What is Amazon Influencer Program

Date

November 23, 2020

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Sweta

The Amazon Influencer Program is an exclusive program that is designed to help customers to look for their interested products. It basically allows you to have a  page on Amazon by getting an URL for your own products that will help you to promote your URL as an influencer by making it easy for your followers to shop. Once there is any successful purchase on your recommendation, you get to earn from it.

An Amazon influencer can be anyone who has many followers or someone who is quite popular socially. Anyone who does streaming or have a YouTube channel, quite popular over Instagram, Facebook or Twitter will qualify. Once you post down any content as an Influencer you will always have the name of the program (Amazon Influencer).

How does being an Amazon Influencer work?

Ever wondered if exploring your business community to a larger network? Don’t you think your skills can help you earn a lot if that’s showcased in an e-commerce website being an Influencer? Well, this could be the best platform for you to widespread your business. Amazon sets up a goal to help influencers like you to leverage your earnings.

Amazon Influencer Requirements:

  • You will definitely need a good group of followers over social media. Apparently Amazon does not disclose about the minimum requirement but it may range from 200 to 20,000 and above.
  • You need to be more interactive with your followers to check how much dedication you are towards them.
  • You will need a quality content to make your product look more presentable.

Once you are selected by Amazon, you will get an invite link and then you get started with your own brand name. Don’t you think that’s way wonderful this way?

How to get started?

In order to check for your eligibility, you can however look for this provided link:

Check Eligibility

However, I must add to this please ensure that you are an Influencer or have gained good popularity over social media to get selected easily.

How to leverage influencers?

Influencers are people with quality followers and presentable contents if I shorten the definition. As an Influencer, if your requirements are met and you are selected by Amazon you can then get started with your earnings.

Once you get the invite, you can set up a presentable page and make sure to make your page user-friendly for your followers. As a tip, I can say use something very unique for your brand as well as put on some relatable innovative design on the page as per your brand name.

You can leverage earnings by basic concepts of marketing. Since you are an Influencer it ain’t gonna be a lot tough for you to advertise your page on your social media. The more you attract your followers, the more beneficial it will be for you.

Just keep in mind “Every count matters”; definitely it does, as every single step can help you reach your setup target. You can try creating different blogs, posts, videos to help in advertisement, as this can leverage traffic to your page.

Live stream

How about going live when you launch a new product? Don’t you feel it’s great to share your experience straight away with your followers as soon as the product goes into the market? You might have seen many ad campaigns are made whenever there’s a product launch.

Here since the launch is in the online store, you can use your social media platform for trafficking. Making it live for the followers, can get them the idea of the new launch and moreover it would be quite realistic for them.

If you have a channel and you are streaming live, don’t you feel that can as well help you earn a little more than your usual posts. I believe it can help you gain a lot of popularity and real-time experience with your followers.

Payment method

You can however set up an online payment method with Amazon or receive via cheque. But if you want instant payment, it is always better to choose an appropriate online payment method.

Everything you need to know

  • Customize: Even if you set up your page, do not forget to update it in a timely manner. Customizing or changing a little details can help you remain updated and attract customers.
  • List of products and commission: Make sure to organize the product list and that can be helpful to look for your products just with a keyword. Commission rates however differ from product to product just like if you are promoting your own fashion brands higher are the commission rates upto 10%, the same way each and every product is categorized.
  • Bounties: You can however set up bounties for your customers. Bounties are programs that will help you promote programs and services within your Amazon store. As in, for every person who signs up for an Amazon Business account, influencers can earn upto $15. If any person signing up for a free trial can also help influencers to earn upto $3.
  • For every sale done, Amazon makes sure to keep a track on how much sale is done in your page along with bounties. There is a reporting tab to keep a check on fee schedules, reports and payment records.

Amazon affiliate program

With Amazon, you can try affiliating as in you can refer to website links explaining the content as an Associate. Here all you can do is to do some marketing, you can give product reviews over your social media or channel and provide the link in your page.

Every single click on the provided link can help you earn a little and if there’s a purchase made from your suggested link you get to earn commission from Amazon.

Socializing

Engaging with your followers is the best way to promote your business. The more you are active in your social media, the more you try to review products or advertise your new launch can help you generate traffic. The more easy and pleasing you are with your followers, the more is the chance to be profitable.

Now you should definitely try getting started, I’m sure if you meet the requirements, the more you are going to earn from this world-class e-commerce website Amazon.

Difference between Amazon Influencer Program and Amazon Affiliate Program

Amazon Influencer Program:

  • Used mostly by Influencers (Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter)
  • Leads to high CTA (Call To Action)
  • Can include any Amazon products
  • Require good social media presence only
  • Requires actions almost everyday
  • Short term content
  • Strong level of dependence between brands and influencers
  • Recite pre-written scripts to their audience
  • Payments can be made by cash, credit and free products by brands

Amazon Affiliate Program:

  • Used mostly by Bloggers
  • Subtle process
  • Profitable in using Evergreen products
  • Require relatable post for the products
  • Requires one time blog writing
  • Long term content is a huge advantage
  • Strong level of independence between brands and bloggers
  • Integrate preset banners and html code to their blog post
  • Payments are made by referral commission

Conclusion on Amazon Influencer Program:

Amazon influencer program is definitely the best platform for all the business out there specially for the start-up brands. Getting connected with this e-commerce website not only will help you gain popularity but also will boost up your business within a very short time period.

Ensure that you create a user-friendly platform and deliver quality content. Your skills with marketing can be an add-on. Definitely this can be the best way to make money online.

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