Amazon Prime members in Singapore can now opt for free shipping on eligible Amazon International Store purchases without having to meet a minimum order threshold. This basically means that if you’re a Prime member, you’ll be able to buy products shipped and sold by Amazon US without paying any delivery fee when you shop on Amazon.sg. This is a limited time offer that will end on Feb 29th, 2020.
Shopback celebrate the final ShopFest event of the year — 12.12 is here! In true ShopBack fashion, you will be rewarded simply for fulfilling your shopping desires. From staycation giveaways to 50% Cashback coupons, ShopBack will help you end 2019 on a truly EPIC note.
SHOPBACK’S 12.12 GOLDEN TICKET
Itching for a year-end getaway? Stand a chance to win a 1-night staycation at PARKROYAL on Pickering when you take part in ShopBack’s 12.12 Golden Ticket Lucky Draw!
Get rewarded when you shop on the first & last hour on 12 Dec. Win a 1-night staycation at PARKROYAL on Pickering or an Apple iPad Air!
How it works:
Download / Open the ShopBack App from 9 Dec
Grab a GOLDEN TICKET to qualify for the draw
Make any purchase(s) (no min. spend) in the first hour OR the last hour of 12 Dec in order to participate in the lucky draw
Winners will be randomly picked via ShopBack Facebook on 16 Dec, 8pm.
SURPRISE VOUCHERS
ShopBack is always full of surprises! Missed their pre-sale vouchers? Well, you wouldn’t want to miss this again. Call dibs on your favourite purchases and enjoy 50% EPIC Cashback with Amazon in the first and last 2 hours of 12 December. Limited quantities available, so get ready to camp here!
STAMP & SAVE
Whether you are planning your next trip, revamping your home for the new year or simply doing some early Christmas shopping, you can freely indulge with great deals from your favourite brands like Zalora, NIKE, Naiise, Dyson.com, Amazon and many more.
Have a ShopBack account already? You are off to a good start! Tick off your shopping list and get a sweet $22 Bonus at the end of the year when you collect all 12 stamps!
Take note that multiple ShopBack GO orders will be considered as 1 stamp only.
Are you ready to shop? Cause we are!
DBS / POSB EXCLUSIVE
If you’re a DBS/POSB Cardmember, we’ve got great news for you. On top of the already-awesome deals mentioned above, you can get up to an additional 20% Cashback for your travel, fashion and grocery shopping from now until 19 Dec 2019.
Brands include ASOS, Adidas, Nike, Guardian, iShopChangi, Singapore Airlines and more! *T&Cs apply.
SINGTEL USERS EXCLUSIVE
Singtel customers also enjoy up to 14% Upsized Cashback & exclusive offers from Lazada, iHerb, H&M, Klook and FWD Insurance! (Exclusive additional 2% Cashback for participating merchants is only eligible when click through the “Agree” button and shop)
How ShopBack Works
ShopBack is a platform that allows users to earn up to 30% cashback every time they make an online purchase from 500+ stores like Lazada, Qoo10, Shopee, Foodpanda, Agoda & more. ShopBack is free to join and is available on desktop, app store, play store and on browser extension. Learn more here.
In 2018, Amazon’s founder and CEO Jeff Bezos triumphed over Microsoft’s founder Bill Gates as the world’s richest person. He owns 16% of Amazon, which he founded in his garage in 1994. His current net worth is a whopping US$138 billion (about S$186 billion)! His growing wealth was boosted as Amazon acquired the healthy grocery chain called Whole Foods.
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As the only person in the Forbes list to rank with a 12-figure wealth, how does he spend his money?
PROPERTIES
It comes as no surprise that Mr. Bezos and his family has homes around United States. He owns a lake house, which is estimated to be worth about US$25 million (about S$33 million). His neighbors include Silicon Valley’s tycoon Bill Gates.
Not to mention, his Washington D.C. home belongs to a neighborhood where previous United States President Obama and Ivanka Trump resides. Said home was bought for about US$23 million (about S$31 million).
However, the state of his properties may change due to the recent announcement of his divorce.
INVESTMENTS
With all his wealth, he decided to diversify his portfolio. He has invested some of his money in Uber, Google, Airbnb, Washington Post, and Business Insider. What’s more?
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Bezos Expeditions has invested in businesses including Basecamp, Twitter, Juno Therapeutics, and Workday. Imagine having these big names in your reservoir!
