I have always wanted to ask this question. What would make a person want to buy, say, a Kodak camera from my affiliate site, rather than just buy it from Amazon where I might be an affiliate marketer for(hypothetically)?
I mean, in the offline world, it's easier to go into a store down the street and buy a camera then to buy it from the main store which it is not geographically reasonable for me to make a trip there. But in the online world, all people have to do is type in another URL. So Amazon.com is much easier then say countrygals.com, easier because the name is so familiar.
So I think I am answering my own question. It's all about convincing people that shop online to shop at the "little guys" store, or gal in my case. But also, isn't it cheaper for them to order direct from Amazon then to go through me? Can a person really give more personalized "mom and pops" service, make their site friendlier so to speak?
I would love to know how others, that are actually affiliate marketers, feel about this and what are some good tactics or guidelines. I understand it is also about SEO. If people do a search for koday camera, I want my site to come up on the first page of Google or whatever search engine. Usually, I see a lot of the big names on first page, few "little guys" but I suppose it depends on what the niche is as well.
Anyway, just thought this might be an interesting topic that's probably been done many times here
Denise
I mean, in the offline world, it's easier to go into a store down the street and buy a camera then to buy it from the main store which it is not geographically reasonable for me to make a trip there. But in the online world, all people have to do is type in another URL. So Amazon.com is much easier then say countrygals.com, easier because the name is so familiar.
So I think I am answering my own question. It's all about convincing people that shop online to shop at the "little guys" store, or gal in my case. But also, isn't it cheaper for them to order direct from Amazon then to go through me? Can a person really give more personalized "mom and pops" service, make their site friendlier so to speak?
I would love to know how others, that are actually affiliate marketers, feel about this and what are some good tactics or guidelines. I understand it is also about SEO. If people do a search for koday camera, I want my site to come up on the first page of Google or whatever search engine. Usually, I see a lot of the big names on first page, few "little guys" but I suppose it depends on what the niche is as well.
Anyway, just thought this might be an interesting topic that's probably been done many times here
Denise