Black Friday (November 23rd) is traditionally the biggest shopping day of the year and Amazon has some great deals and promotional opportunities for its affiliates to earn increased revenue this holiday season.

First, there is the Black Friday Deals page, a page for holiday shoppers to which you can direct your visitors for hourly deals from 6am to 6pm PST along with thousands of products on sale for a limited time. Amazon is also offering gift wrapping for $.99 per item.

Next, there's a new Deals Widget for associates which displays Amazon's Gold Box Deals including Deal of the Day, Lightning Deals, and Best Deals in real-time. The widget is available in sidebar and banner formats in a range of sizes.

Last but not least is Customers Vote, which begins on Thursday, November 15th and runs through Monday, November 26th. Customers vote for their favorite deal among 3 products and there are 6 rounds of voting. Winning products will be announced starting on November 22nd, and randomly selected customers will be able to purchase the item for which they voted at a great discount.

Products included are:

• 1,000 Nintendo Wii Game Systems (see prices on Customers Vote page)
• 500 Panasonic 7.5MP Digital SLR Cameras, $499 (*normally $1,149.95)
• 1,000 Razor E100 Electric Scooters for $29 (*normally $89.99)
• 200 Samsung 46” 1080p LCD HDTVs, $719 (*normally $1,899.98)

* “Normal” prices quoted are subject to change at any time.

For linking formats, visit Amazon's affiliate program page.

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At the last Affiliate Summit, I picked up a Tiny*Prints ‘Last Minute Card Kit' (shown here to the left). The card kit was originally designed for the 2007 Golden Globe Style Lounge event where celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Brooke Shields and Jessica Simpson placed orders for the unique cards. The pack of 10 foldover cards, each with a coordinating colored envelope was also placed in the Entertainment Weekly Oscar gift bags.

The cards were of such high quality that I checked out the Tiny*Prints site and affiliate program. I went straight to the Customer Testimonials page where I found 100's of testimonials from satisfied customers, most of whom note not only the great product quality, but the exceptional customer service that they received from Tiny*Prints.

It was easy to understand why their customers are so pleased when I noticed that Tiny*Prints offers a a convenient pre-ship envelope service to all customers purchasing birth announcements. They send the announcement envelopes before the actual delivery date, which allows customers to address the envelopes in advance and get them out quicker after the baby is born. Nice touch!

Tiny*Print also offers photo greeting cards, which are great for custom birth announcements and family holiday greetings.

Their affiliate program is administered by the ShareaSale affiliate network. Here are some of the details:

• Base commission rates of 10%
• up to 15% commissions with volume sales
• Monthly affiliate promotions – e.g., $250 for the first five affiliates who reach monthly volume target
• $175 average holiday order size and $35 EPC!
• 180-day cookie
• 5% holiday coupons for customers
• Product data feed

Tiny Prints reports that they are expecting a tremendous holiday season in 2007 with expected order volume of over 5 million cards, and reminds affiliates that the peak season for their holiday orders begins in mid-October and runs into mid-December.

Card categories and products include:

• Baby Shower Invitations
• Baptism & Christening
• Birthday Party Invitations
• Bar & Bat Mitzvahs
• Holiday Parties
• Corporate Holiday Parties
• Holiday Party Favors
• Baby Shower Favors & Gifts
• Dogs and Pets

I'd highly recommend signing up to promote the Tiny*Prints program through ShareaSale over the holidays (or at any time) on almost any niche site.

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