You might have tried signing up for Amazon affiliate program to start affiliate marketing with amazon but was confronted with the issue of being required to verify your identity by receiving a phone call.

After getting a phone call from them together with the pin that would be mentioned through, you will be able to start making money marketing through the internet.

What is Amazon affiliate program?

Amazon Associates is an affiliate marketing program that allows website owners and bloggers make money by advertising millions of new and used products from Amazon.com and its subsidiaries.

When those website owners and bloggers who are Associates create links and customers click through those links and buy products from Amazon, they earn certain ratio from the sale. It’s free to join and easy to use.

Verifying a Nigerian phone number for Amazon affiliate

Amazon verification process might seem frustrating if you are not a U.S citizen an haven't got an idea on how to verify numbers outside the US.


The first step to take is to acquire a USA phone number and use it for the amazon associates phone verification. Lots of mobile apps abound for this but the positively reviewed and recommended one for this is TextPlus mobile app for Android.

Download the app and sign up a free account, you will be issued a free USA phone number. Enter the phone number on the amazon verification page, receive a phone call from them,listen to the code from them,then use the code sent to verify your number in no time.

Goodluck!