Mistakes that stoped you from getting commission!?

What are the mistakes that you have made that Amazon decided not to give you a commission because it did not agree with their Agreement. I sold couple of items and i did not get commission and i have heard there is a certain way people should have their links done. I think that was my mistake . . . What was yours?

 

1. You will not receive commission on purchases your make for yourself.
2. You are not supposed to receive commission on purchases your relatives or friends make but I don't know how enforceable this is.
3. You will not receive commission if you don't include your associates id properly. Basically, you should not tinker with the HTML you get from Amazon's Associate Central.
4. You will not receive commission if the customer does not purchase within the cookie lifetime -- see my posts on this topic:

What does Amazon Consider as the Order?
Does Amazon store cookies on people who bought through your affiliate program?

5. There are a few other restrictions, such as
- content of your site has to be legal, not x-rated, not violating copyrights, etc.,
- you cannot syndicate feeds to 3rd parties.
- you cannot offer a rebate to consumers for purchases.
- For more information see Amazon Associates Operating Agreement

Gene Kavner, Former World-Wide Director of Amazon Associates, 2005-2006
http://Blog.AffiliateBrand.com

 

Thank you Sir. After this very helpful reply can you please tell me whet is the best way to post?

 

Sorry, Buymesome, I didn't understand -- what do you mean by "best way to post"? Post what?

Gene Kavner, Former World-Wide Director of Amazon Associates, 2005-2006
http://Blog.AffiliateBrand.com

 

I just needed one example of how would you post one specifit product the right way? becaus ei get so many slocks and impressions but no purchase and i know that there have been becaue i have reffered products to people a lot. And since i am about to learn i might was well learn from the master himself

 

Check out my post from a few days ago -- I have provided some details about the Amazon Product links:

Details About Amazon Product Links

Gene Kavner, Former World-Wide Director of Amazon Associates, 2005-2006
http://Blog.AffiliateBrand.com

 

Are you talking about RSS syndication? I've never come across any restriction on this. Can you point me to the specific clause where this is mentioned?

 

By "you cannot syndicate feeds to 3rd parties" I meant that you cannot grab the Amazon data feed and then feed it to 3rd party sites like Froogle, Shopping.com, etc.

However, you bring up a good question with regards to RSS. I'm not sure that Amazon's Operating Agreement covers this point. Let me see what I can find out and I'll post an answer.

Gene Kavner, Former World-Wide Director of Amazon Associates, 2005-2006
http://Blog.AffiliateBrand.com

 

I've confirmed this with Amazon --

1. You may not syndicate Amazon data feed to 3rd parties.
2. You may put links to Amazon in your RSS feed.

Gene Kavner, Former World-Wide Director of Amazon Associates, 2005-2006
http://Blog.AffiliateBrand.com

 

Thanks a lot i really appreciate you help , i might start making some $ now

 

Thanks Gene, that makes a lot of sense now.