KINDLE AMAZON ASSOCIATE EARNINGS DROP FROM 10% TO PERFORMANCE %
Updated correction: I realize now that if you use the Performance Structure (All Categories except Consumer Electronics) payout on Amazon Associates like I do -- your Kindle sales will pay out at a rate of 4% to 8.5% -- depending on how many total items you sell that month:1 - 6 | 4.00% |
7 - 30 | 6.00% |
31 - 110 | 6.50% |
111 - 320 | 7.00% |
321 - 630 | 7.50% |
631 - 1570 | 8.00% |
1571 - 3130 | 8.25% |
3131 + | 8.50% |
Here's praying for over 3,131 items sold monthly!
Perhaps I was out to lunch when Amazon.com announced they were dropping the Amazon Associate referral fees for the Amazon.com Kindle from 10% to 6.5% for each Kindle sold.
Amazon probably sent an email to us associates telling us about the referral fee drop. (Man was that sweet that time God led me to do a fast for several days and get offline -- and when I'd gotten back online after a week, I was amazed to see I'd made more than $3,500 from selling Kindles.)
Now, thankfully, coming off some more intimate time with Him, I noticed I sold some $139 Kindles -- and even an $189 Kindle -- so naturally I wanted to see if us Amazon Associates still make 10% per Kindle sold.
Turns out sometime before June 2010, the referral fee for Kindles dropped to 6.5% from 10% for associates.
I guess Amazon.com figured 10% was too much of a cut -- but at least 6.5% is better than the 4% they pay for "electronics" category stuff. Glad Kindles fall into their own "Kindle Hardware" category on Amazon. And thank the Lord that these new $139 and $189 are loved by customers and selling well.
I'm excited about actually getting a book listed on Amazon.com -- publish, promote and prosper -- and then making sure when I write about it to use Amazon affiliate links so as to not throw money away.
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