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