{"id":15457,"date":"2016-09-06T16:27:40","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T23:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/?p=15457"},"modified":"2022-11-16T12:08:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T20:08:21","slug":"amazon-alternatives-affiliate-marketers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/amazon-alternatives-affiliate-marketers\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Amazon Alternatives for Affiliate Marketers"},"content":{"rendered":"

As an affiliate marketer who lives in Arkansas, Louisiana, Maine, Missouri, Rhode Island, or Vermont; you aren't eligible to join the Amazon Associates program. <\/p>\n

Moreover, if you join the Amazon Associates program and then move to any of those states, you become ineligible to participate in the Program, and Amazon will terminate their operating agreement with you on the date you establish residency in that state.<\/p>\n

So, what's an affiliate marketer who lives in AR, ME, MO, RI or VT to do?<\/p>\n

Well, they should sign up for alternative merchants' affiliate programs which offer a wide variety of products and affiliate programs and which don't exclude people from their states from joining. <\/p>\n

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Amazon Alternatives<\/h2>\n

Here are 6 alternatives to the Amazon associates program…<\/p>\n

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  1. \n

    eBay<\/h3>\n

    Affiliates in the Ebay Partner Network earn double commissions for the first 3 months after they join. <\/p>\n

    For example, let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s say you drive a visitor to eBay, who ends up with a winning bid on a laptop with a total sale amount of $500 and revenue of $40. If the Electronics category rate was set at 55%, your earnings would be $22, or 4.4% of the total sale amount.<\/p>\n

    According to eBay…<\/p>\n

    \nWith 162 million active buyers shopping, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no end to the great listings that you can share with your audience. We have 5 million sellers offering nearly $70 billion in gross merchandise annually. Plus eBay has global reach, operating in 13 countries around the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Check out the Ebay Partner Network<\/a>.\n <\/li>\n

  2. \n

    Overstock<\/h3>\n

    Earn up to 7% commission on Overstock.com\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s broad range of products including: Apparel & Accessories, Books, Movies, CDs, Games, Electronics & Computers, Home & Garden, Jewelry, Sporting Goods, and Handmade Goods. Data feeds are available in both .CSV and .XML formats. <\/p>\n

    Overstock's affiliate program can be found at CJ by Conversant<\/a>.<\/li>\n

  3. \n

    Target<\/h3>\n

    You can earn 5 – 8% on apparel, accessories, home and outdoors goods, between 3 and 5% on baby gear and furniture and 1% on health and beauty products. <\/p>\n

    They have a 7 day cookie and send a weekly newsletter with updates on promotions, contests, and sales opportunities. <\/p>\n

    Target's affiliate program<\/a> is run through the Impact Radius<\/a> network.<\/li>\n

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    Walmart<\/h3>\n

    Walmart has 3 separate affiliate programs, one each for the U.S.A., Canada and Mexico. Commission rates vary as follows:<\/p>\n