How to Become an Amazon Associate

Becoming an Amazon Affiliate is a fast and easy way to allow your customers to order specific books from Amazon.com and for you to receive a referral fee.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. In order to become an Amazon Affiliate, you must have a functional website.

2. Go to the Amazon.com site and click on "Join Associates" on the left side of the home page.

3. Fill out the electronic application to become an Amazon affiliate. Provide your site address, site purpose, contact name, etc.

4. Submit the application and Amazon will respond usually within 24 hours, either confirming or denying your request.

5. If your request is approved, Amazon will provide you with the necessary links to place on your site so that your customers can order books.

6. Choose, from Amazon's inventory, the books that you would like to offer your customers.

7. Submit this information to Amazon, place the Amazon.com link on your website and you are ready to reap affiliate rewards!

8. Amazon will send you regular reports of activity from your site. Retain these e-mails to track your affiliate earnings.

Tips & Warnings

• You can make money by referring visitors to buy their own books at Amazon.
• If you have any difficulty, ask the support staff at Amazon to help you.
• You do not receive a referral fee for every book your customers purchase from Amazon - only those books which you have chosen as recommended titles.

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[tsimmons]

on 4/13/2009 This is great information!! Thanks!

[purewebdev]

on 4/11/2009 Amazon Associates program is definitely a great way to earn some extra money. I've been doing it for a couple of years, and I steadily average about $500 a month. Not a ton, but I hardly do anything, and it's enough to pay some bills. I use www.ecommerceforeveryone.com for my associate websites, mainly because they are high quality and convert visitors well.

[sewcraftful]

on 2/23/2009 Thanks for this information. I had no ideal.

[domesticbliss]

on 2/21/2009 Great article. Clear and concise. I'll be doing this--thanks!

[anixon84]

on 1/12/2009 Thank you!