Did Amazon change cookies expiry date from 24 hours to < 30 minutes??

I noticed that since (at least) early July, sales from my Amazon Affiliates websites dropped significantly. I heard this rumour that Amazon changed their cookies expiry date from 24 hours to 30 minutes. When I checked my Amazon cookies, apparently it expired even less than 30 minutes (28 mins or so)!!

Does anyone experience the same thing??

I've tried to contact Amazon to clarify, but they denied. However, their excuse did not make sense at all, as they claimed the cookies were affected by "browser setting" ... Have NEVER heard that browser or even user can alter cookies setting!!

 

That sucks. Even for 24 hours cookie expiry sucks, especially 30 minutes.

BTW, thanks for the info, I'll check whether it's true or not.

 

Don't believe in false rumors. The cookie length is 24 hours as described in Amazon Associates help topic.

 

Why don't you check it on your own?

 

My sales picked up this month. I have a bunch of them and not making sales in all of the sites but yeah, sales did pick up, so haven't noticed anything different on cookies

 

Summer is typically the slow time online. BUT There are things that do sell well right now too.

 

I have a feeling they may have changed something. Recently I noticed a major drop in amazon sales aswell, even though I'm getting the same numbers to their site. I will have to wait a little longer to fully know.

 

wow, it sucks if its really true

 

could very well be why I show $3k in sales on my site, but only $200 in comissionable(is that even a word) sales on the amazon dashboard. If that is the case, then I'm going to have to look for alternative's to amazon.

 

I didn't notice any drop in sales comparing to previous months.

 

Quick question: If a user use my link to go to Amazon.com. Then he close the windows. And 5 min later, he open the same browser and type: amazon.com and buy something. Does that count my referral or not?

However, the user didn't close the window, but just open a new tab with Amazon.com, does that count?

Thanks!

 

Don't think it changes to 30 min. instead of 24 hrs. If it was right, it will suck comparing to another affiliate site proving cookie last long such as travel sites.