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Amazon Affiliate - Noob Question

Discussion in 'Amazon' started by dcristo, Jul 4, 2005.

  1. #1
    This may sound like a really dumb question but hey Im gonna ask it anyway to kill my curiousity :D

    With Amazon, if you link to a specific item on your site and the customer through your affiliate link decides to purchase other Amazon items, do you get a commission on all the items they purchase if Amazon pays a commission on those items?

    Cheers
     
    dcristo, Jul 4, 2005 IP
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  2. sji2671

    sji2671 Self Made Mind

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    #2
    Yes, you get paid on other purchases and 3rd party purchases but you get 2.5% more if they buy from direct links from your site to the product.
     
    sji2671, Jul 4, 2005 IP
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  3. dcristo

    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    #3
    Thanks for that!
     
    dcristo, Jul 4, 2005 IP
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    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    Ive been doing a bit of reading on the Amazon site and it says the maximum commissions it pays out is 10% Did it not use to be more than this, something like 15% ?
     
    dcristo, Jul 4, 2005 IP
  5. T0PS3O

    T0PS3O Feel Good PLC

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    #5
    Considering the have a profit margin that most business owners would make give up their business, handing out 15% would kill them. With 10% commission there's isn't much of the pie left for them actually.
     
    T0PS3O, Jul 4, 2005 IP
  6. Nintendo

    Nintendo ♬ King of da Wackos ♬

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    #6
    Used books used to have more than 10% on payout.
     
    Nintendo, Jul 4, 2005 IP
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  7. noppid

    noppid gunnin' for the quota

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    Amazon has a decent payout IMO in general. I send folks there all the time from my forums with my affilliate links. Works OK, worth the effort for sure.
     
    noppid, Jul 4, 2005 IP
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    tomek Peon

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    Every visitor you send to amazon gets a cookie which lasts for 24 hours. If he buys something within this 24 hours you get some % but you get higher % if the buys the item that made him reach the amazon page...
     
    tomek, Nov 1, 2005 IP
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    Nokia999 Guest

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    What if cookies are disabled?I think there must be some record of Ip address.
     
    Nokia999, Nov 1, 2005 IP
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    tomek Peon

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    then you'll only get credit if he buys something within that session
     
    tomek, Nov 2, 2005 IP
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    frankiestyles Peon

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    Yep, you'll get the commission for everything they buy for the next 24 hours. So even if they clicked on a link for a £2.99 book and ended up buying a £3000 TV DVD player and a bunch of cables, you'd get the commission for all those items! Pretty sweet how it works, although that doesnt tend to happen too often :)
     
    frankiestyles, Aug 19, 2011 IP
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    Kingozh Peon

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    Lot of potential with amazon aff sites
     
    Kingozh, Aug 19, 2011 IP
  13. PPC-Coach

    PPC-Coach Active Member

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    Damn straight, tons of potential if you scale it too.

    :)
     
    PPC-Coach, Aug 20, 2011 IP
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    Words For You Well-Known Member

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    Sometimes it does happen. Amazon is quite enticing in terms of attracting people to products.
     
    Words For You, Aug 21, 2011 IP