How to start affiliate marketing with Amazon and ClickBank
Affiliate marketing is a great way to start an online business with minimal investment. It is ideal for those who do not want to create products and for those who do not have a lot of start-up money for their online business.
You can promote a substantial variety of products and services with the affiliate marketing business model. Your job is to promote products created by other companies. When someone buys from you, the owner of the product will pay you a commission.
Two of the most popular places to find products to sell as an affiliate marketer are Amazon and ClickBank.
How to start affiliate marketing with Amazon
Amazon is the world’s largest retailer and sells both physical and digital products. Their main marketing method is affiliate marketing. In other words, they get other people, called Amazon Associates, to sell their products and services for them.
It’s free to become an Amazon affiliate and you can sell anything on the Amazon website. It starts with a 4% commission rate, which becomes more substantial when you sell more products.
4 stars and more
As you probably know, Amazon sells a wide range of products. So how do you choose what to sell as an affiliate? As an Amazon affiliate, you can use their search feature to browse the products you want to promote. Choose your niche, eg ‘dog training’.
Type that search term into the Amazon search engine. On the left side of your search, click on the ‘4 stars and above’ filter. The maximum score for Amazon’s rating system is 5. If a product receives a score of 4 or higher, you can be sure that the customers who bought those products and left those reviews are very happy. These are the types of products you want to promote.
How to start affiliate marketing with ClickBank
ClickBank is a well-known online marketplace where the vast majority of its products are digital information products. As soon as the customer purchases a digital product, they can immediately download it to their computer.
ClickBank is free and is a well known and respected company in the online business world. Their online marketplace contains many thousands of affiliate products to promote, so you’ll always find offers that will appeal to your audience. You can earn commissions of 25%, 50% and even 75%.
severity score
ClickBank products have what is known as a severity score. This shows the popularity of the product. A severity rating for the product you want to promote must be at least 10 or higher. If there are more than 100, it means that there are many other affiliates selling the same product.
Once you have identified the product you wish to promote, ClickBank will provide you with a unique URL called a “jump link”. This is the link you want your prospects to click on and how sales are tracked back to you.