Making Money on Amazon - Four Ways You Can Turn Amazon Into Your Personal Goldmine

Maybe you know about Amazon Marketplace. Maybe you're already an Amazon Affiliate. But that's just the start. Read on for more about both of these plus two more ways to make money with Amazon.com even if you're not a best-selling author (yet).

1) Amazon Marketplace

Amazon Marketplace actually offers several ways to make money, but I'm going to lump them all together for the sake of simplicity. Basically, if you have an item to sell that's being offered on Amazon, you can sell it there as well. Just list it alongside the main listing, offer it at a good price, and voila! You may have your first sale.

Of all the "make money online" strategies, selling your stuff on Amazon has got to be one of the simplest -- and most foolproof systems. As long as you pick something where there is a demand, and you price it well and describe it accurately yet enticingly, you're just about guaranteed to sell your item.

And best of all, until you sell it, you won't pay a cent of listing fees. Only when you sell it will Amazon take out its share (which, admittedly is a sizeable chunk). But then they do the advertising, and you save lots of time since you don't have to create the descriptions as you have to do on eBay.

2) Amazon Affiliate Program

You can also be an affiliate for Amazon. Basically, simply advertise Amazon products on your website or anywhere you like, and wait for people to buy stuff. Once they do, you'll get a commission. It's even easier than selling things on Amazon Marketplace.

3) Publish your information products on Kindle

If you are the author of electronic information products of any kind, you can publish them for Kindle. It's not hard, and you can have your products listed on Amazon practically in no time at all.

How much will you sell? It depends. However, selling your products is the least of your benefits. Being listed on Amazon gets you found on Google and will help with establishing yourself as an authority.

4) Publish physical books through Amazon's CreateSpace.com program

Finally, there is also the option of publishing your physical books on Amazon.com. Through its publishing arm CreateSpace, Amazon now makes it possible to publish -- and sell -- your very own physical book, or even your CD, DVD, and more. Not only will this help you with making money on Amazon, but it will help increase your visibility and authority as well!