Amazon Influencer Program COMPLETE Guide (2025) | Start & Make Money

The Amazon Influencer Program: A Lucrative Opportunity

The Amazon influencer program might be the best way to make money online right now, and here’s what I mean. I’ve made 113,000 last month alone, and right now,andrightnowI′maveragingabout110,000 a month. But the cool part is that I’ve been traveling, so I haven’t uploaded a single video in the last three months, so I’m making this money completely passively.

Why This Video Is Essential for You

Now, if you want this program to work for you, this is the most important video for you to watch because I’m going to show you:

• How to get approved for the program

• How to make your first few hundred dollars

• How to eventually scale so you can have numbers just like this, working only a couple of hours a week

Even if you’re a complete beginner, just like how I helped Ken scale from being a complete beginner to making over $3,000 a month within a couple of months of the program—and so many others just like him.

Step 1: Getting Approved for the Program

So, the first step here is approval. The Amazon influencer program has two sections for approval, and this first section is what I would call the AI-based section. It is strictly based on engagement on your social media accounts—it can be TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, or Facebook.

Now, that doesn’t mean that you need to have a huge following—I’ve seen people get approved with a few hundred followers. The main metric that they’re going to be looking for is engagement—so how many likes or comments on your photos and things like that.

The good news is you can apply for an unlimited amount of time, so there’s almost no risk in trying.

How to Sign Up

In order to sign up, you can go to the link that’s on the screen right now, or you can just Google “Amazon influencer program” and select the top link right here. Then, once you open the website, you’ll see this, and then you click here to sign up.

Hit “Create an Account” and enter your information. You’ll be taken here where you can link to any one of these four different social media platforms. Then, after logging into one of your social media profiles, you’ll essentially instantly get approved or instantly rejected.

What to Do If You’re Rejected

If you’re approved—awesome! If you’re rejected, no worries, you can reapply. I’ll have more information for you later in the video on how to fix that if you get rejecte,d because there are some specific methods and steps that you can take to get approved that don’t involve trying to grow a large social media audience organically.

Step 2: Getting Approved for On-Site Placement

So once you’re approved, you’ll be taken to a screen just like this, and then you’re into the second step, which is about getting approved for the on-site placement—whic, which is what the Amazon influencer program is all about.

Once you get approved for this step, you’ll be able to post videos directly on Amazon, and they’ll go directly onto the product listings.

Requirements for On-Site Approvals: To do this, you need to upload three videos that meet Amazon’s terms in master quality that Amazon is looking for on their platform. So for this step, you will want to take your time and keep in mind that you need to match all of Amazon’s terms. I’ll leave them linked below so you can go through them more in-depth, but it’s pretty basic stuff—really, it’s just like:

• Not calling out to click links or asking for follows

• Not mentioning price

• Not showing private information like your phone number or address

• And different things like that

You also need to make sure whoever is the person on the social media profile that you signed up with is the same one in those three videos. That can change after this approval process, but for this section, it needs to be the same person.

Amazon’s Quality Standards

Then, Amazon is looking for basic quality standards. I’ll get more into how to make quality videos using your phone in a minute, but the big thing here is:

• Have a decent mic (which just means that you will want to be close to your camera or your phone when you’re talking, or you can use a wireless mic system, which I’ll show you in a second).

• The product should be in focus in the center of the frame (ideally).

• The video should be filmed horizontally.

• And it should be longer than a minute in length.

Uploading and Waiting for Approval

So after you upload those videos, it’ll say “Processing.” Then, after a waiting period of about 6 to 12 hours, it’ll either say “Published” or “Rejected.”

This doesn’t mean that you’ve been approved for the program—it just means that the AI system didn’t detect any issues, and it’s ready for manual approval.

After uploading those three videos, you’ll have to wait about 2 to 7 days for somebody to manually review the content, and you’ll either be rejected or approved for on-site placement.

What If You Get Rejected?

