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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