How to Build an Amazon Astore

This is what a rough draft of an Amazon Astore, without the product descriptons filled in.

Want to know how to make money online through the Amazon affiliate program? This article will help show you step by step how to set up an Amazon astore.

Things You'll Need

• An Amazon Associates account
• An Internet connection

Instructions

1. 

   The first step in building an Amazon Astore is to become an Amazon affiliate. This is an easy process, and being an official affiliate not only allows you to make an Amazon Astore, but use widgets, banners, and other tools to make money selling Amazon products.

2. 

   If you're new, hit the "Get Started Now" button. You can take a tour of how to make an Astore, or once you're signed up click "astore" on the blue tabs.

3. 

   After the list of astores (or white space if you haven't created your first one yet), click the "Create an Astore" button.

4. You'll be asked for a tracking ID: this should be what your store's theme/products are about. Make sure to USE YOUR KEYWORD! Sorry for screaming, but this is part of the URL, and this is how you can easily identify what your page is about. Tracking ID = Keyword/Products.

5. 

   Go to your create your store pages. Start with the "Add a Category" page. These are the pages where you choose your products to display and sell.

6. Write descriptions for every individual product. This isn't necessary, but it is highly recommended as it increases sales, looks better, and adds keywords to your Amazon Astore website.

7. After picking all your products, hit "next step" and pick your desired designs, colors, and settings to create an Amazon Astore page that looks the way you want.

8. Publish your Amazon Astore Store.

9. Repeat 99 more times to get your mini-Amazon astore affiliate online empire started!

Tips & Warnings

• Add descriptions to all your products

• Do keyword research to give your Astore a better chance of being found

• You can make up to 100 Amazon Astores for free, so do your research and build away!

• Nicer and more attractive stores will get more attention.

• Just throwing up Astores and not doing any promotion isn't likely to get a lot of sales - so promote!

• This isn't getting rich quick, so don't expect instant results, but over time building Amazon Astores can be a great way to make money online.

Resources

• Amazon Affiliate Sign Up Page
• Good example of a finished Amazon Astore
• Example of a lazily thrown up Amazon Astore