If you get rejected, don’t freak out—you still have two more attempts, or else you’ll need to reset the program from scratch. So the thing is, do take your time when you’re making these three videos so you can do them right.

If you want to know how to do them right, just stay tuned because I’m going to talk about that.

Step 3: Posting Videos and Earning Passive Income

So now that you’re approved, you’re ready to post. Any video that you upload to the program and passes the AI inspection (meaning it shows “Published”) will go directly on the Amazon listing (barring their algorithm).

Then, if somebody watches that video and buys a product, you’ll get paid, and as long as the product is popular, it can continue to earn you money. So a video that you upload now can end up making you money two, three yearsino the future.

The Importance of Choosing the Right Products

For example, and this is exactly why one of the most important steps is finding the right products to review.

Almost everybody who talks about the influencer program just talks about spamming out content with almost literally any product that they can get their hands on, or they have a selection process that’s really outdated and just not effective.

You’ll see people who have a thousand, 2,000—I’ve heard of people with 10,000 posts. Meanwhile, I’ve uploaded 36 videos so far this year and have made $58,000 (and we’re only partway through August when I’m talking about this).

I’m averaging about 1,000 per video,andI′mabletospendonlyacouplehoursaweekandbringinover1,000pervideo,andI′mabletospendonlyacouplehoursaweekandbringinover100,000—in large part because of this.

Examples of High-Earning Products

So, for example, you can see here—these are individual products that made me $5,000,$4,000, $3,000 in a year. These are everyday products that most people have lying around their house. You could be sitting on a goldmine and just not know about it.

So this is just really, really important—almost nobody else really understands this, so pay close attention because this information alone can be the difference between making $50adayand$500 a day with this program.

How to Find Winning Products

Now, there’s a little bit to mastering the skill of finding winning products, but to simplify the process for you, just ask yourself these seven questions:

1. How much monthly sales does this product have?

2. How much commission is there per sale within that product category?

3. How much does the product cost?

4. How much competition is on that product?

5. Is the product something that people would even watch a review of?

6. What is the lifespan of that product?

7. Are the influencer videos allowed on that product page?

Tools to Analyze Product Sales

So, to see monthly sales, you can use a plugin like Viral View or Jungle Scout. These plugins allow you to see monthly sales volumes on products.

I recommend Viral Video because it was designed specifically for the Amazon influencer program, so you can see things like:

• Commission rates

• Whether there’s Carousel videos are allowed

• How many videos are being shown on the listing

• And different things like that

I’ll leave a link below if you want to sign up for that.

Scanning Your Amazon Order History for Opportunities

You can scan your Amazon order history to find opportunities on things that you’ve ordered in the past—and do the same thing on your family account or your friends’ accounts—and take notes of all the good products that you have access to.

If you don’t want to use these plugins, you can also just choose the best-selling ranking,whicht can help give you a basic idea of how some things are performing.

Understanding Commission Rates

You can find the commission rates directly on Amazon. The commission rates are typically either 2% or 4% for the higher commission products—just keep in mind, you can sell half as much and make the same amount.

Choosing Products People Want to Watch Reviews On

And when you’re thinking about what products to review, you always need to keep in mind: What products do people want to watch reviews on?

And those are typically one-time purchase-type products. So, for example:

• Coca-Cola might be a best-selling item on Amazon, but nobody’s watching a review on Coke.

• Meanwhile, on the other hand, if you’re going to buy bed sheets, a mattress, and a new phone—a lot , f people are going to look at reviews on those.

They get more information before they buy that product. So review something like bed sheets or technology—don’t review Coke.

Evaluating Competition

Now, most people tell you not to make videos on products that have a certain level of competition, but that information iy outdated in my opinion.

Almost every product that’s going to be worthwhile is going to have some level of competition, so don’t stress about the number of competitors. Instead, look at the quality of those competitors.

If you’re seeing YouTube-level, high-production-value videos, you probably want to stay away. If you’re seeing low-quality, shaky, bad camera work, bad videos, then that might be a good opportunity.

