| The Amazon Associates program is Amazon.com's | | | | book-selling to a website should use Amazon's |
| affiliate program. You sign up for the free | | | | own Amazon Web Services API. This is a set of |
| program, then include links to books on your | | | | programming code that a developer can use |
| own website. Any time a visitor to your site | | | | with existing HTML to develop a web page that |
| clicks on a link and purchases the linked | | | | displays book covers, titles, and other book |
| book, you get a commission from | | | | information. Developers interested in this |
| | | | API should check out the 'Amazon Web |
| Most people who have experience with | | | | Services' link at |
| affiliate programs know about the Amazon | | | | |
| Associates program - a person who has a | | | | People with more modest website development |
| website set up such that the site's primary | | | | skills should consider making use of Amazon's |
| purpose is to make money from a variety of | | | | free aStore product. With aStore you can, |
| affiliate programs is glad to add Amazon's | | | | without programming skills, embed a |
| free program to the perhaps multitude of | | | | book-selling online store into your |
| affiliate programs listed on his or her site. | | | | product-selling website. You can search the |
| | | | website for 'aStore' to find more details |
| If you don't have a website dedicated to | | | | about the aStore product. |
| affiliate programs but instead have (or are | | | | |
| considering starting) a website that exist | | | | Finally, people who are considering setting |
| primarily to sell products, you probably | | | | up a small online business using an |
| haven't considered joining the Amazon | | | | 'all-in-one' website builder should |
| Associates program. Instead, your focus is | | | | investigate the various website builders that |
| solely on selling products. That's | | | | web hosts offer to find one that includes a |
| understandable - but you're missing out on | | | | pre-built 'Book Buying' page. Such a website |
| the potential for easy, extra income. | | | | builder allows you to easily include a page |
| | | | that lists any number of books. By 'easily' I |
| No matter what you choose to sell online, | | | | mean the website builder should allow you to |
| there are undoubtedly many books about that | | | | simply enter a topic and the number of books |
| line of products. If you're selling pet | | | | to display, and the website builder does all |
| products, customers may be interested in pet | | | | the work. A good website builder will even |
| books. If you're selling crafts, customers | | | | give you the option of making the page |
| may be interested in buying craft books. If | | | | interactive for your customers by including a |
| someone is interested enough to spend money | | | | text box in which a visitor types a subject |
| at your website for the product, they may | | | | of interest and the web page returns |
| very well also be interested enough to spend | | | | Amazon.com-supplied information about any |
| money on a book or two. Such customers can of | | | | number of books on that subject. |
| course visit at any later time, but why not | | | | |
| encourage them to consider buying some books | | | | Amazon's Associates program won't provide |
| right now, while they're in the mood to spend | | | | enough of an income to be your primary source |
| money at your website? | | | | of earning money from a website. But if you |
| | | | already have a website that sells products, |
| There are a few different ways you can | | | | or are about to start such a website, it may |
| incorporate an Amazon Affiliates program into | | | | well be worth a few minutes of your time to |
| your website: | | | | add a book selling page and use it to |
| | | | supplement the money you make from selling |
| Skilled website developers who want to add | | | | your primary products. |