Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. Several days ago, ecommerce giant Amazon AMZN announced huge ...

Jeff Bezos didn’t get to be the world’s richest man by writing a lot of checks, and one recent way to keep Amazon’s profits healthy has been to cut its affiliate commissions scheme. Amazon used its ...

As a content creator, you may find yourself wanting to direct your audience to products on Amazon they might find useful. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could monetize that traffic? Thankfully, Amazon has ...

Amazon has removed third-party vendors from its affiliate program. Starting at the beginning of this month, affiliate networks such as Skimlinks and Sovrn (which acquired VigLink) can no longer send ...

Amazon runs a program for social-media influencers in which they earn money by promoting products to their followers. The skincare influencer Kim Pratt, who runs the YouTube channel "Natural Kaos" ...

Amazon offers a number of programs for content creators to monetize their audiences. The e-commerce giant has affiliate-marketing tools and ways to sell products live. Here are some of the ways ...

Affiliate links have become hugely popular among internet content creators. In many ways, they've replaced or strongly augmented advertising and sponsorships as a way to support publications and ...

Amazon announced that they are raising commissions on a small group of product categories for a limited time. The new higher payout rates arrives two years after Amazon lowered fees during the Covid ...