Amazon.co.uk Associates Blog

Up to 50% off selected books on China and the Olympics

 

With this year's Olympic Games in China fast approaching, we have put together a selection of books on or set in China, covering a variety of topics from food to travel, history to fiction and the Olympic Games. Browse below and help your customers save ££s today!

Browse up to 50% off selected travel and language books

Browse up to 50% off selected sports books

Browse Books Special Offers

Here's a couple of examples of the offers available:

A History of the Olympics
John Goodbody
RRP:          £16.99
Our Price:  £8.49
You Save: £8.50 (50%)

What Does China Think?
Mark Leonard

RRP:£8.99

Our Price:£4.49

You Save:£4.50 (50%)

Fathers Day is June 15th!

 

 

Amazon.co.uk has adapted Gift Central for Fathers. Here your customers will find gifts for all their Fathers, including gadget Fathers, fashionable Fathers and creative Fathers!

Here are a couple of sample gifts, that we'd buy for our Father's!

 

A grumpy old men baseball cap accompanied with a Bosch IXO III Cordless Screwdriver... Summer is, afterall, the perfect time for those DIY jobs that have been put off since last year!

 

Expect Emotions: Euro 2008!

Although England supporters may be looking forward to the next world cup, Euro 2008 will still provide plenty of entertainment! Some of the best players in the world will be performing on one of footballs largest stages!

Can Greece do it again? Will there be a Polish upset? Will the Swedes finally show us their true colours? Can the Germans improve on their recent performances? Who will emerge from the group of death? Who knows... who cares...? We do!

No matter who you and your customers are supporting, Amazon.co.uk has something for everyone!

Check out our sports stores here to find all the latest deals with up to 60% off!

New category Launch Health & Beauty!

Amazon.co.uk recently launched its Health & Beauty category with over 25,000 products, providing you and your customers with a huge selection.

You will be able to choose from thousands of individual lines, including many available via our third party merchants. Products range from Electric shavers to Moisturizers and Make up to Electric tooth brushes.

 

With free Super Saver delivery for orders over £15, and Express Delivery enabling shoppers to order products before 6pm and receive them by 1pm the next day, customers can find all the Health & Beauty goods they need and have them delivered to their door at the click of a button.

Special deals and promos are:

Special Promo Code! Spend £75 and save £15 in the Health and Beauty store.

Excellent New Customer driver: 3 for 2 on selected Lancome, Clarins and Clinique Skin Care:

Cool Conversion Drivers! Up to 40% off health and beauty stock clearance deals.

Why not try?  Up to 30% off selected Philips Shavers.

Save 33% off selected Olay and Total Effects.

Best regards,

Your EU Associates Team

The Festival Season has arrived!

Just in time for the highlight of our British summer, Amazon has several great promotions to rock at the Festivals. Our prices will sound like music to your ears:

Wellies from £4.45

Stay mud-free, with our range of wellington boots. We have hundreds of pairs to fit every size and every budget.

To link directly to the outdoor offer page and earn referral fees on the subsequent qualifying purchases, use the following link format. Just  substitute your Associates ID: http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_kk_2?ie=UTF8&search-alias=aps&tag=YOUR_ID_HERE-21&field-keywords=wellington%20boots

Up to 60% off camping equipment:

Who said festivals had to be rough, you’ll need your beauty sleep. Save up to 60% on tents, backpacks, sleeping bags, air beds and more.

To link directly to the outdoor offer page and earn referral fees on the subsequent qualifying purchases use the following link format, substituting your Associates ID:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/b/ref=amb_link_39818765_6?ie=UTF8&node=319545011&tag= YOUR_ID_HERE-21&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r= 1YXGBGA2WW0ZRE19248N&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=190518091&pf_rd_i=318949011

More than 6000 CDs from £3.97

 

These Festival tickets cost you a fortune? Not to worry with 1000’s of CDs from only £3.97, you’ll be listening to Kate Nash, Mark Ronson, Amy Winehouse, Kiss or the Lost Prophets on your way to the best time of your life.

To link directly to the outdoor offer page page and earn referral fees on the subsequent qualifying purchases use the following link format, substituting your Associates ID: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/229816/ref=topnav_storetab_m_h_/203-2554101-0901537&tag=YOUR_ID_HERE-21

Happy Festivals.

Your EU Associates Team
 

Customer services reminder.

Greetings Associates,

we'd like to remind you that the correct method of sending us your Associate programme related queries is by using the "contact us" form located here. These queries are rooted to our CS team, who will respond in a timely manner.

We are unable to respond to queries included in comments on this blog or sent to any Amazon email address'.

We thank you for your understanding.

Your EU Associates Team

Huge Stock Clearance! 1000's of low prices...

As the Amazon May clearance sale continues, we thought we'd present a small collection of the thousands of items currently on sale. Click here to browse our great selection of special offers!

