Hey everybody, I have an affiiate agreement with amazon.com. I have links on my website for certain books. I need some help on something... Let's say I have "See Spot Run" on my webpage and someone clicks on it and is taken from my website to amazon using my affiliate code. If they DONT BUY "See Spot Run" but buy something else while they are at the site, DO I GET THE COMMISSIONS, or are they sticking it to me???? Please help! CSH
No, they're not "sticking it to you." If somebody follows one of your links to Amazon.com, and buys anything during that session, you get commission on it. I've been an Amazon associate for years, and I've seen some *really* weird items show up on my reports - for example, on the 14th I received credit for 'Plastic Surgery for Dummies' even though there's nothing even *close* to that on my website.
What a horribly (inappropriate) thread title. If you knew of someone who bought something on your site and you did not get credited with the sale, that would be one thing. You'd have something to bitch about. But to post that thread title...well...is just inflammatory and highly inappropriate. Next time, consider posting a thread title something like "Does Amazon set a cookie for the visitor's session?" or "When do I stop getting credit for a visitor's clickthrough?" Vito
When I typed in my subject, there was a little note there in the title box telling me to make my subject controversial or something like that, to get more people to read it. So I did. I guess I screwed up. Sorry team! Maybe you can forgive me.
I believe anything your referred visitor purchases within 24hrs you will get credit for. Like others I've seen some crazy stuff show up, and I'm always happy to accept the referral commissions.
"Is Amazon sticking it to us? What is going on here????" If a visitor blocks cookies, does that mess up the Amazon credit?
Yep, you just don't get credit. Amazon tracks via cookies, without a cookie, mr monster doesn't know who fed him.
Actually when I saw the thread title I assumed you guys were talking about a new Amazon development I just blogged about. Amazon changed the TOS again and it sounds like some or all of you won't get paid if you promote one thing and the surfer buys something else. Affiliates get Scrooged by 2 Large Players - Tis the Season http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/2006/12/19/affiliates-get-scrooged/ (the other one that scrooged affiliates in my blog above is DadaMobile)
That only refers to a small number of Amazon users and apply to very specific sites, not Amazon associates as whole.
5starAffiliates, When I went to your blog to reading the article you mentioned, and I clicked the link to read more about, the page that I went to was a dead link. Very interesting blog you have though, compliments