Yeah, I noticed the keyword search returns anything under a mode. They should limit it to a node.
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Yeah, I noticed the keyword search returns anything under a mode. They should limit it to a node.
I've had great success with AWS. I started with AWS on january 6 and have already sold over 50 digital cameras and printers. Some items ordered are several thousands so the commisions are excellent. For some reasons I see CDs and DVDs sold as well. I can't wait for my other sites to get more traffic so I can add AWS to them as well.
I'll probably earn more from AWS than from Adsense this (first) month already.
Does amazon have a $10 commission cap?
nope, no cap. 6.5 % on electronic items. Someone ordered Canon EOS-1D digital camera through my link. Price $3,099.88. :DQuote:
Originally posted by DaveM
Does amazon have a $10 commission cap?
That's excellent. Congratulations...
Does amazon send out an email to you each time you get a sale?
It doesn't no. Nice going emke! Is it only 6.5% I thought it was a 5% base and then an extra 2.5% for a direct link making 7.5% no cap?
I've also had quite a few DVD's and stuff that has nothing to do with my site bought. The cookies are doing their job. :)
They update once a day with the previous day stats and there you can see how many items have been ordered and the traffic you sent them. I haven't seen if they can send you emails once an item has been ordered so I'm not sure but I don't think they do can that.Quote:
Originally posted by DaveM
That's excellent. Congratulations...
Does amazon send out an email to you each time you get a sale?
On some items I've had 6.5 % and on others only 4 %. no 7.5 % commissions at all. I haven't looked at how much the commissions are for the categories to be honest.Quote:
Originally posted by chromate
[B]It doesn't no. Nice going emke! Is it only 6.5% I thought it was a 5% base and then an extra 2.5% for a direct link making 7.5% no cap?
I haven't yet looked at the difference between the tier and the classic structure to be honest. I'm working on a new site and haven't had the time to look at any stats or anything till tonight and boy was I surprised when I saw my amazon earnings.
If your site has really been online only since Jan 6, how are you getting enough traffic already? I see Google already has 741 of your pages indexed.
Also, I noticed you have AdSense on some pages twice. I'm pretty sure that's a no-no.
Yes, more than 1 instance of AdSense on a page is against TOS.
That was puzzling me too, especially as he has lots of PR 5 pages on there, and I dont think there has been a PR update since 6 Jan has there?Quote:
Originally posted by flyingpylon
If your site has really been online only since Jan 6, how are you getting enough traffic already?
I'm guessing the site was up for a while before he added AWS.
It was. AWS is an add-on to the existing site.
Yeah, the site has been online since the beginning of last year or something like that. AWS was added on january 6.Quote:
Originally posted by flyingpylon
I'm guessing the site was up for a while before he added AWS.
Thanks so much. I was testing other placement of ads and if they would work out better and forgot to remove them. They're gone now.Quote:
Originally posted by flyingpylon
Also, I noticed you have AdSense on some pages twice. I'm pretty sure that's a no-no.
The tradeoff for removing the cap on electronics was a base referral rate of 4%. So a direct item link is 6.5% with no cap -- definitely an improvement if you ask me, otherwise it'd only be $10 on that $3k camera.
Superb :)Quote:
Originally posted by emke
I've had great success with AWS.
What's recommended for the payment plan: classic or tiered?
Also, what's the difference between "Easy Links" and "Direct Links"? Are the AWS "add item to shopping cart" forms regarded as one or the other?
I think colleges are offering a 200-level course on just this topic. Here's what I think. Please correct me if I'm wrong.Quote:
Originally posted by pas
What's recommended for the payment plan: classic or tiered?
If you are fairly certain that you will sell 36 or more products including at least 1 non-media item this quarter, then go for the Tiered Structure.
What's a non-media item? Anything that is not the following: Book, Music item, Video, or DVD.
Basically yeah. If you're sure you're shifting a lot of items + a few non media items, then the Tierd structure would probably be better.
