More clicks, more “no”s, and more fun.

First and foremost,  I have had a blast.  Sure, I have spent a few dollars in advertising but I know that my first commission check will be such an encouragement, I can hardly wait.

Lots more clicks with all my ads.  The good news is my Amazon.com Associate page is showing that I have had 10 clicks.  So I am pretty confident that the links are working, there is just a delay in getting them to show up in the report.   Most of the clicks have been on the Kindle ad.  I believe that a lot of those are what I am going to call right now, “curiosity clicks”.

Thus far I have really been impressed with Amazon’s affiliate program (they use the word Associate).    It looks clean but there are plenty of numbers for people like me who enjoy perusing them.    It is also interesting to note the tiered rate of commissions.  Currently it says that if I refer 7 more people (paying customers) my 4% commission rate turns into 6%.    That’s cool.   Here is what Amazon has in their help section about it.

How much do I earn for generating sales through my links?

You earn referral fees whenever a visitor follows a link from your Web site to Amazon.com and makes a purchase. Under the Classic Plan, you earn 4% for both Amazon and third-party items; under the Performance Plan, you earn from 4% to 8.5%, depending on your shipped items volume for both Amazon and third-party items. You can earn a maximum of $25 in referral fees on personal computers–for all other product groups, referral fees are unlimited. Please note that we do not pay referral fees on Auctions and zShops items, or items from any external site to which we link, e.g., Shutterfly.com.

I have received several more “no”s from would be affiliate companies.  The most common reason for denial is lack of traffic.  Boy, I couldn’t agree with that assessment more, we need more traffic. 

I am a visual person so I enjoy seeing illustrations of what I am learning.  So, for the other Sid-alikes out there, I will try to put some examples of ads and such that I will be using.  I just have to figure out how to do all that. 

Stay tuned for more updates on this exciting journey!