EXPLORATIONS
His contributions to space exploration is his most ambitious venture yet. You read that right! Mr. Bezos has a passion for aerospace.
His love of space led him to finance the recovery of the remains of the Apollo booster-rocket engines. The engines were located from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, which is about 14,000 feet down. At his request, NASA donated a restored F-1 booster to the Museum of Flight in Seattle. Moreover, he believes that his company Blue Origin can make affordable tourism possible!
The actualization of this passion project may commercialize space exploration. Who knew that having a honeymoon in outer space can actually become a valid option in the future?
According to the reports published on The New York Times, he is selling about US$1 billion in Amazon stock a year to fund this venture.
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Are all his efforts worth it in the end? More importantly, will a Singaporean tycoon follow the steps of Mr. Bezos towards space exploration? Only time can tell!
The digital age has indeed paved the way for many people who would like to venture into different types of business, including those involving more innovative ways to earn online. Thanks to the internet, it is now made more accessible to find the right tools, platforms, plus a legit group of experts that can help ensure that your business will thrive or flourish.
Affiliate Marketing (plus hard-work, of course) is a sure-fire way to earn money online. But how does it guarantee your online business’ success? All the information that follows will yield the best highest paying affiliate marketing programs out there for you. Learn more about them on journalreview.org, and you’ll be amazed by the endless possibilities of making your next online business a hit.
What is Affiliate Marketing?
Affiliate Marketing is one of the most in-demand ways to make your online business succeed. But how do you go about it? Affiliate Marketing happens almost every day—when you’re online shopping or making your purchases on the web or your phone, clicking through links and whatnot. This process is what link owners do to promote a specific product or brand online and get something like a portion of the payment in exchange—say, through a commission. Referrals are another example that involves discounts on purchases by promoting the company or brand to other customers—talk about a ‘win-win’ situation.
Here are some of the highest paying affiliate marketing programs:
Amazon Associates
The Amazon Associates program allows its partners to sell whatever Amazon sells, and in return, partners will earn a sales commission. This platform is extremely potent in terms of sales, because of its massive product catalog and top-of-the-line technical support. However, stiff competition can make it difficult for sites that are not yet optimized.
For you to be successful with Amazon Affiliates, you must have a highly centralized niche site. However, secondary sales will also be viable. This program also offers commissions for links that made it through to Amazon, even if the linked product was not purchased. Although this program provides large commissions, the downside to this program will be its performance-based structure—you will have quotas to meet for you to reach the highest commission tiers.
eBay Partner Network
Most people are under the impression that eBay is only an auction site, where sellers post items for sale for buyers to bid, leaving no room for affiliate marketing. However, eBay found a solution to incorporate affiliate marketers into its system. Certain product sales are now made on the storefront rather than the traditional auction basis; these storefront sales can be used to earn affiliate commissions.
Here are two essential benefits to this partner network program:
eBay commission rates are relatively high when compared to competitors’ affiliate programs.
eBay offers a double-the-commission bonus for first-time user referrals.
Rakuten Affiliates
Previously known as Buy.com, Rakuten is growing leaps and bounds. Rakuten has been ranked amongst the top e-commerce companies around the world. This platform is also known for their support and legitimacy when it comes to affiliate networks.
Rakuten’s platform is packed with excellent platform options and tools that you can utilize to easily and quickly optimize your website. Additionally, like the platforms mentioned above, Rakuten allows its partners to have access to its massive product catalogs.
iTunes Affiliates
iTunes is an excellent media platform to make use of as an affiliate, mainly because of its support from Apple. If you’re into selling music, movies, apps, and digital products; then you’ll have your niche through iTunes.
Apple offers commission on both in-app purchases and apps. For example, linking to Clash of Clans can earn you commission from sales made from in-app purchases. This program is unique for its commissions coming from in-app purchases on free apps.
Peerfly
Peerfly has one of the highest commission offers in the CPA network, and if you’re on the lookout for high-value individual sales; then Peerfly is the way to go. However, if you’re new to affiliate marketing with no history of notable traffic, this platform may not be for you.
That being said, Peerfly is more of an exclusive platform for affiliate marketing superstars. However, If you’re lucky enough to get in, Peerfly can be an excellent platform for you to make a living. But always remember to follow their rules and keep away from black hat techniques.