Considering Product Lifespan

Next, you need to consider the lifespan of a product. If you’re getting into this and you’re hoping to make this a legit side hustle, then the videos need to have longevity.

Otherwise, you’re just going to be jumping on the hamster wheel, chasing that next product to review day after day, week after week—and having to constantly make contenttoo make money.

Example: Longevity vs. Short-Term Gains

So using ,an example of bed sheets—you ca,  have the same bed sheet selling for 5 years. So if you’re making 10perdayforthenext5years, that video might make you about 3,500.

Meanwhile, if you get some Christmas product, that might make you $500 in one month—but th,  next month, you’re making nothing. So the longevity is better than the one-time payment.

Ensuring Videos Show Up on Listings

And the most obvious and important one is just to make sure that the videos that you make are going to show up on the Amazon listing.

You can use Viral View or just check manually. For example, I don’t think Apple allows for influencer videos on Amazon listings, so just double-check before actually making your video.

Step 4: How to Make High-Quality Videos

Okay, so now that you’ve found quality products to review, how do you review them? It’s the same steps to make quality videos to get approved for the program.

There are four main steps to making quality videos:

1. Film Quality

2. Audio Quality

3. Script Quality (what you say)

4. Thumbnail and Title

Film Quality Tips

For film quality, honestly, you can just use your cell phone—it’ll be completely fine. Just film with natural light, with the light at your back, versus filming into the light, because that will create something called backlighting, and it does not look good.

So here’s an example of what I mean:

• This is shot on an iPhone 13 Pro Max—looks good.

• I take one step to the left and turn the camera towards the window, and it looks significantly worse.

You can see these side by side, and it’s a massive difference filmed seconds apart, taken two steps to the left. A simple change makes a huge difference.

Now, if you can’t find anywhere in your house that doesn’t have that backlighting, then just film at night. And just keep in mind—the more depth behind the product, typically, will make the product look better.

Lighting is way more important than having any type of fancy camera.

Recommended Equipment

And the one thing that I recommend for you to pick up to improve your phone quality is a simple tripod just l, just ike this one.

This can go up to about 6 ft in height because it extends very far, but at the same time, it can also just go on a table. Simple thing, but it can significantly boost your film quality.

Audio Quality Tips

To have high-quality audio, again, your phone will work completely fine, just as long as you’re within about 3 ft of your phone.

So if you want to go further than that, you might want to use a lavalier mic. You can get a cheap one just like this or a better one that might be something like this.

The mic quality doesn’t matter as much, though, because you can always run it through something like Adobe Podcast (which is a free AI audio enhancer), which makes your audio sound significantly better.

Scripting Tips

With regards to scripting, the key to making good quality videos is to make sure that you check all of these boxes:

1. Hook the viewer right away—don’t introduce yourself or start rambling.

2. Establish some kind of authority—could be the length that you’ve owned the product, could be your experience using the product.

3. Don’t waste words—so avoid any long pauses or “ums” or “ahs.”

4. Deliver on what the viewers came to see—so that’s commonly asked questions and other things that viewers would be interested in.

5. Keep the video length short—ideally about 1 to 2 minutes in length.

Thumbnail and Title Best Practices

Now, with regards to the thumbnails:

• You want to showcase the product.

• You can add text if you want, but just as long as the product is displayed.

If you have a product that’s very hard to showcase in an image, and you film yourself, and you want to be in front of the camera—I prefer faceless content because it’s more scalable.

But if you do want to be in front of the camera, that’s up to you. You can always communicate emotions.

Example of Emotional Thumbnails

So, for example, if you had a chair just like this chair, it might be hard to show this chair in a thumbnail. So instead, you might sit there, smile, and do a thumbs up or something, and be inviting.

In this case, you’re invoking the emotion that you want the viewer to have rather than showcasing the product.

It’s best to very clearly showcase the product in the thumbnail, but in those rare events where it’s very hard to showcase the product, you can showcase emotion by using the product and being in front of the camera.

