How You Can Make Money on Amazon

The beauty of working online is that you can set your own hours and be flexible with your time. As someone who loves freedom and flexibility, I love my own writing side hustle.

Recently, I’ve heard a lot of buzz about different ways you can make money on Amazon. Did you know that Amazon isn’t just for buying and selling products? On Amazon, you can find amazing money-making opportunities too.

Let’s get into 4 ways you can make money on Amazon.

Amazon Mechanical Turk

Through Amazon Mechanical Turk, you can make money on the couch from the comfort of your home.

You’ll typically complete short virtual assignments posted by consumer product groups. But unlike typical bogus online surveys, these are legit.

You can choose from many tasks posted by people called “requesters.” The tasks you pick can be filling out short surveys, writing blog reviews, or doing human-intelligence tasks.

You’ll be paid for each task or HIT that you complete, and the prices for each varies depending on the task. You also have to complete it within the allotted time. There may be hundreds of thousands of HITs posted at any given time and you get to choose which ones to accept to work on. After you complete it, you’ll get paid.

While surveys are the most common of all HITs, you can choose to pick up other tasks such as transcribing audios/videos, performing excel spreadsheet work, rating Youtube videos, and adding reviews to blog posts, etc.

How much can you expect to earn?

When you first start on HITs, you’ll likely not be making much but with more projects, you can expect to make more.

The most important thing to keep in mind is that some tasks, such as a survey, only take about 2–3 minutes to complete. You might get .40 and you can complete them without too much mental effort while laying on the couch. Let’s say you complete many surveys in an hour, you’ll expect to get about $12/hour.

On average, you can expect to make from $6-$12 an hour. While it isn’t much, it can be a great way to supplement your income. Also if you do these projects consistently and work 5–6 hours a week, you can make about $100/week. As you can see, these little projects can all add up.

Some people who have been on the platform longer and have more experience can earn more, anywhere from $16–22 an hour.

Amazon Kindle

Did you know you can write and publish your own eBook on Amazon Kindle?

The process isn’t that complicated.

To do this, you need to create an account on Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). After you write a book, you’ll make a file and then format it to match a Kindle format. You can find all the instructions on how to format and publish your book on the KDP site.

Before you write your first book, sit down and brainstorm some ideas. Ask yourself these questions.

Do I have knowledge or expertise that I can share with others?

What have I recently learned — a subject, a skill, or a life lesson, that can inspire others?

Do I have any personal experiences that changed my life?

Am going through any difficult life transitions and major life changes that I want to share?

Jot down all your ideas on a piece of paper. Pick the top three or four that you are the most passionate about. Make sure the topic you pick is something you enjoy writing about and will resonate with readers.

Then, narrow down your topics into something more specific. Go deep into detail.

For example, the topic of how to build an online business is too general. You need to be more specific and focus on one area of online business. For example, it could be how to set up your first blog, how to break into the content creation industry, or how to make money with affiliate marketing. You get the point.

Amazon Associates

If you are a content writer, affiliate marketing can be a great way to supplement your income.

Through Amazon Affiliate Program you can promote any Amazon products or services and get a small percentage of sales.There are millions of products to choose from and you can pick which ones match your interests.

If you have a blog or a website you can promote the products through customized links and earn money. Each product you promote will have a customized link.

You can expect to earn up to 10% commission from purchases and programs in which you participate.

How to become an affiliate

First, you need to sign up on their site and fill out a short application. If you meet the qualifying criteria and get approved to be an affiliate, you can then start selling Amazon’s products.

Amazon Drop Shipping

With Amazon dropshipping, you can outsource storing and shipping products to a third party or supplier. For example, if you are an entrepreneur selling products, the supplier handles all the storage, shipping, and product delivery to the customer.

Ecommerce sellers are attracted by this business model because it lowers operating costs and decreases overhead. Depending on the drop shipping agreement, some will only manage the physical goods and customer fulfillment, while you handle marketing and customer service.

The way it works is that you pay a supplier when they receive and fulfill a customer order. For example, when a customer places an order, you process the payment and then forward the order to the dropshipping service, which will prepare the order for shipment and deliver the product.

The Takeaway

In today’s digital world, there have never been more opportunities to make money online. Whether you’re trying to build a side hustle or supplement an existing income, these side hustles can be a great way to make extra money. There is a learning curve to all of them but once you know what you’re doing, any of them can be a potential source of income.