Increase your income with Amazon 🤑

 I'm gonna share the top six strategies

that we use to maximize our earnings

in the Amazon affiliate program,

including how to easily recapture commissions

that most people are losing every time

they use their Amazon affiliate marketing links.

Hey, it's Justin Brown here from Primal Video

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Let's jump into it.

Now, whenever we're looking to buy a physical product,

Amazon is usually the first place that we look.

So we have absolutely no issues at all recommending it

and it just so happens

that they also have an amazing affiliate program.

So in this video, we're gonna be covering

these six simple strategies that we've implemented

to not only capture otherwise lost commissions,

but also to maximize our earnings

and how you can easily implement them

in your Amazon affiliate marketing strategy

right now as well.

Now just before we dive in, a quick disclaimer.

Amazon is constantly updating its terms of conditions

for their affiliate program

and what is accepted one day

might be against the rules the next.

They are widely recognized

for strictly enforcing these rules

and sometimes without warning.

So even though this stuff is working for us right now,

always make sure to review their terms of service

to ensure that you are in compliance

and that includes doing your due diligence

before implementing anything that we cover in this video.

Now as a little bonus at the end of this video

I'm also gonna cover the top three most common reasons

that I've seen people get banned from the programs

so that you can avoid the same problems

because honestly some of them aren't that obvious.

So strategy number one is

to sign up for multiple Amazon associate programs

not just the one in your region

but in other regions as well.

I think right now there are 12 different regions

or 12 different Amazon associate programs

for different regions around the world.

And a lot of people aren't aware

that they can do this

and this can dramatically increase your affiliate revenue

on Amazon especially if you combine it

with the next two platforms

that I'm gonna mention as well.

So each of the different Amazon affiliate programs

for each of the different regions

will only earn you a commission

inside of that region.

So to earn a commission on a sale

from someone purchasing in the U-S

you need to be signed up

with the U-S Amazon Associates program.

Likewise in Australia, you need to be a member

of the Australian Associates program.

And each of your affiliate links

for each of those associated programs

will only earn you a commission in one location.

So let's say that I have registered

for the U-S Amazon Associate program.

I send out my link.

If someone is from Australia they click on my U-S link,

they're then redirected to the Australian store

and purchase on there,

then I don't receive a commission for that

because my link is for the U-S program.

And likewise.

It works that way no matter

which associate program you're with.

Now to help with this, you can use Amazon's one link.

That's what they call it.

It's a service that helps with the redirecting

of the users to their local store

while still passing through your tracking details.

Now, this is slowly rolling out.

It's not out there for everyone yet

and it currently doesn't support all the countries

or all the different regions

and it only works if you're linking from your website.

These links with Amazon OneLink don't work on YouTube yet

so hopefully they sort that out in the future.

But this will lead us straight on to strategy number two

which is using Genius links.

Now Geniuslink is essentially doing what

that Amazon Onelink promises to do

but it does it right now and it works well

and it's also got a bunch

of extra functionality in there as well.

So what you do in Geniouslink is you add in

all of your affiliate details

for all of the different Amazon affiliate programs

that you've signed up to

cause you're now signing up to multiple

and it generates you one link,

one Geniuslink that you can send out to people.

They're gonna be automatically redirected

to their local Amazon store

and your affiliate link or affiliate tracking I-D

is passed along with this.

Now just from implementing Geniuslinks alone

we've had a big increase in our affiliate revenue on Amazon

because our links are now being tracked

across the multiple Amazon programs.

They also have amazing reporting in there

showing you all the links that you've generated.

If products are out of stock in different regions,

if something is no longer available

you can get alerts and those sorts of things

through to your email to let you know

to update that link and point it to a different product.

And there's a heap of other features

and detailed reporting and stuff in there as well.

So pricing Virginia's links at five dollars per month

and it scales with the number of link clicks

that you're getting.

So amazing service.

Geniuslinks, well played.

That brings us to strategy number three

is to use a kit. co.

Now kit. co is now owned by Genius or Genius links

which is probably why that's so good too.

So what Kit lets you do is essentially build out

kits or groups of Amazon links and put them in one place.

So for example we use this on our Resources page.

We've built our kits for different things

like the best live-streaming gear

or even my YouTube studio setup gear.

We've created kits for these

where it's one place that people can go.

It's all of our top recommended gear

or top recommended products

and all of them are direct links to Amazon

but they are Amazon affiliate links.

And just like Geniuslinks

it also does that automatic redirection

to the user's local Amazon store and still passes through

your affiliate tracking information as well.

Now another cool thing with Kit is that

it's also its search engine.

So you can use your YouTube S-E-O skills

to rank your products or your affiliate links

on the kit. co as well.

And again if you're looking to level up

on the youtube S-E-O side of things

or the keyword ranking side of things,

then make sure you stick around cause I've got

a resource for you towards the end of this video.

Now in terms of pricing, the Kit is free.

You get 100% of your Amazon earnings.

They make their money from people who create kits

and forget to put their Amazon Associate information in

and they use theirs in that case.

So as long as you're putting in

your Amazon Associate information you'll make 100%

of your Amazon earnings through the kit. co as well.

So that's strategy number three, using a kit. co.

Strategy number four is using redirect links.

Now starting you might think

that you don't need to do this

but trust me this is gonna save you so much time

and potentially a lot of headaches in the long run.

So what I'm talking about is creating a redirect link,

a link that you share out that will redirect people

to your affiliate link.

So you're not just sharing out the affiliate link

that you get from Amazon,

you're using your version of it.

So in our case,

a lot of our affiliate links are redirecting links.

