How To Start Affiliate Marketing

How To Start Affiliate Marketing In India - A Full Guide to Start

Have you ever wondered, can you make money by mentioning Flipkart or amazon?

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This way of making money online is called affiliate marketing.

In this post I am going to take you through the steps of starting affiliate marketing in India.

We've included just the basics there to keep the article short and simple. Details of all the steps shown will be explained in this article.

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What is affiliate marketing?

Affiliate marketing is simple: A way to make money by recommending products or services to other people.

Here's how it works:

You find the product you want to advertise

You sign up for their affiliate program

You'll get a special link (known as an affiliate link) that allows the company to see who clicked your link.

You advertise your affiliate link on the internet.

When someone buys a product, you will be paid a commission.

There are hundreds of affiliate programs across the Internet for all types of products. But in India, Amazon and Flipkart are the most popular affiliate programs.

So this article will focus on promoting the products from these Affiliate Programs.

The best thing about Amazon is that once someone clicks your affiliate link you will earn a commission on any product you purchase from them in the next 24 hours. This means that you will be paid not only for the product advertised but also for all the products sold on Amazon.

For example: Suppose a person clicks on your affiliate link at 9 in the morning.

But buy anything!

Again at 8 o'clock, he/she will go directly to amazon and buys the product.

You will receive a commission for the sale.

This is because when someone clicks on your affiliate link, a 'cookie' is placed in the user's browser and within the next 24 hours all purchases made by him / her will be credited to your account.

How to Start Affiliate Marketing in India

Follow the steps below to promote and sell products from Amazon.

Step 1: Select the type of product you want to advertise

Visit this page on Amazon and select a category of your choice. Make sure you choose a topic that is familiar to you as you write about it later.

You need to choose a specific topic because it will make it easier for you to write for a specific audience. This is also called 'niche' selection.

Also, before you finalize your topic, visit this page to see the commission rates for products available on Amazon.

Click here to check Flipkart Commission rates.

Step 2: Create a website

Once you've chosen your topic, it's time to build your website.

While there are other ways to promote your affiliate link, the most effective and future-proof way is with the help of your own website.

Your website will build the foundation of your online business.

You can easily create a website on blogger or on wordpress. You just a need a domain name for blogger and for Wordpress you need a hosting and a domain name.

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Step 3: Sign up for the Amazon affiliate program

Once you have created your website you can sign up for affiliate programs. If you are thinking of choosing one of the Flipkart or amazon amazon filiate programs, go for the one with the highest commission for the product range you choose.

If both have the same commission rate, go to amazon. Many affiliate retailers in India are said to have made more money in Amazon than in Flipkart.

During registration amazon will ask you to enter your website address and some other details.

Even if you haven't added any content to your site yet, tell them how to advertise the products on your site and they will approve it.

Step 4: Select the item you are promoting

If you already know which product you are going to promote, go ahead and find the product name in the search box provided.

If you're still unsure, it's a good idea to take the help of Amazon and see what products are selling well.

To do this:

Go to the Amazon bestseller page.

Select your category from the left. You'll see a list of the best-selling products in that category.

Choose a product you like (one with the most positive reviews).

When you promote a product that is already selling well, it is much easier for people to buy it than to promote an unknown product.

Step 5: Write content about the product

Decide which article you want to write based on the product you choose.

There are so many types it's hard to say. I've listed the most popular types of content for affiliate marketing:

5 types of content you can write

“How to” articles and tutorials: They are great because they add a lot of value to your readers. They can also generate easy sales if done properly. For example, the article "How to get rid of pimples" with links to products that worked well for you.

Review articles: You can write about the products you have personally tried and help people decide whether or not to buy the product.

Comparison article: Compare two or more similar products. In Samsung S6 vs iPhone 6S

Content Curation: This is where you compile and create a useful list of products that are useful to others.

Offer articles or offer discounts where you share the best deals and coupon codes for products related to your topic.

So, these are the types of content that you can post to promote your affiliate link.

Always make sure that your visitors will benefit from your site.

How to Add Affiliate Link

When you sign in to Amazon Affiliates, you'll see a gray bar at the top of all product pages.

To get your affiliate link for the product, just click "Link to this page".

Right-click in the preview area and copy the link address (this is your affiliate link).

Click the Purchase button in your article and click Edit.

Select the link to the custom URL and paste the link. Also check the "Open link in new tab".

Click Update and publish the article.

Now, when you click on the purchase button displayed on the page, it will take the user to your affiliate link. This allows them to purchase the product on amazon.

How to check earning on Amazon Affiliate Programs Dashboard

You can check your earnings on the Amazon Affiliate page.

When someone buys an item using your affiliate link, it will show up on your earnings report page.

So, you can promote products using your affiliate link.

All of these steps can be used on any ecommerce site of your choice. Ex: Flipkart, Snapdeal, Jabong etc.

I hope this post will help you kickstart your own affiliate marketing site.

Once your readers understand how to add value, it will be much easier to attract traffic and get sales.

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How To Start Affiliate Marketing