Amazon.co.uk Associates Blog

Valentine's day at Amazon.co.uk

Romantic meals are so last year! If your romantic site visitors need some inspiration, show them our Valentine's page here which includes gift ideas for him and suggestions for her, Jewellery, Beauty, Fashion, Entertainment, Grooming and much more. There are special deals on across a whole range of different product categories. Check them out here now.

We also have a selection of banners available here for you to promote Valentine's day on your site.

If your site visitors don't know what to buy their loved ones, they can always give a gift certificate to get them what they always wanted!

Use the Site stripe feature to link directly to items on the Amazon.co.uk website, or use one of our many other tools that we make available on Associates Central to promote items to your site visitors.

Important Changes to Amazon Associates Programme

The Associates Programme Operating Agreement has been updated and will become effective on March 1, 2010. A single Operating Agreement governs the Associates Programme for each of the Amazon sites in the UK, Germany, and France, and a combined sign up process for new Associates enables enrolment in one, two, or all three programmes at once. (Please note we have not yet unified store IDs so you will still need one store ID per Amazon site you are operating in.) In addition to consolidating the terms for the three programmes, the updated Operating Agreement has been restructured to make the information you want more accessible. In addition, some terms of the Operating Agreement have changed. For examples of those changes, click here and to read the updated Operating Agreement, click here.

For your reference we have also provided German and French translations of the updated Operating Agreement. However, please note that the English language version of the Operating Agreement governs your participation in the Programme and controls over any inconsistent terms in the translated versions. Your continued participation in the Associates Programme on or after March 1, 2010 constitutes your acceptance of the updated agreement, so please be sure to review the updated Operating Agreement carefully.

Changes to Amazon Associates Programme

Dear Associate,

After careful review of our Associates programme, we have made the decision that as of February 1, 2010, we will no longer pay referral fees to Associates who send users to http://www.amazon.co.uk , http://astore.amazon.co.uk or http://www.javari.co.uk through keyword bidding or other paid search on Google, Bing, Yahoo, or any other search engine, or their extended search networks. In connection with this change, as of February 1, 2010, we will no longer provide Associates who engage in such paid search activities with access to our Product Advertising API or datafeeds. If you are currently enrolled in the Associates Programme as a Paid Search Placement Associate and wish to continue to participate in the Programme after February 1, 2010, you must choose a new category that most accurately describes the method you will use to send users to the Amazon.co.uk or Javari.co.uk site. Of course, just choosing a new category is not sufficient - you will also need to stop sending traffic via paid search links, as you will no longer be paid for such traffic starting on February 1, regardless of what category you choose. You may change your category by writing to us using the Contact Us form available on Associates Central or by following this link:

https://affiliate-program.amazon.co.uk/gp/associates/contact

If you are enrolled in the Associates Programme as a Paid Search Placement Associate and you do not contact us to modify your category on or prior to March 1 2010 your Associates account will automatically be closed.

In addition, as of February 1, 2010 we will no longer pay referral fees on purchases made by customers who are referred to http://www.amazon.co.uk or http://www.javari.co.uk via Free Search Results. Free Search Results are links containing an Associate's tag displayed in a search engine's free, natural, or organic search results in response to a search query which send customers directly to an Amazon site without the customer first being sent to an Associate's site and the customer clicking on a link to arrive at the Amazon site.

These changes do not prohibit you from purchasing paid search advertisements or submitting links to search engines so long as the links that appear on the search engines send customers to your site. If customers arrive at the Amazon.co.uk or Javari.co.uk site by clicking on Special Links displayed on your site (ie, links on your site pointing to Amazon.co.uk or Javari.co.uk with Amazon Associates tags), you will continue to earn referral fees in accordance with the Associates Programme Operating Agreement. There are a number of tools available through Associates Central to assist you with integrating Special Links into your sites, such as aStore by Amazon, various customisable widgets, and the Product Advertising API.

These changes apply only to the Associates Programme in the UK. If you are conducting paid or free search activities in connection with one of Amazon's Associates Programmes outside of the UK, please refer to the applicable country's Associates Programme Operating Agreement for relevant terms and conditions.

For a summary of these changes please visit this page See what's changed, and to review the Operating Agreement please visit this page Operating Agreement. If you're not sure if these changes affect you, please visit this page for FAQs .

If you have questions or concerns, please write to us by using the Contact Us form available on Associates Central or by following this link:

https://affiliate-program.amazon.co.uk/gp/associates/contact

Best regards,

Your Amazon.co.uk Associates Team

Free Delivery at Amazon.co.uk wasn't just for Christmas!

Amazon.co.uk's FREE Super Saver Delivery will continue following its successful launch in the build-up to Christmas.

