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 😎
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