggae etc.- and another for city of origin - London, etc.
9. Sign up as an amazon Associate. Once you have done the above simply visit https:/affiliate-program.amazon.com/and sign up for amazon associate. It's simple and free. Your site should already have at least the basic setup done, even if you don't have any content there yet. Once you are approved, you are on your way to reaping from this affiliate program.
10. Build your first link. Go to Amazon and log in with your Associate account. Find the product you want to review and use the widget or banner link ads to generate HTML codes in minutes, for a particular product or products you want to promote, log into your blog dashboard and past it as HTML code, or add it to your blog widgets. Once you preview your blog, your ads will show immediately. For an example of this, visit http://affiliatemarketlord.blogspot.com and look at the Amazon product at the far right column. You can also use the aStoreAdlink type to build your website if you are using a website software such as site Spinner.
11. Build out your site and blog your review. Before you promote your site you want to have some substantial content there. write several product reviews, have at least 2-3 in each category you've created. You may also want to make categories for articles, news, and commentary about your topic. The more content your site has, the better. And the great thing is that while you've writing all these, the search engines are getting notified automatically.
12. Promote your site. The best free way to do this is to communicate with other bloggers writing about seminar topics, and to participate in online community forums where your topic is discussed. The idea to use here is to go to Google and type your niche forum eg ''London Music Forum'' and you are able to add your signature to your forum profile. To sign up with Google adword, craiglist, usfreeads, etc
My Advise:
1. I will recommend that you promote music and software instead of book and other products, mainly because you can listen to the clips of an entire album 10 minutes and get a good enough feel for it.(without buying it) to do a short review. Digital camera and laptops affiliate reviews have proven to be one of the lucrative niches
And if you still have another product niche you are passionate about, make sure you have a unique angle on the topic. People must have a reason to come to your site. You will need to register another another domain for it for search engine purposes.
2. To make money here, you can add adsense program by singing up with Google Adsense and make money from pay per click affiliate commission with them as amazon allows it.
How to Receive Your Money: Although Amazon associate has three payment methods; Gift Card, Direct deposit and Paper Check payment, Nigerians are qualified for the first and the third only. You can use the Giftcard and use your money to shop online anywhere GiftCard is accepted. If you want your money to be converted to naira, then you will use the paper cheque method. In this case, your money is sent to you and you pay in into your domiciliary account and it will be cleared within 21 working days in any Nigerian bank.
In conclusion, it is my advice that you start your Amazon affiliate program today and start earning money from internet Affiliate Program that allow Nigerians to participate, so you can overcome the hurdles of cashing your money through cumbersome affiliate check agents especially as it relates to Click bank and Nigerians. God Bless You.
Recommended Affiliate Marketing Resources:
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