We use primalvideo.com/go/ the product or the service.

So then if for some reason

we needed to update our affiliate link.

We're able to just update that on our end, on our website

and that then is redirecting to wherever we'd like it to go.

So this alone could save you an absolute ton of time

because you're not then going to have to go back

to potentially hundreds of YouTube videos

or blog posts or articles or anything

to update each link manually.

You can do it once on your end cause you're just changing

where that link is redirecting to.

So effectively this is gonna let you quickly and easily

update a product or a link in one place

that's then gonna be pushed out everywhere.

Now in terms of how you can set up and create

and manage your redirect links for us right now for Amazon

we are primarily using Geniuslinks for this as well.

But to manage redirect links in general

outside of the Amazon stuff as well, then we also use

a WordPress plugin called ThirstyAffiliates

which is again really simple to use.

Now one thing I do wanna note here

is that Amazon saying that you need to make it clear

that any redirected link that you use

is taking people to Amazon.

So for us, we use the word Amazon in brackets

in our link text so that we're indicating

to people that these links are going to redirect

and take people to Amazon.

Now this is something that they might update in the future

and the wording on this can still be

a little gray right now.

Now Geniuslinks have done their reviews

and they have liaised with the Amazon Associates team

and for now, this appears to be acceptable.

But do your reviews and I will link an article

from Geniuslinks below in the description

if you want more information on this.

So that brings us then to strategy number five

which is a resources page or a gear page

or the stuff-that-you-recommend-other-people-use page.

So this is one place where you list out

all of the stuff that you recommend.

Gear, books, audiobook services, courses, and of course this also includes your Amazon links as well.

So for us on our website, we have a resources page

primalvideo.com/resources and it's all the stuff

that we use and that we recommend to our audience.

So for us on this page, we also have a combination

of some of the things we have mentioned

in this video as well.

We have our kit. co kits

embedded on our resources page.

Things like the gear that I use and recommend.

All of those kits are embedded on that page.

So not only are they working for us

in their S-E-O goodness on the kit. co

they're also on our page to make it easy for people

to find everything all in one place as well.

And this is something that I wanna stress about,

you don't need to overthink it.

You could just create a simple one-page website

with something like Wix or Squarespace or something.

Don't overcomplicate it.

Just make it easy for your followers or your audience

to find the stuff that you use and that you recommend

without them needing to ask you.

I can't stress how huge this has been for us.

But the biggest strategy

and probably the most important strategy

is strategy number six and that is to be authentic

and to focus on adding value for your audience.

And I really should go without saying but only recommend

the products and services that you've tried,

that you've tested.

The stuff that you recommend for your audience.

There are too many people out there giving affiliate marketing

a bad name by just picking the products

that aren't necessarily the best products

that have the best commissions or the highest payouts.

But I also see these days that people are getting more

and more switched on to it and they can tell

when something's not authentic or not real.

So always try to come from that place

where you're adding value

and trying to go that extra mile for your audience.

If there are multiple versions of something that you

recommend with maybe different add-ons or different pricing

spend the time to work out which one

you recommend people buy and link it to that.

Make the buying experience better for your users.

You're gonna end up saving them a ton of time

and you're going to maximize the likelihood

that they're going to buy from you

and that you'll earn a commission.

Now if you're mentioning a product

and there are additional add-on products

that is needed to make something work

then you could create

affiliate links for those too.

So for example we always talk about

the different types of cameras

and the different types of microphones

but we also create affiliate links

for any of the cable adapters or anything that's required

to connect the two.

This way people who already have the camera,

already have the audio gear, can then easily get the add-ons

or the accessories they need to make the whole thing work.

So your goal here is to make it as easy as you can

for your audience to achieve a specific outcome

and then they're going to look for your links

and look for your recommendations

to help them get to that outcome.

Now earlier in this video

I said I'd share with you three simple things

to help you avoid getting banned on Amazon.

So quick disclaimer.

Their privacy policy and their terms of service

are always changing

and this is just what we've seen people getting banned for.

So avoid this stuff and all costs and make sure to review

the terms of services or terms of conditions frequently.

So the first one is don't indicate any incentive or reward

for people to click your links, monetary or otherwise.

What a lot of people don't realize is that this also means

no mentions that people will be supporting you

if they click your links.

We've seen people getting banned for this

and we've even got a warning

for something similar in the past.

The second one is to always identify yourself

as an Amazon affiliate and make sure

that any earning disclosures are exactly as Amazon requires.

They set out some exact wording for this

and make sure you get the latest version

from their terms of service and use that.

And the third one is to make sure it's clear

that everyone who clicks your Amazon affiliate links

will be directed to Amazon.

Well, it's not an issue if you're using Amazon's links.

If you're using any sort of redirect

then it does become a bit of a gray area.

As I mentioned earlier Geniuslinks has done their research

and they say that they've got the tick of approval

from Amazon but you need to at least indicate

next to those links, they go to Amazon's website

with an Amazon in brackets or something similar

if it's not otherwise clear.

So stay safe.

It's an awesome affiliate program.

You just don't wanna jeopardize your earnings

and have them disappear overnight because of one oversight.

They do monitor this stuff

and we've seen some big channels get shut down

so don't take any chances.

But enough of the negativity.

Now that you've got these tactics if you're looking to

maximize the traffic that you're sending to Amazon

then grab your copy of our free YouTube ranking guide

which is linked on the screen now.

This is gonna help you with the tools and the strategies

to help you get your content ranking

on both YouTube and Google.

I'll see you at the next one.

Thank you 😎