Amazon Associates

[Rick]

I just saw an e-mail today where Amazon Associates is now available for Blogger. Thought some of you might like to know.

[sari]

I have a blogging friend who has signed up for something on Amazon. People can subscribe to her blog through Amazon for $1.99. Is this the same thing?

[theBookChubi]

I think this is different. I just signed up for Associates on my blog and it is like getting a referral fee. Basically, if I review a book on my blog, I can use the Amazon Associates blogger feature to put the buying information for the title in the blog. Then, if anyone uses that link to buy the book I will get 15% of the cost of the book.

It is so new that I don't know much else about the program, but it sure is convenient since I no longer have to go hunt down a picture of the book as well as link to a buying page. Now I just type in the title of the book and insert the Amazon box. Quick and efficient.

[Rick]

Is it 15%, I thought it was 4%. If it's 15% I need to start making my friends order through my site. :-)

[theBookChubi]

I wasn't sure so I looked it up. There is a percentage structure based on how many orders your link ships and some other odd conditions. The number is quoted between 4% to 15%, but the chart doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.

For me I'm not really focused on the money making potential as I am in the ability to help my readers find books easily. If I make any money off the deal it will be a pleasant surprise.

Here is the link to the info I found. Let me know if it makes more sense to you than it did to me: https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/join/compensatio...

[Monique Rowe]

Can anyone post a link for this?

[Linda]

The referral feature has been available for some time. I had it briefly, but cancelled it because it could appear to influence my review.

[sari]

Oh that is a good point. I will have to mull this over and figure out if I can put a disclaimer on my blog if I choose to do this. I like to mix it up though, sometimes I use Amazon, sometimes Barns & Nobel.

[Linda]

That was just a personal decision. I am sensitive about things like that, but I didn't mean that others should not use the referral system.

[Ellen C]

I just started using this and it works really well. Makes the blogger editor so much more functional!

[Rick]

True RYCJ, but at 4 cents per dollar, I wouldn't tend to think for $1 per book, that the person would be that influenced, no more so than the fact that they received the book free.