Silverlit PicooZ Infra Red Helicopter. 48% discount. Now only £12.99!

Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver LED Torch. 50% discount. Now only £2.99!

The Golden Compass [2007]. 38% discount. Now only £12.48!

Prison Break - Season 3 - Complete [2007]. 30% discount. Now only £27.98!

 

 

                                                           Take a look around the website for more bargains in all of our categories.

Simply format the URL with the product ASIN of your choice and your Associates ID:

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/ASIN_HERE/?tag=YOUR_ASSOC_ID

*Stock Clearance refers to selected items that are currently overstocked and are subject to availability.

LOVEFiLM notification

As you may be aware, Amazon and LOVEFiLM have entered into an arrangement whereby LOVEFiLM will take over Amazon's DVD rental business. See our recent press release here.

As a result of the arrangement with LOVEFiLM, we will no longer be able to offer any Referral Fees moving forwards relating to DVD Rental. We have modified the Associates Program Operating Agreement to reflect this change and you can see the new Agreement here.

The new Agreement will apply from 20th May 2008. If any of the changes are unacceptable, you may terminate the Agreement at any time by notifying us in writing. Your continued participation in the Associates Program will constitute your acceptance of the new Agreement.

Introducing the Carousel Widget

Dear Associates,

we are pleased to announce the launch of a new widget for Amazon Associates that includes an engaging new display format plus multiple product selection options.

The Carousel widget presents products in an interactive 3D display allowing you to select either the Carousel or Ferris Wheel format in multiple sizes that work for your site. There are several ways to create your widget; you can hand-pick specific products to recommend to your viewers or choose to display the latest Bestsellers and New Releases from any Amazon category.

To get started using the Carousel widget, visit http://widgets.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-Carousel-Widget/ and add it to your site today.

As always, we’d love to hear your feedback about what you like and what features you’d like to see added to this widget.

-The Amazon Widgets Team

Take your products for a spin in the Carousel widget. The Carousel widget presents products in an engaging 3D Carousel or Ferris Wheel display. You can search for specific products to recommend to your viewers or choose to display the latest Bestsellers and New Releases from any Amazon category you choose.

Carousel Features

1. Cool 3D, interactive display
2. Carousel and Ferris Wheel formats
3. Multiple sizes to suit your need (sidebar, center of page)
4. Multiple ways to create your widget:
   1. Hand-pick the products you want to add or
   2. Quickly create a Carousel widget by choosing from one of Amazon’s popular lists: Bestsellers, New Releases, Most Wished for products, Most Gifted      products.

 i. Drill-down to an Amazon category to only show top-selling products relevant to your page’s content

Associates Link Checker!

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce the new Associates Link Checker:

Link Checker

The Link Checker tool helps you check your links to ensure that they link to the page that you expect them to, and that they tag your link with your Associate ID or one of your Tracking IDs. Your links must correctly tag to your Associate ID or one of your Tracking IDs in order for you to earn referrals.

Note: You need to be signed in to Associate Central to use this tool. For privacy purposes, the tool will only test the tagging of links against the Associate ID or Tracking IDs of the currently logged in account.

The Link Checker checks the tagging for a URL linking to Amazon.co.uk. This tool is intended primarily for people constructing or modifying their own Associate links to Amazon.co.uk. Using the Build Links/Widgets tools when signed in to Associate Central should produce correctly tagging links and widgets. The Link Checker does NOT check the tagging for our served links such as Omakase or Recommended Product Links. It also does NOT check the tagging for Widgets. For served links and widgets, our Associate Central Build Links/Widgets tools will automatically include the Associate ID or Tracking ID that you have selected when you are logged in to Associate Central while building the link or widget.

However for accurate tracking, reporting and fee accrual, you must ensure that the links between your site and the Amazon.co.uk site are properly formatted.

The process for checking your link URLs is a two step process:
1. Enter your link URL into the field and click the 'Load Link' button.
2. After you see the correct page load in the frame, click the 'Check Link' button below the loaded page to check that the link is tagged to your Associates ID or one of your Tracking IDs.

What do the Link Checker responses mean?

The Link Checker is designed to confirm whether a link tags to your Associate ID or one of your Tracking IDs.

After you have loaded the URL and clicked the Check Link button, you will get one of the following responses:
- Success: The link tags to a valid tag or sub-tag for your Associate ID.
This means your link is tagging correctly to your account.

- Fail: The link does not correctly tag for your Account.
This means the tag in the URL is not the Associate ID or Tracking ID for the currently logged in account. You will need to check the tag in the URL. To see your list of Tracking IDs or to create new ones, click the manage link beside Tracking ID in the blue sign-in and status box in the top left corner of the page.

Best regards,
Your Amazon.co.uk Associates Team