Just Received an Amazon Gift Card

Although I am yet to make any major breakthrough with my Amazon affiliate programme and that doesn't mean that I have not been earning some affiliate commissions but I am yet to reach that $100 a month mark which I would consider as a breakthrough.
If you have not yet started or don't know about the Amazon affiliate programme, you can learn more about it here and it has to do with making money online by promoting Amazon.com retail products.
I just got an email today about a gift card that was sent to me by Amazon and I'm guessing,"Perhaps I just made a major sale" or "Amazon is just paying me for my affiliate commission" or thirdly, "Just an early Christmas gift".
I am not yet sure of what to do with this Amazon gift card but I've known about gift cards and it helps you to make purchases across the Amazon network but given that I am currently in Nigeria, I may only use it to purchase goods such as DVDs and Books which are the items shippable to Nigeria.
The amazon gift was for only $12 but it is good enough to inspire me take the affiliate prorgamme more seriously. I think I may seriously start to promote Amazon products just as I've been promoting Google adsense and see which of them pays more. The advantage which affiliate programmes have over PPC programmes like Adsense is that the same adverts get shown on a particular page and so visitors will find it easy to buy a product from your page as long as they know you have reviewed such product on your website.

How to Redeem your gift card
Now that I have received an Amazon gift card by email, the next step is to redeem it and this can be either by:

- Use it for shopping
- Save it for later

Saving for Later
Since I am not yet ready to shop online at any of the amazon networks, I decide to save it for later and this you can do by:

1. Go to Your Account.
2. Under Gift cards: Click "Apply a gift card to your account" under "Payment Settings".
3. Sign in with your e-mail address and password.
4. Enter your claim code and click "Apply to your account". Your funds will automatically be applied to your next order.

Tip: Remember to keep your claim code secret as its meant only for your eyes only.