Each and every product sold by Amazon.co.uk will continue to automatically qualify for FREE Super Saver Delivery* with no minimum purchase within the UK, following the introduction of this initiative in October 2009 for the festive season. Prior to October, Amazon.co.uk customers had to spend £5 for their order to qualify for FREE Super Saver Delivery.

“Customers have responded positively to FREE Super Saver Delivery during the Christmas period and so we are thrilled to announce that it will continue on into 2010 and beyond on the millions of items available at Amazon.co.uk,” said Brian McBride, Managing Director of Amazon.co.uk Ltd.

Use the Site stripe feature to link directly to items on the Amazon.co.uk website, or use one of our many other tools that we make available on Associates Central to promote items to your site visitors.

*Free Super Saver Delivery excludes third party sellers where orders are not fulfilled by Amazon.co.uk. For more information, see this page. 

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, January 4th):

• Download Books
• Download DVD
• Download Health_Beauty
• Download Jewellery
• Download Music
• Download PC_VideoGames
• 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

Wishing our Amazon.co.uk Associates a Merry Christmas!

Dear Associates,
 
We’d like to take this opportunity to wish you and your loved ones all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year.
 

 
We thought we’d also take this opportunity to  remind you that that Boxing Day is one of the busiest days of online shopping in the year with millions of customers spending their gift certificates and looking for those great early January deals.
 
Brian McBride, Managing Director of Amazon.co.uk Ltd said: ‘In 2008, we saw a 150% increase in sales on Christmas Day compared to the previous year. One of the great things about the advent of internet shopping is that you now have stores that are open 24/7, every single day of the year. We saw high volumes of gift certificates being redeemed on Christmas Day as well as a substantial number of MP3 tracks being purchased, with people presumably logging on to get content for the MP3 player that they had received as a gift earlier that day. This year, we are expecting another busy Christmas Day with people visiting to check out the great offers available as part of our January Deals promotion.

Take advantage of the sale shopping spree by promoting some of the great deals currently running on Amazon.co.uk here.

Use the Site stripe feature to link directly to items on the Amazon.co.uk website, or use one of our many other tools that we make available on Associates Central.

Thank you for your continued participation on the Amazon.co.uk Associates programme and wishing you all the very best in the future.

Seasons Greetings,
Your Amazon.co.uk Associates Team

50 MP3 Albums for £5

It's your site visitors lucky day: Promote 50 great albums, including best-selling new albums from Lady GaGa, Michael Buble, Susan Boyle and more, for only £5 each. These offers will run until Thursday the 7th January 2010. 

Use the Site stripe feature to link directly to items on the Amazon.co.uk website, or use one of our many other tools that we make available on Associates Central.

Wishing you all the very best for the festive period.

Best regards,

Your Amazon.co.uk Associates Team

Christmas Ordering Cutoffs

The Christmas rush is on and everyone is scrambling to buy their last Christmas presents for family, friends and colleagues. Amazon.co.uk Christmas-ordering cutoff dates are shown below for you to promote to your website visitors, helping them complete their shopping in time.

This year’s order cutoff dates, for delivery in time for Christmas are displayed below, or you can find them on the Amazon.co.uk website here.

 

International deliveries vary by location. For a breakdown by country, please refer to our Last Order Dates page.

At this time of year you'll find that promoting Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificates is a great opportunity.

Gift certificates can be redeemed for millions of products across Amazon.co.uk and thus make the perfect Christmas present. With multiple Christmas designs, each gift certificate can be personalised and either e-mailed or printed for an immediate gift. You can promote Gift Certificates using our banners found on Associate Central, here.

Use the Site stripe feature to link directly to items on the Amazon.co.uk website, or use one of our many other tools that we make available on Associates Central.

Wishing you all the very best for the festive period.

Best regards,

Your Amazon.co.uk Associates Team

Joe McElderry Crowned Winner of X Factor 2009

The X Factor launched Leona Lewis on the path to world-wide fame, and there are many other artists making a name for themselves following success on what has become one of the most popular programmes on television. Following in Leona's footsteps, both boy band JLS and soul singer Alexandra Burke are storming the charts.

We have loads of X Factor items including CDs, DVDs, toys, and The X Factor Annual 2010 for you to promote to your site visitors individually, or you can promote all of them by promoting the X Factor Store.

Promote X Factor winner Joe McElderry's debut single, The Climb, for only 29p on MP3 or £2.99 on CD, or his pre-order debut album.

Use the Site stripe feature to link directly to items on the Amazon.co.uk website, or use one of our many other tools that we make available on Associates Central.

Amazon.co.uk Deals of the Day

Deals of the Day

New day, new deals... Until Sunday, December 13, Amazon.co.uk will be running a series of one-day sales, with some great deals on selected items. Each day there'll be a new set of deals, so be sure to keep visiting the page and make your visitors aware of them.

Use the Site stripe feature to link directly to items on the Amazon.co.uk website, or use one of our many other tools that we make available on Associates Central.