Or if you’re making faceless content, you make sure to still try to do your best to showcase the product and clearly show text that could showcase what the product is and what the video is about.

Crafting Click-Worthy Titles

The title of the video should almost always include:

• The name of the product

• Some kind of clickbait

So, for example:

• “Is this chair any good?”

• Or “Should you buy this chair?”

And then just replace the word “chair” with the name of the actual product.

Step 5: Scaling Your Amazon Influencer Business

Okay, so at this point:

• You found good products.

• You know how to make quality videos.

So the next step is to make content with the products that you readily have available to you—starting with the products that you currently own yourself, and then work on your immediate family members, and then close friends, and so on and so on.

That will get you to about 1K to 2 K per month.

But if you want to grow so that you could be making $3Kto$10K3 K to 10 th without constantly having to make new content all the time, then you need to know about scaling.

How I Scale Without Filming Myself

Now, this is something that I love because:

• I don’t film my videos anymore.

• I don’t do my voiceover.

• I don’t edit my videos anymore.

All I do is:

• Find the right products to review.

• Lay out the structure.

• And then the videos are essentially made for me.

And then I get paid.

And this is a big, big part of how I’m able to make $1,000pervideowheremostpeoplearemakingsomethinglike$20 per video.

Steps to Scaling

So this is how you do this:

1. Master the steps I’ve mentioned—you want to make sure that you’re getting the most out of every product that you have. This might take some time and practice.

2. Use Creator Connections—Brands not only will give you free products for you to review, but they’ll also give you bonus commissions to make content on their products. And this can be an insane difference—I’m talking about going from 2% to 20% commissions. I’ve seen 50% commission rates.

3. Get approached by brands—After you start making content and it’s quality, brands will start to reach out to you for you to review their products. But only take on products that you want or can easily sell after using them. Or better yet, you can charge these brands up front to make videos if they want them—that’s an easy additional revenue stream for you.

4. Buy products strategically—Buy things on Amazon or other platforms only when you’re very comfortable with your content quality and the performance of your videos. And don’t buy these products new—try to buy them used to save money.

5. Outsource tasks—You can hire somebody to help you film or hire somebody to help you edit, so you can only work a couple of hours per week. But that is a bit more advanced, so if you want some help with that, then just check out the information in the description.

Avoiding Common Mistakes

Now, a lot of the people you’ll see making videos showing the results on the Amazon influencer program don’t mention the fact that most of the money they made went into buying those products.

And this is exactly why I use the strategy that I use—because I can turn huge profits per product. So the revenue numbers that you see are very close to the profit numbers.

Why You Shouldn’t Buy & Return Products

Now, people are going to think: “Why don’t you just buy and return products?”

You don’t want to do that because, ultimately, you can get your account banned if you do that.

You obviously could buy products at different retailers and try to return things there and ,do that whole type of thing—it can get a little messy when you do all that. But I’ll leave that up to you for your discretion.

If you are buying products directly on Amazon, of course, you can return occasional products, but I really would try to avoid anything more than 10%, especially if you’re doing a lot of volume of videos (which again is just something that I wouldn’t recommend).

That can require a lot of products. It’s much better just to select the right products and then have to make a lot less vifewer—then you don’y have to worry about the whole buying and returning thing anyway.

Final Thoughts & Next Steps

With that being said, there are some other subtle things just l,ike that that ,cly help your performance.

So if you want to:

• Quickly be able to get approved for the program right now

• Get help getting approved for the on-site placement

• Significantly fast-forward your success with the influencer program with a proven system that has worked consistently with me and has helped so many other people as well.

(So you don’t have to struggle to try to figure out everything on your own.)

I can help you with that. If you’re serious and want to get results with this program, then just check out the information in the description.

Conclusion

So overall, I hope that you found this video helpful. I hope that you learned something, and I look forward to seeing your success with the Amazon influencer program.

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