There are so many ways to earn/save money on Amazon. I’m going to write a Series (not sure how many it will be right now – 4 or 5 probably!!!) to coincide with my $25 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway – Be Sure to Enter every day for a chance to win!!! (Ends 8/31)

Amazon Affiliate

The first way I’m going to discuss is becoming an Amazon Affiliate. It is very easy if you own your own website/blog domain. Basically, you fill out the application and once you are approved, you can put different widgets on your blog. You can create a store with items you really love, a general Amazon search bar, text links or much more. However, once a person clicks on the link, anything they buy will be credited to your account even if you weren’t “promoting” it. So if you do have sales, your earning rates are below:

• $12 for each Amazon Prime Member (we will discuss what a PRIME Member is later)
• 15% on Endless.com referrals
• 10% on Amazon Gift Cards
• 4% – 8.5% on everything else depending on how many items are purchased

So once you have sales, how do you get your money? You will be paid in approximately 60 days at the end of the month you earned the sale. You can then choose to be paid by the following methods:

• Check. You will have to have $100 in earnings before they will cut a check. They will also charge a $15 processing fee for each check. (I wouldn’t recommend this method!)
• Amazon Giftcard. (Have at least $10 in earnings.)
• Direct Deposit (Have at least $10 in earnings.)

So far, I’ve yet to have a sale and you can’t earn money off your own widget. Since I shop quite a bit at Amazon (when I find a good sale!), I find another blog that has a widget and shop through them! Someone might as well earn something off my purchase!

• Part I: Amazon Affiliates
• Part: IIa: Shopping for the best deals at Amazon
• Part IIb: Price Protection
• Part IIc: Shipping & Amazon Prime
• Part III: Selling on Amazon
• Part IV: Extra Tips & Tricks