Comments on: 5 Things I Ponder

By: Article Submitter

Article Submitter — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:17:01 +0000

hey splork, its okay if i get a link from a comment on ur blog right?? lol.

about the amazon affiliate program, yeah i set up 5 sites targeting long tails for amazon products and they all get really good traffic and a TON of clicks…the conversion rate is terrible tho. gotta switch now-too close for missles, switching to guns (aka-adsense).

By: Splork

Splork — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:42:35 +0000

Easier said than done.

By: Chance X. Delaney

Chance X. Delaney — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:18:33 +0000

AdSense, Amazon, EPN, ClickBank, blah blah blah. Whatever it’s name, it’s still chump change. At the end of the day what these things are best for is research so you can discover an opportunity to create your own [valuable, useful] product and collect ALL of the money.

By: Splork

Splork — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:06:39 +0000

Yea man. eBay does me just fine.
Just like Adsense works out for many people and sucks for me, I have managed to do OK with eBay when others struggle. I have no idea why it works out that way in the racket.

By: Splork Fan

Splork Fan — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:44:34 +0000

Adsense is pretty bad for me too now. ..if it makes you feel any better, but at least you know you have a fan here and are in good company

Everything you said up there rings true but for the 1st time I think (always agreed with your points) I have serious doubts about your statement concerning eBay; is it really that great?

No, I haven’t joined them cos they never allowed me in…but all I’ve heard about them was what conniving scammers they are (from most of their “partners”).

By: Splork

Splork — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:20:51 +0000

I agree See You Guys. Like everything else in our model, you simply have to build tons of sites. I’ve got to adjust the plugin not to grab every single instance of AMA. I do heartily recommend the service.

By: See You Guys

See You Guys — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:22:09 +0000

Funny how some plugin (or what) makes links from A M A Z O N taht point to AMA. Never mind.
IMO, Amazon really is the best affiliate program I found.
I have 80+ online stores that really make money. At the beginning you only have 4% commission – probably this is the reason why all bloggers say it is not worth the effort – but you´ll move to much better numbers if you sell something. Say, you sell 105 products a day in average (a lot, I know, but definitely possible) you can do the math: 40 USD average price and 8,5% commission = 357 USD/day. Not bad, is it?
I know you have some celeb blogs with like 200k monthly visitors. I have no idea how blogs do convert, amazons (my experience) conversion rate is 10-15% so if you manage 5% of your visitors click, you can have like 1000 -1500 products sold at the end of month. Often these will be products that you do not sell directly, you´ll wonder, Amazon does all the up-sell, cross-sell offers to convince the customer and they are successfull like hell in this, you just need to get people there.

By: John

John — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:34:16 +0000

With you on Amazon. It is soul destroying to see I have already sold 39 things this week and my commission – $84…

Maybe I should sell higher priced goods

Adsense and EPN is going strong though.