OK, I’m sure you’ve heard of the Amazon Affiliate program too. I want to share my experience with you from being an Amazon Affiliate.

I became an Amazon Affiliate in April. Amazon is a slow earner, but I’m not expecting to become a millionaire from being an affiliate for anyone :-) As I’m sure you have seen, there is an Amazon Affiliate widget on my sidebar. When you join, you can choose a widget to display daily items for sale that are appropriate for your blog content. Or, you can choose just one item to display at all times. You can also highlight certain items on Amazon Affiliate in the event someone else may want to purchase that item. There are truly endless options for how you want to run your affiliate program. I have shared about my Chi (which Amazon has dropped the price again – it’s now $70, this is truly the best price you will find on this!!) and my Over the Door Shower Caddy (which we do love by the way) and used an Amazon link (which is pretty obvious since the graphic says “Amazon” ).

I tend to shop Amazon a lot since I do many surveys that pay in Amazon gift cards. So, if something is a little more expensive there (not a whole lot though :-), but I have a gift card balance, I’ll purchase the item at Amazon using someone’s link around the blogosphere. Since you don’t get credit for shopping through your own links, I always find an Amazon widget when I make my purchases because, hey, someone should get the credit for my purchase, I say :-)

By the way, if you do want to shop at Amazon, you can click on anyone’s widget and be taken to that advertised item, but you can leave that item’s page and shop around for what you really want and they will get the credit if you make a purchase. This has happened in my account because there were purchases made that I didn’t share (so thanks whoever you are :-).

On to payment information! I have around $3 in my account waiting to get paid out. You get paid around 60 days after the end of the earning month. Your balances are also held until the minimum requirement is met to be paid out for whichever payment method you designate. You can choose either:

• An Amazon gift card – your minimum payment has to be at least $10 for this payment method,
• A live check – your minimum payment balance has to be at least $100 for this payment method, or
• Direct deposit – your minimum payment balance has to be at least $10 for this payment method too.

And, since I’m on the topic of Amazon, some people don’t realize that Amazon does do price adjustments. During Christmas last year, I bought some moon sand (for super cheap) and it went down even cheaper in price so I just emailed the Customer Service department and they credited my account – how cool is that! I believe the adjustment can only be done within 30 days, but it is very unusual for online companies to offer this. I have heard they also do price matching, but haven’t tried that one myself so you could try and see what you come up with!

That’s all the info I have to share with you on the Amazon Affiliate program. You can click here to start the application process. If you have any questions, let me know! And, if you’re interested in learning about the other affiliate programs I am a member of, just click here to read up!