Amazon Associates

So, today I signed up for the Amazon Associates program.

Really quick and easy sign-up. Just click the link at the bottom of pretty much any Amazon webpage. Then, you can decide whether or not to set up your payment options now or wait til later. Of course, you have the option of being paid via Amazon eCert ($10 minimum), direct deposit into your personal account ($10 minimum), or by check ($100 minimum with a $15 check fee for all those with US addresses).

There are three options to browse once you sign up:

* Product links (links to products, duh. Lol.)

* aStore (build yourself an Amazon store for your website.)

* Omakase links (Amazon automatically detects what to sell on your site.)

For now, I'm choosing product links. I'm doing a general search for "blog" and wowsie-wowser, what an interesting selection that comes up! My guess is that any description placed by the seller with the word "blog" in it pops up. So, I narrowed it down to books on blogging. Ah, much better! Only 1129 options. Hehe.



Now, lookee what I did above. Took me a minute and a bit of research to figure out how to get the ad to appear here in my blog. Actually, it is beyond easy. Get the link from Amazon. Click "Edit HTML" on blogger (apologies, no clue about posting it anywhere else) and then just copy the link code. Hitting Preview will show you the link that leads you directly to the product. Woo Hoo!!

Yeah, I chose Blogging for Dummies for a reason. And, of course, I've added the book to my personal Amazon wishlist if you are so inclined. Hm, wonder if I'll get Amazon Associate credit for that if someone purchases it for me?? Ah, well, that is research for another day.

Or an experiment for now. Hint. Hint. Hintity-hint.