Roland Frasier On How To Use Amazon’s Free aStores To Quickly Build Your Online Business
Confused About How To Get Started Quickly With Your Online Business Without Getting Overwhelmed By Endless Technical Challenges?
Well, you’ve come to the right place! In this article, we’ll explore just what you can do today to get your first website up and running, and making you money, even if you’ve never built a website, don’t have one now and have no money to get started. Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it?
How Do You Get Started With Your Online Business?
First, you have to decide what you are going to sell. If you already know what that is, then you’re all set to build your first free online website. If you haven’t decided what you want to sell yet, then you need to think about your passions and interests and ideally pick something that you already know something about that you would really like to share with others online.

Do you “have” to be passionate about what you’re going to sell? Well, no, but don’t you think it will be a lot more fulfilling and interesting to market and sell something you genuinely have an interest in? I mean, if you’re a total techno-geek who loves the latest electronic gadgets and keeps up on all the newest, coolest gear that gets released, don’t you think it would be more fun to sell that kind of stuff online that “weight loss supplements” or “Acai berry juice” just because those are the current hot trends?

Seriously, you’ll have a huge advantage over your competition if you choose to sell something that aligns with your own interests, because you’ll be able to give your potential customers your own heartfelt views on what’s good and what’s not, why you prefer one product or feature over another and so on.

People can tell when they are dealing with someone who knows their product and who is sincerely excited about it, and your enthusiasm will spill over into their desire to buy whatever it is that you are selling.
Sign Up For The Amazon Affiliate Program
Many companies, like amazon.com offer “affiliate” programs where you agree to advertise their products or services on your website and they pay you a percentage of each sale that comes through links from your site to their online store.

Here’s how it works: First, you sign up for the Amazon affiliate program. Next, you login to your affiliate center and select the products you want to sell. Then, amazon gives you links to put on your website. These links are just connections that lead customers from your site to the Amazon site while also telling Amazon that this is your customer. With this information, Amazon knows to pay you if the person you referred buys something on Amazon’s website.

The really cool thing is that you get paid for anything the customer buys within 24 hours of clicking your link! So, let’s say that you have a website about cookbooks that has a link to a cookbook you like and want to sell from the Amazon site. Your customer reads your site, clicks the link and buys the cookbook. Cha-ching! You just earned a commission from that sale. But it gets even better.

Now, let’s say that after buying that cookbook, your customer remembers they need to buy a new digital camera for their trip to Hawaii. They use the Amazon site to find a camera and then buy it. Cha-ching! You just earned another commission! How cool is that? In fact, you’ll earn a commission on anything that customer buys from the Amazon site within 24 hours of clicking on your link (unless of course they click on someone else’s link to Amazon in the meantime).

But, that’s not all. Let’s say that this person is on your website and clicks your cookbook link, but then they decide not to buy it. The next day (within 24 hours), they

The nice thing about the Amazon program for online marketing beginners is that it is very easy to use, does not require much technical knowledge or experience, and Amazon has a great and respected brand name.

Heck, they’ll even give you a free online store to sell from!
Use Amazon’s Free A Store Service To Create Your Website
You can check it out and start building right away at Amazon’s aStore site. Just sign up to be an associate, search the amazon site for what you want to sell and follow the simple, easy steps on the A Store site to get your store set up. That’s all there is to it!

What is aStore?
aStore is a new Associates product that gives you the power to create a professional online store, in minutes and without the need for programming skills, that can be embedded within or linked to from your website.

Feature Amazon Products
Create a dedicated shopping area on your website in minutes.

• Keep visitors on your site longer as they shop
• Select the Amazon products to feature
• Include all Amazon products, or display only the categories you choose
• Customize your store’s look and feel

Offer a Shopping Cart
Gain the trust of your visitors with a professional online store, without ever writing any code

• Offer a shopping cart for multiple item purchases
• Checkout is completed on Amazon.com, the most trusted store online

Show Product Details
Excite and inform your customers with robust product details, reviews and information from Amazon.com

• Informative product descriptions
• Amazon Editor product reviews
• Recommended products
• Up-to-date product information
• Listmania, themed product lists from Amazon.com customers

How Does It Work?
Easy! With four simple configuration pages, you can create and customize your aStore in minutes. No programming is necessary. The aStore setup tool will guide you through the process and generate a URL to which you can link or embed in your site.

How Much Does It Cost, and How Do I Get Paid?
All Associates have access to aStore, and there are no fees associated with building stores for your sites. Referral fees are handled the same as with other Associates links.

How Do I Get Started?

1. If you are not a member of the Associates program, start by joining the program.
2. If you are already a member of the Associates program, visit the aStore section of Associates Central.

Start Using aStores Today And Get Your Online Busienss Started On The Right Foot!
So, what are you waiting for? Get yourself over to the Amazon site right now, get your associates account and set up your own aStore today!