Amazon Can Pay You!

If you are blogger or run a website and you are interested in Affiliate Marketing, Amazon Associates offers a nice opportunity. It is a free program that allows you to receive a commission, or referral amount, for purchases that are made by visitors to your website that are redirected to Amazon's website to buy products. Amazon post affiliate links to so your visitors can be redirected to Amazon's website. Amazon affiliate links to your website can potentially earn you additional passive income; especially if you have a website or blog that receives a large amount of web traffic. Whatever your website offers determines the type of ads Amazon places in your site. If your blog is about fashion, the ads will be about clothes and other fashion wears. To register, first visit http://affiliate-program.amazon.com/.  

Other steps involves:

 

Click on the "Join Now for Free" button. This will allow you to access the application for the Amazon Associates program.

1. Enter your email address in the indicated field. The email address you specify will be your lo-gin ID for the Amazon Associates program.
2. Sign in to Amazon Associates by selecting the radio button that indicates you are a new customer.
3. Complete the fields required for registration.  Provide your full name and a password, which you will then use to access your Amazon Associates account going forward. 
4. Enter your Amazon Associates account information. Amazon will prompt you for contact information about the person that will be paid for affiliate earnings.
   • NOTE:You cannot participate in the Amazon Associates program if you reside in the states of Colorado, Rhode Island, North Carolina, Illinois, Arkansas, or Connecticut.
5. Enter your website or blog information. Amazon will ask you to provide detailed information about your website; such as the website address, the subject of your website, the types of Amazon products you intend to sell, the traffic you receive to your website every month, and some other information
6. Click on the "Finish" button to submit your information to the Amazon Associates Program.
   • Amazon will then provide you with your unique affiliate ID. Your affiliate ID will be displayed in every Amazon affiliate link that you place on your website or blog.
   • You will not be required to log in with your Amazon affiliate ID every time you access the Amazon Associates website; however, you may occasionally be asked to provide your affiliate ID to Amazon for account verification purposes.
   • Your Amazon Associates application request will be finalized within 1 to 3 business days. Amazon will allow you to take advantage of the program in the meantime by providing you with complete access to affiliate links.
7. You can access your Amazon affiliate ID anytime.
   • Visit the Amazon Affiliate website provided in the Sources section of this article and sign in with your email address and password.
   • Look to the left side of the Amazon Associates website to obtain your affiliate ID, also indicated as your tracking ID.