Closing thoughts
Affiliate marketing, like all other marketing strategies, will need hard-work and perseverance—it’s definitely not a get rich quick scheme. However, having the right approach and high-quality content can easily make you a few thousand dollars per month from affiliate marketing alone.
Get ready to glue yourself to your PC or laptop screens
The Black Friday sales is soon approaching and trust us, you don’t want to miss the biggest sale of the year in the US.
Starting this Friday, 25th November in the US (1pm or 4pm on 25th Nov in Singapore), USA merchants take advantage of this 24 hour event by slashing the prices of million of products in their inventory to create more sales. With Cyber Monday taking place after the weekend, shoppers look forward to scoring the best deals during this period.
For Singapore shoppers, there is no better time to shop for your favourite American brands. Think Coach, Timberland, Ralph Lauren, Kate Spade, Gap, A&F, Victoria’s Secret, Nike and more. That’s not all. eCommerce giants such as Amazon.com, Target, Drugstore.com (now Walgreens), Nordstrom, Macy’s and more, are all getting ready to bring you the biggest sale ever!
Tip: Use a VPN to access some of the USA site to enjoy greater savings! (i.e Katespade.com that redirects you to the SG’s site)
Some might ask why shop online when you can buy them from directly from the stores in Singapore? The answer is cost-saving. Think it this way. Having a brick-and-mortar stores means the need to pay rental, utilities, cost of hiring salespersons. Shopping online means you bypass the importer, exporter, distributor or retailers, and this lead to significant cost-savings. (Just like how we like to shop from Taobao!)
There are many products that are significantly cheaper than in Singapore and that includes electronics, fashion apparels, toys and more.
What about international shipping? Will i incur hefty shipping and handling costs?
Many people have the notion that shopping in the US means paying exorbitant shipping and handling costs. Well, that’s true in some extent since your item would incur higher fuel surcharges for it to travel further to reach Singapore. Buying individual items from each retailers would cost you more than you’d imagine.
Some US retailers don’t offer international shipping.
Wait, then why are we encouraging you to shop on Black Friday?
Because with technological advancement, these unwanted costs can be driven down to the minimum. That’s where we talk about consolidated shipping. In the past, you’d wish that you had a friend in the States so that you can ship everything to him, and for him to later ship all the shopping loots to you. This is more cost-effective since you’d only be charged once for the total volumetric weight of your items.
US merchants like to ship their goods in big boxes even if you only purchased a small item. Because of that, you pay more for shipping since they calculate shipping costs using volumetric weight. A small package can easily set you back at between US$10 to US$20. If the item only cost US$8, it makes you wonder what are you paying for.
Use third-party forwarding services ezbuy
Let ezbuy be your “friend” in the States. ezbuy (formerly 65daigou) a third-party forwarding service company is the answer to your problem. You don’t need a US address as ezbuy consolidates all your shipping from all the different US retailers, repack them in one box and ship it to Singapore for you. You can expect to save up to 60% on shipping!
ezbuy’s shipping fee is also one of the lowest among all parcel forwarding services in Singapore. There will be no base charge or fuel surcharge on the total shipping fee. (If you shop Taobao, you should know how reasonable and affordable it is.)
To make your shopping even more worthwhile on Black Friday, ezbuy will offer the lowest shipping rate at $1.99/500g! That’s a 50% huge discount for their buy-for-me service. ($3.59/500g for forwarding service)
In this year Black Friday, they will be consolidating all Black Friday Promotion from the USA merchants directly with their discounts under their USA shopping platform.
Why you should shop with ezbuy on Black Friday
In addition, besides offering you the lowest shipping rates and parcel consolidation services, they will be consolidating all the Black Friday promotion (with their discounts) on their platform, so you don’t have to keep tabs of different retailers!
From 23 – 29 Nov, they will be offering free agent fee to bring down your cost further. On top of that, new users can enjoy $10 off when they register an account with them! Claim your free $10 voucher here (no minimum purchase).
For Singapore shoppers, there is no better time to shop for your favourite American brands. Think Coach, Timberland, Ralph Lauren, Kate Spade, Gap, A&F, Victoria’s Secret, Nike and more. That’s not all. eCommerce giants such as Amazon.com, Target, Drugstore.com (now Walgreens), Nordstrom, Macy’s and more, are all getting ready to bring you the biggest sale ever!
