How To Drive Amazon Sales With Gleam

We're going to show you some unconventional promotion tactics you can use with Gleam to increase your Amazon sales.

Amazon Promotion Strategies For Sellers

Promote your Amazon store using giveaways, rewards, and popups to attract new customers
Drive more sales with creative campaigns that go beyond paid ads and sponsored posts
Engage your audience through discounts, contests, and loyalty rewards
Grow visibility and reviews by using Gleam to connect actions directly to Amazon
Save time and increase conversions with ready-made templates built for Amazon sellers

Amazon is a highly competitive marketplace, and finding ways to stand out and drive sales is a challenge that every seller has to overcome.

When you think about ways to promote and drive sales for your Amazon store, paid ads and sponsored social media posts probably come to mind. But there are a ton of more creative and effective types of promotional campaigns you should consider running. We're going to show you a few:

Running a giveaway where users can complete entry actions for a chance to win a prize is a brilliant way to engage your audience, boost exposure and drive powerful actions that matter to you. It's also entirely cost-effective and economical for small businesses.

When you run an Amazon giveaway with Gleam's Competitions app you can offer a huge range of entry options and award more entries and more chances to win to users who complete more actions.

All you have to do is customise the template below:

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How To Run a Promotional Giveaway

• Go to Competitions → Setup and create a new campaign
• Add entry actions such as Visit Amazon Store, Join Mailing List, or Follow on Twitter
• Upload your prize details and set entry limits under Prizes
• Publish your hosted page or embed the giveaway on your website
• Share the campaign link across social media to drive entries and traffic to Amazon

Gleam interface showing entry actions and text override settings for a book giveaway

You can even require users to sign in to your giveaway with an Amazon account before entering to ensure you're driving actions from users who are most likely to become customers.

Login with Amazon

When you run a promotional giveaway with Gleam you'll be able to choose from a huge range of entry actions that you can drive to engage users, promote your products, drive growth and ultimately generate sales. You just need to figure out which ones work for you.

Some of the best actions you can drive to grow your Amazon store include:

  • Newsletter sign-ups.
  • Amazon store visits.
  • Watching product videos.
  • Leaving reviews.
  • Twitter follows, tweets and retweets.
  • Facebook, Instagram and YouTube profile visits.
  • Getting friends to enter your giveaway via social referrals.
  • Answering questions and providing feedback.
  • You can even run awesome photo contests where customers can submit engaging photos for a chance to win.

Offering up valuable discounts is one of the best ways for any E-commerce business or retailer to drive instant sales and the same is true for Amazon sellers.

Amazon gives you a lot of great ways to create and customise valuable discounts, and with Gleam's powerful Rewards app you can create awesome promotions where you users can complete actions to unlock instant discounts.

This type of instant win campaign is a brilliant way to not only distribute valuable discounts and encourage sales, but also to use your discount as an incentive to drive customised actions that will benefit your long-term growth on Amazon.

Take a look at our ready made template that you can customise:

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How To Create Discount Campaigns in Gleam

• Open Rewards → Setup and select the Amazon Promo Codes template
• Add entry actions such as Join Mailing List or Follow on Instagram
• Under Reward, choose Coupon Code to deliver instant Amazon discounts
• Customise your confirmation message in Post Redeem
• Publish your hosted reward page and promote it via email or social media
• Track coupon usage to measure engagement and conversions

Reward setup screen in Gleam showing Coupon Code, Download, Link, and Redirect options

When you run a promotional giveaway for your E-commerce store it's a good idea to give out discount codes to entrants who complete a designated number of actions.

This is a fantastic way to incentivise users to complete more actions to earn their discounts, as well as help drive sales by giving out valuable discounts that make purchases more enticing. Giveaway entrants are also most likely to make a purchase from you, since they are already interested in the product you're offering.

You can easily distribute discount codes to entrants by using our Coupon actions to offer a discount code from inside the widget.

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How To Combine Giveaways With Discounts

• Go to Competitions → Setup and create a new campaign
• Under How To Enter, add entry actions like Follow on Instagram or Join Mailing List
• Add a Coupon Action to give participants a discount code once they complete certain actions
• Configure the Prize and Entry Settings to reward more entries for completing multiple tasks
• Add optional referral actions to expand your reach and drive virality
• Publish your campaign and promote it through your email list and social channels

Gleam interface showing coupon action

Promote your new offering over on Amazon by running a giveaway to advertise your new product launch.

This is great as you can include checking out your new product an entry requirement, along with signing up to your mailing list, entering the code hidden on your product page, or reposting a link to your Amazon page on Twitter telling their friends to check it out.

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How To Launch a Product With Gleam

• Go to Competitions → Setup
• Add entry actions like Visit Product Page, Watch a Video, or Join Mailing List
• Highlight your new Amazon product and include its direct link
• Schedule the campaign to align with your product release date
• Promote the launch giveaway on social media and newsletters
• Follow up with entrants to convert them into paying customers

Gleam interface showing visit action

Another fantastic way to drive sales is to make purchasing your product an entry requirement in the giveaway in return for a chance to win a grand prize.

