Amazon.co.uk Associates Blog

Weekly Amazon Recommended Products and Offers

Greetings Associates,

Please find attached excel files that include hand selected products and hot offers for this week (week starting Monday, July 6th):

Download Books

Download DVD

Download Electronics_Photo

Download Health_Beauty

Download Home_Garden

Download MP3

Download Music

Download Shoes

Download Tools

Simply add your Associates ID into the top of the excel file and your direct links will be formatted for you.

Thank you for your continued participation in the Amazon.co.uk Associates program.

Your Amazon.co.uk Associates Team

Changes to Amazon Associates Programme OA

Changes to Associates Programme Operating Agreement, effective July 1st, 2009

Dear Amazon-Associate,

We are posting this message to inform you of an update to the Amazon Associates Programme's referral fee structure. Through our referral fee structure we strive to allow Associates to maximize their earnings as well as to reward Associates who are able to refer as many sales as possible to Amazon. We also try to keep the Programme's referral fee structure as simple and transparent as possible while adapting to changes in the online marketing environment. With these objectives in mind, we are updating our referral fee structure as described below. The Associates Programme Operating Agreement will be updated to reflect these referral fee structure changes, in addition to several other changes we have made to bring the Operating Agreement in line with our current processes. All changes to the Programme will take effect on July 1, 2009. The details of the changes to the referral fee structure are discussed below. If you have any feedback, we'd love to hear from you. Click here for our contact form.

Have you checked our Amazon MP3 offers recently? The Amazon MP3 store now features more than 5 million tracks, from all the major labels and many leading independent labels, all free of Digital Rights Management (DRM), so the music can be enjoyed on any MP3 player, including the iPod, and transferred within seconds to popular music libraries, such as Windows Media or iTunes. Qualifying Amazon MP3 downloads earn a referral fee rate of 10%.

Changes to Referral Fee Structure

• Referral Fee Rates Increased - Earn up to 9% (and 10% for Amazon MP3s): We have raised the top referral fee rate in our tiered model. Most Associates can now earn up to 9% on Qualified Products, an increase of 1.5% from our previous referral fee structure. See table below for details, and don't forget, Amazon MP3 downloads earn a referral fee rate of 10% and gift certificates redeemable on the Amazon site earn a referral fee rate of 6%.
  
   

• Elimination of "Bonus" Structure: Over the past several years, we have developed many new features for Associates such as our new Flash Widgets and the Site Stripe. In order to give you more choice as to which tools and link types you use for linking to Amazon, we believe that you should earn the same amount of referral fee regardless of link type. Therefore, we are eliminating all bonuses based on link types, preferring instead, as per above, to focus on paying higher "base" referral fee rates. It does not matter anymore whether you choose widgets, graphical banners, product feeds or deeplinks generated with our Site Stripe, you will get paid the same revenue share for every sale. We would be remiss though not to remind you that deeplinks improve conversion in many cases and easylinks remains a great tool to discover the best products for your site to promote.
• Standardization of Cap in Tiered Model: In the past we had product line-specific Revenue Share caps and have received feedback that it can be difficult to understand which product lines have revenue caps, at which levels, and which do not. Therefore, starting July 1, 2009, we will apply a standard cap of £7.00 GBP across all product lines. As a reminder, the cap applies only to individual items and not to the overall value of the shopping basket. It also applies only to Associates who are enrolled in the Programme under the Performance Fee Structure.
• New referral fee rates for “Paid Search Placements” and “Downloadable Application/Browser Extension” Associates: Associates will be required to categorise themselves based on the method by which they will send users to the Amazon site. Associates who promote Amazon via paid search placements (i.e., Associates who send users to the Amazon site through keyword bidding or other paid search on Google, Yahoo, MSN, or other search engines) or by placing links to Amazon within downloadable applications (e.g,. browser extensions, desktop-applications etc.) will earn referral fee rates uniquely matched to these activities. If you are a Paid Search Placements Associate or Downloadable Application/Browser Associate, you will soon receive further information by email detailing the referral fee rate applicable to you. If you send traffic to the Amazon site through either of these types of activities but did not register as a Paid Search Placements Associate or Downloadable Application/Browser Associate, please contact our Associate Support to be re-segmented. If we determine that you send traffic through either of these types of activities and are not categorized as such, we may in our sole discretion adjust your categorisation.
• One account per Associate category:For each Associate account, an Associate will be permitted to select only one category that describes the method by which they will send users to the Amazon Site. You may not have multiple accounts for the same type of activity, i.e. if you are sending users to the Amazon Site through paid search placements, you must use the same single Associates account for all paid search placement activity. However, if you send traffic to the Amazon Site using more than one method, you will have to register another Associate account for each method and categorise yourself accordingly during signup. If your existing account is not categorized accurately (i.e., the category associated with your account does not accurately describe how you send users to the Amazon site), please contact Associate Support.

