Which is better Amazon Classic or Performance?

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   Brie Hoffmanposted 14 years ago

   In your experience...

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   lrohnerposted 14 years ago

   It seems kind of silly (unless I'm missing something) to use the Classic. Classic gives a flat 4% commission, while the Performance gives you a 4% to 8.5% commission depending on the volume of things that you sell.
   
   Seems like you'd be shooting yourself in the foot to go Classic.

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      Brie Hoffmanposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      That's exactly what I thought...so I thought maybe I was missing something...which is why I posted this

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      Marisa Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I've always thought the same - seems like we've all been sitting there thinking, "am I missing something?"!

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   thisisoliposted 14 years ago

   Performance used to have caps (ie electronic sales used to have a $7 limit even if you sold a digital camera worth $2000) I think they have been removed in a lot of sections now though, since I have had much larger commissions.
   
   Nowadays the performance is a no brainer for any affiliate I think.

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      GarfieldGatesposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Some are still capped in performance - but at a much higher $25 now (at least for things like computers).
      
      I still go performance though because the liklihood of me selling a $2000 item is much less than me continuing to make it to the 7.5% commission level every month.

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         thisisoliposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         damn, sold a laptop yesterdy for $1400, if that got capped i'm gonna be madddd!
         
         Gonna have to go over those ToS again sometime soon.

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            brettbposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Meh. Only a laptop? I sold another plushie yesterday - that's 2 in one week!

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               flighhighposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               wow!! mind to share the secret on how to get sales in Amazon? I have not yet sell one up to now!!! 

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                  brettbposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  Here are my tips:
                  
                  Don't bother with stuff that costs more than $50.
                  
                  Don't bother with books or DVDs.
                  
                  Electrical gadgets sell like hot cakes. Hair curlers could be a good niche.
                  
                  Concentrate on selling cheap stuff and occasionally you get someone going on a buying spree!
                  
                  Fashion could be another good niche. Can a woman not click on a picture of a pretty pair of shoes? Of course she can't!!!

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   vydyulashashiposted 14 years ago

   performance is good..

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   thisisoliposted 14 years ago

   Item Name Seller Price Advertising-Fee Rate Items Shipped Revenue Advertising Fees
   MSI GX740-079 17-Inch Laptop    Third Party    $1,394.00    1.79%    1    $1,394.00    $25.00

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   thisisoliposted 14 years ago

   It turns out that yes, the performance structure is still capped in some sections, which is why my referal earnings for that laptop are less than 2% instead of 6.5%

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      lrohnerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for that, Oli. So I guess the structure that you choose should really be based on the types of products that you sell? It seems like electronics are the wild card here, no?

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   thisisoliposted 14 years ago

   There used to be a few sections capped, I am pretty busy at the moment, but should free up in about a month or so, will possibly write up a hub about it then!
   
   I think if you sell products say over around $500 then it is more effective to use the classic scheme, for most people though performance is probably still the best choice!

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   beebongposted 14 years ago

   My advice is to get a nice girlfriend if you are straight and do something simple like stay at home and enjoy each others company...that worked in the 1950's why not rediscover a way of being happy the way it used to be  and just being.

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   thisisoliposted 14 years ago

   For the record off of Hubpages (Haven't got aroudn to doing Hubs on my high earners yet) I target for products around $150 to $300 in value.  I tend to sell smaller value products on Hubpages, but only because I am running through linking to my own sites a niche at a time right now!

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