ACX Audio Books: Is the ACX Bounty Program Worth It?

About this video

Dale explains and evaluates the ACX Bounty Program. ACX is described as a marketplace for uploading audiobooks and distributing to regions including the US, UK, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, Ireland, and Canada, with reach into Audible, Amazon, and iTunes. Under the bounty program, the creator says, an author refers listeners through a specific referral link to a product page where they can download the audiobook free with a trial; if they take the 30-day free trial and stay for one paid month of Audible membership, the creator claims the author receives a $75 bounty. To use it, authors go to the sales dashboard, select the Bounty Referral Program, pick a title, click Get Bounty URL, and choose a region — at the time only US, UK, France, and Germany were offered. The dashboard tracks page views, bounty units, partner bounty units, and total bounty units; under a 50/50 royalty split, Dale says a partner bounty appears as $50 for the author and $25 for the partner. His ’ninja tactics’ include using a link shortener or a memorable subdomain or subdirectory redirect (which he says ACX recommends, unlike Amazon Associates), promoting the free-audiobook offer on a website and social media, putting a short bounty URL inside ebooks and print books, slipping a relevant audiobook offer into a no- or low-content book, and offering a downloadable companion PDF that promotes other titles and the Audible trial. His verdict: the program is totally worth it despite reservations about the split.

Key takeaways

• Creator’s claim: a referred listener who takes the free trial and stays for one paid Audible month earns the author a $75 bounty
• Get region-specific bounty URLs from the ACX sales dashboard under Bounty Referral Program; only US, UK, France, and Germany were available
• Under the 50/50 royalty split, Dale says partner bounties divide $50 to the author and $25 to the partner
• Use a short custom subdomain or subdirectory redirect for bounty links, especially inside print books where long URLs won’t be typed
• Promote the free audiobook offer via website, social media, in-book links, and a downloadable companion PDF

Episode details: published May 23, 2019 · 9:50 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dale L. Roberts’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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