{"id":1406,"date":"2016-09-23T13:27:40","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T13:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/incomeschool.com\/?p=1406"},"modified":"2016-09-23T13:27:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T13:27:40","slug":"how-much-amazon-associates-earn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/incomeschool.com\/how-much-amazon-associates-earn\/","title":{"rendered":"I Earned $147k on Amazon Associates: What to expect your first year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
I was surprised when I tallied up how much my blogs earned on Amazon over the last 12 months. $147,253.02 is pretty staggering considering that it is just one of the income sources on my blogs; however, it’s not so surprising when I look back at the hard work I’ve put in over the last several years to build my blogs up to this point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’ve been blogging full time for the last 5 years, and have consulted with hundreds of bloggers here on Income School, so I feel like I can give you a pretty good idea of what’s possible with Amazon Associates, and what to expect your first year in the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I start a brand new blog with zero traffic, I can expect to earn about $7,000 my first year as I work to build up traffic. It’s the second year when I expect to see huge spikes in income. You can obviously do a lot better or a lot worse, but that’s what I expect to see with a brand new blog.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Obviously, your mileage may vary. But that’s where I set my expectations in year one. It’s year two where things start to get exciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’ve started many successful blogs, but I wanted to share one single experience so you can see more of what to expect. I bought a boat two years ago and started a blog about boating the same day. I didn’t know much about boats, but I wanted to share what I learned about boating as I tried it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I wrote one article each day for about 30 days, and then I got distracted with other blog projects on my other sites. As is normal, it took a few months for Google to start ranking my articles high on search engines. The first year, the site earned $8,253.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The second year, I saw a huge spike in the earnings as Google started to trust my site more. I had 3 months where the site crested the $4,000\/month mark, and then I put the site up for sale.<\/strong> My broker<\/a> valued the website at over $100,000 and it’s currently up for sale. The site earned 100% of its money from Amazon Associates.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMy Most Recent New Blog and How Much It Earned<\/h2>\n\n\n\n