Amazon.co.uk Associate Program Operating Agreement

You can find the full version of the revised Associates Programme Operating Agreement, which will be effective starting July 1st, 2009, by clicking here. In addition to the changes to the referral fee structure described above, we have also revised the Operating Agreement to more accurately reflect the current state of the Programme. Some of these changes include updating the list of Amazon's Proprietary Terms that you may not bid on in search engines, adding a restriction on use of our content or Special Links in applications for mobile devices, adding a requirement that Associates disclose their data collection and use practices, modifying the description of a "session" to accommodate digitally downloadable items, and removing certain excluded products (e.g., "hard to find") from the Operating Agreement so that they are now eligible to earn referral fees. If you would like to review all the changes, please visit this page where we have posted the new Operating Agreement and labeled the modifications in italics to help you to identify them more conveniently. Feel free to ask questions at any time by using contact Us

As described in the Operating Agreement, your continued participation in our Programme on or after the date on which the changes become effective, which is July 1, 2009, will constitute your binding acceptance of the revised terms. However, you may decline the terms of the revised Operating Agreement by notifying us prior to July 1, 2009, that you wish to terminate your participation in the Programme. You may send such notification to us by using the contact us form.

Thank you and best regards,

Your Amazon.co.uk Associates Team

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Give Dad a Day to Remember!

Make sure you're visitor's are prepared for June 21, with our selection of gift ideas for all types of Dad. From the great outdoors to gadgets, fatherly fashion to toys for big kids, we've got it covered in our Father's Day store.

›For an Outdoors Dad

›For a Gadget Obsessive

›For a Media-Mad Dad

›For a Father of Fashion

›For a DIY Dad

›For a Big Kid

If your visitor's are still in a flap then there are always Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificates so Dad can decide for himself!

Available on MP3 downloads and millions of other items, a gift certificate makes problem purchases a thing of the past.

Best regards,

Your Amazon.co.uk Associates Team

Weekly Amazon Recommended Products and Offers

Greetings Associates,

Please find attached excel files that include hand selected products and hot offers for this week (week starting Monday, June 8th):

Download Books

Download Electronics_Photo

Download Health_Beauty

Download Home_Garden

Download Music

Download Shoes

Download Tools

Simply add your Associates ID into the top of the excel file and your direct links will be formatted for you.

Thank you for your continued participation in the Amazon.co.uk Associates program.

Your Amazon.co.uk Associates Team

Summer time - something for everyone!

Summer has arrived, the festival season is kicking off and it's the perfect time to do some gardening! At Amazon.co.uk we've something for all of your site visitors.

There are numerous promotions running right now: Up to 50% off designer sunglasses, up to 50% off DIY and garden tools, up to 33% off essential summer footwear and many more. Click on the links or images below or visit Amazon.co.uk and browse around. Don't forget to take advantage of the sitestripe feature to link directly to products on Amazon.co.uk!

Umbro Retro Sunglasses
Umbro

RRP:	£30.00
Our Price:	£14.55
You Save:	£15.45 (52%)

Draper 43637 1/2 Inch Socket Set 31 Piece
Draper

RRP:	£120.16
Our Price:	£55.78
You Save:	£64.38 (54%)

10 used & new from £52.59

Steve Madden Womens Vivaci
Apparel

RRP:	£60.00
Our Price:	£39.99
You Save:	£20.01 (33%)

Take a look at http://www.amazon.co.uk/ now and show your site visitors some absolute bargains!

Best regards,
Your Amazon.co.uk Associates Team

Up to 70% off selected Oi! Jewellery and Disney Accessories!