Direct link is where the item is specified, so the AWS "add item to shopping cart" are direct links.
Two things.
1. Apparently power tools are no longer a new category and they're still capped. So those $400 tools I'm selling only get me $10 in commission :(
2. I think straight text Amazon links perform better than clickquick ones, just from a couple days of testing.
Do you get more people buying stuff, other than what they click on with the normal text links (using the cookie)? I imagine you would. I haven't thought about that before.
Dan, oops!!! Looks like we've done the same site: http://www.camcorder-reviews.net/ When did yours go live? Sorry I didn't notice it before. Oh well, when we both get some PR we could exchange links, compare notes etc...
All my reviews seem to be down right now. Hmmm. I'm not caching at the moment.
Someone else was talking about reviews gone...
Yes, BobbyB has made one. I wouldn't worry much, I'm sure he won't mind.
Who else has mentioned the reviews problem? I guess it's just a AWS glitch.
How's it going? Sold many?Quote:
Originally posted by Chris
1. Apparently power tools are no longer a new category and they're still capped. So those $400 tools I'm selling only get me $10 in commission :(
Its going pretty good. $10 a sale is still nice (but not as nice as I thought it would be).
So you reccomend instead of the popup box, a direct link to amazon on product pages Chris?
Thanks,
Mike
Yes. for a couple reasons.
1. It appears to convert better.
2. 1 makes sense because if you think about it not everyone is smart enough to realize that that popup is really amazon, or trusting enough to believe that that popup is really amazon.
3. With the normal link there is a higher chance for them to buy more than just the one item. They might make an impulse buy that you'd get credit for.
What about just putting the item right into their Amazon cart? That's what I'm doing. Er, that's what I would do if I could get some traffic!! (Looks like Google is starting to add my pages though, so hopefully soon...)
I also provide a direct text link, though it's not as obvious.
When I tried having items added to the shopping cart it didn't seem to do too well. I think this is because it's not too obvious what's happening. The button says "buy from amazon". When a user clicks it, they land on an amazon page saying "Customers who shopped for blah also shopped for..." (or something similar). It's not too apparent that the item's actually been added to their cart ready for them to purchase.
With the text link / quick buy, the user is actually invited to add the item to their cart and think that's more "progressive". It makes the buying process a bit more intuitive with respect to "what's going to happen next".
Chris has only tested the results on one site though, auidence matters and different auidences will do different things. I will not be convinced one works better than another until I see a survey of a large variety of sites.
Chromate - Carbohydrate Counter might fail as people realise that the Atkins diet works from protein reducing hunger rather than low-carbohydrare.
Too funny. Went live yesterday. Good thing our keywords are sliiightly different - "review" vs. "reviews" :pQuote:
Originally posted by chromate
Dan, oops!!! Looks like we've done the same site: http://www.camcorder-reviews.net/ When did yours go live?
Remember Google stems now, your keywords aren't that different.
I should clear up the signature, BobbyB's is a website/future print publication I help out on; my name's Dan :)Quote:
Originally posted by incka
Yes, BobbyB has made one.
Super. Well this was bound to happen someday.... :eek:Quote:
Originally posted by Chris
Remember Google stems now, your keywords aren't that different.
Well, I don't think either of us are going to get too near the top with our "front page" keywords anyway. I might change my site name. Seems silly us both having the same name.
Chris how long did it take you to get your site spidered? I submitted just over a week ago and none of the pages are there when I do 'allinurl: mp3playerreviews.net'.
Dan, have you made the article on AWS yet?
Has the GoogleBot been through your site? It takes a little while after that to actually get in the index. If you haven't seen GoogleBot yet, keep submitting pages from your site. I do it every other day on new sites and normally get deep crawled pretty fast.Quote:
Originally posted by Mike
Chris how long did it take you to get your site spidered? I submitted just over a week ago and none of the pages are there when I do 'allinurl: mp3playerreviews.net'.