Amazon Associates Musing

Apr 17, 2006 11:02 AM
Tags: advertising, amazon, joegrossberg

It looks like my links to Amazon are generating some sizeable revenue (for Amazon). So far this year:

ItemsTotal SalesMy Revenue
65$1,585.66$63.42

I guess having the link up top, the ads on my post popular entries and especially those on-line ads at the bottom of my scraped feeds is key.

Almost no one buys what I link to directly, though (I sold one copy each of Paul Graham's "Hackers and Painters" and Six Feet Under Soundtrack: Vol. 2); instead they browse around and get other stuff such as:

Weird. Not that I'm complaining, or anything.

I guess the key with making money at Amazon is to get your referral code out there; hopefully some people will make an "Amazon" bookmark with that code in it.


Comments: Amazon Associates Musing

My audience doesn't seem the shopping type -- hardly any click-throughs on any of my affiliate links or my banners. None have converted to sales, either.

My Linkshare affiliate links have at least converted to sales -- still, less than $10/quarter in commissions, though. Guess I just need to pimp harder.

Posted by: Dossy Shiobara on April 17, 2006 11:22 AM | permalink

Well that Paul Graham RSS feed has 11,000 readers according to Feedburner. That probably accounts for plenty.

Posted by: Joe Grossberg on April 17, 2006 11:29 AM | permalink

It didn't take long for the blogosphere to sell out.

Posted by: Od-ll on April 17, 2006 12:20 PM | permalink

I don't think it's selling out, because I'm not creating posts with the intent of selling anything. It's more a matter of: "Well, I'm posting anyway. Might as well make some money off of it."

Posted by: Joe Grossberg on April 17, 2006 12:31 PM | permalink

No more comments! Either someone has violated Godwin's Law, I'm tired of the discussion or, most likely, the ten-week window has closed. You can, however, contact me through email.