This is a brilliant way to incentivise people to buy something and convince on the fence customers to go ahead and make the purchase they've had their eye on

Tip

As this requires a purchase, it will be useful to read our guides on No Purchase Necessary Laws

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How To Run a Purchase to Enter Giveaway

• Open Competitions → Setup

• Add a Custom Action that verifies proof of purchase

• Set clear instructions for participants on how to confirm their order
• Offer an attractive grand prize to motivate entries and purchases
• Review No Purchase Necessary guidelines before publishing
• Share your hosted page or embed the widget on your website to reach Amazon shoppers

Gleam dashboard showing Custom Actions setup screen with options for verifying user actions

If you sell books on amazon, we have a dedicated template to help you promote and drive sales of your book.

This is an awesome way to incentivise people to purchase your book, but also to incentivise people to spread the word and share your book with their friends for bonus entries.

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How To Increase Amazon Book Sales

• Set up your Competition
• Add actions such as Buy our Book (custom action), Leave a Review (visit action), or Share on Twitter
• Reward entries with bonus chances for sharing or referring friends
• Promote your campaign to readers through newsletters and social media
• Track participation data to identify your most engaged readers

Gleam dashboard showing Purchase Actions setup screen with options for verifying user actions

A similar type of giveaway campaign you can run is one where you partner up with a relevant brand to giveaway a bundle of both your products and drive actions that mutually benefit both you and your partner.

This is a great way to tap into a new relevant audience and promote your product to potential customers.

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How To Run Partner Campaigns

• Go to Competitions → Setup
• Collaborate with a complementary brand and agree on mutual goals
• Add co-branded entry actions that benefit both partners
• Feature both Amazon stores in your campaign copy
• Promote the giveaway jointly across both partner audiences
• Review Partner Campaign guidelines for tips on coordination

Gleam dashboard showing Partner Actions setup screen with options for verifying user actions

The key to choosing a good partner for your campaign is picking a brand that sells products in your niche and shares a similar audience. However, they should not be a direct competitor that could eat into your sales.

Ideally, you want to partner with a brand that sells a product complementary to your own.

If you have a website and want to use it to funnel users to your Amazon store then you should consider using Gleam's powerful Capture app to capture emails, promote your Amazon store and drive traffic back to your Amazon page.

Capture's wide array of behavioural triggers and customisation features make it easy to create popups perfectly tailored to all your needs.

Check out this template:

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How To Use Gleam Captures To Promote Amazon

• Go to Captures → Setup and create a new popup
• Add messaging that drives traffic to your Amazon listings
• Set Display Rules to target users by time, behaviour, or device
• Integrate your email list and thank new signups with special offers
• Publish the Capture script on your site and preview before launch

Gleam dashboard showing Amazon Capture

Selling an Amazon product means competing in one of the world’s busiest marketplaces, so having a smart marketing strategy is essential for increasing sales and improving your visibility in search results.

With Gleam, you can promote your products using giveaways, rewards, and popups that complement your social media marketing and paid channels like Facebook ads or Sponsored Product campaigns. These interactive promotions help you engage your target audience, reach potential customers, and drive traffic to Amazon from multiple social media platforms.

To maximise sales on Amazon, make sure your product listings and product details pages are fully optimised with persuasive descriptions, high quality images, and strong calls to action. This not only improves click-throughs from Amazon’s search but also supports your off-site efforts through better search engine optimization.

Each Gleam campaign you run should drive users toward your Amazon store, whether that’s encouraging reviews, rewarding purchases, or growing your email list for future promotions. Over time, these small, consistent actions compound to deliver measurable improvements across your Amazon listings and sustainable long-term growth.

Can I Run Amazon Giveaways Using Gleam?

Yes—use Gleam to promote Amazon products by directing users to your Amazon store or listing as part of the giveaway flow.

How Do I Run A Giveaway On Amazon to Promote My Store?

You can promote your Amazon store by running a giveaway using Gleam's Amazon Store Promotion template. Click to learn how to set up and manage your Amazon giveaway effectively.

What Is The Best Way to Offer Discounts In An Amazon Giveaway?

Use Gleam's Amazon Bonus Discounts template to offer exclusive discounts as part of your giveaway campaign. Click to explore how to integrate discounts effectively into your Amazon giveaways.

Can I Run An Amazon Giveaway For A New Product Launch?

Yes, you can use Gleam's Amazon Product Launch template to create a giveaway that promotes your new product. Click to see how to set up a successful giveaway for your product launch.

How Can I Increase Sales With An Amazon Giveaway Campaign?

Implement Gleam's Increase Amazon Sales template to design a giveaway that drives sales and customer engagement. Click to learn how to structure your giveaway for maximum sales impact.

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