The Amazon.co.uk website is currently running a promotion on selected Oi! Jewellery and Disney Accessories until Sunday 31st May.

Below you'll find a selection of ASIN's featuring these great discounts. Browse around the site and you'll find plenty more! Remember to make use of the site stripe feature to link directly to products on the Amazon.co.uk website and help your customers find these great deals.

ASIN:  
  B001FSKJGQ

Disney Princess Party Bag- Mirror, Elastics, Stickers, Bandeeau & Slides by Disney

Buy new: £12.99 £3.89

 

  B001FSKJHK  

 

Disney Tinkerbell Butterfly Sequin Purse With Comb, Mirror & Lipgloss by Disney

Buy new: £14.99 £4.49

 

B001FSKJHA  

Disney Princess Bag With Locket, Wand, Tiarra, Ribbon Hair Elastic by Disney

Buy new: £13.99 £4.19

 

Oi! - Ladies Pink Fresh Water Pearl and Crystal Earrings - E0088 by Oi!

Buy new: £15.99 £4.79

 

A few more ASIN's featuring these great discounts:

  B001FSKJHU  
  B000UX2NN4
  B0016J5U4K  
  B0019RBYUI  
  B001ELKD7Y  
  B001ELKD4C  
  B0019ZCZQM 

Best regards,
Your Amazon.co.uk Associates Team

Weekly Amazon Recommended Products and Offers

Greetings Associates,

Please find attached excel files that include hand selected products and hot offers for this week (week starting Monday, May 25th):

Download Books

Download DVD

Download Electronics_Photo

Download Health_Beauty

Download MP3

Download Music

Download Shoes

Download Sports_Leisure

Simply add your Associates ID into the top of the excel file and your direct links will be formatted for you.

Thank you for your continued participation in the Amazon.co.uk Associates program.

Your Amazon.co.uk Associates Team

Weekly Amazon Recommended Products and Offers

Greetings Associates,

Please find attached excel files that include hand selected products and hot offers for this week (week starting Monday, May 18th):

Download Books

Download DVD

Download Electronics_Photo

Download Health_Beauty

Download Home_Garden

Download Jewellery

Download MP3

Download Music

Download Shoes

Download Sports_Leisure

Download Tools

Download Watches

Simply add your Associates ID into the top of the excel file and your direct links will be formatted for you.

Thank you for your continued participation in the Amazon.co.uk Associates program.

Your Amazon.co.uk Associates Team

Weekly Amazon Recommended Products and Offers

Greetings Associates,

Please find attached excel files that include hand selected products and hot offers for this week (week starting Monday, May 11th):

Download Books

Download DVD

Download Electronics_Photo

Download Health_Beauty

Download Home_Garden

Download Jewellery

Download MP3

Download Music

Download Sports_Leisure

Download Tools

Download Watches

Simply add your Associates ID into the top of the excel file and your direct links will be formatted for you.

Thank you for your continued participation in the Amazon.co.uk Associates program.

Your Amazon.co.uk Associates Team

The Amazon.co.uk Associates Depeche Mode competition is here!

We're very excited to announce the launch of the Amazon.co.uk Associates Depeche Mode competition.

In collaboration with Mute we are giving you the chance to win 2 highly sought after tickets to see Depeche Mode live in concert this December at the London 02 Arena! 2 runner ups will also receive a copy of the new Depeche Mode “Sounds of the Universe” box set:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sounds-Universe-Depeche-Mode/dp/B001UE276A.

To enter the competition simply submit your Associates ID and email address on this page.

What do I need to do to win?

1.    Refer the most units (which must be shipped) of the Depeche Mode “Sounds of the Universe” box set (ASIN B001UE276A). Note that, as per our operating agreement, personal orders will not be counted nor will you be paid for them)

2.   The referrals will be counted between May 1st and October 30th 2009

3.   Competition is only on New items, used units will not be taken into account.

The full Terms & Conditions are available on the entry page found here.

As always, we’d love to hear your feedback. Please use the contact us form here to send us your comments.

Thanks for your continued participation in the Amazon.co.uk Associates program and wishing you the best of luck in our Depeche Mode “Sounds of the Universe” competition.

Best regards,
Your Amazon.co.uk Associates Team