Amazon.co.uk Associates Blog: News

September 09, 2009

End of Summer Jewellery Sale!

Up to 67% off fine and fashion jewellery and big brand names

Check out the end of summer Jewellery sale at Amazon.co.uk here and help your site visitors save up to 67% off fine and fashion jewellery and big brand names!

Lola Rose Small Facted Heart Necklace In Black Agate

D&G DJ0256 Stainless Steel Ladies Romantic Bracelet

The sale ends 27th September 2009 and is subject to availability.

Please click here to see the full Terms and Conditions.

Use the Sitestripe feature to link directly to products or use one of the many other tools we provide to advertise on your site.

Posted by The Amazon Associates Team on September 09, 2009 at 06:39 AM in News | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

August 19, 2009

It's coming: The Sony PlayStation 3 Slim Console (120GB Model)

This item will be released on September 1, 2009.

The rumours were true. The world's worst kept secret has been confirmed!

The Sony PlayStation 3 Slim Console is coming. 32% smaller, 36% lighter and consuming 34% less power than the original, the PLAYSTATION 3 Slim features video chat, internet access, digital photo viewing, and digital audio and video--making it likely to be the central component of yours and your site visitors media set-up.

First and foremost a powerful gaming console, the PLAYSTATION 3 Slim gives high definition power to the most recent games releases, including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, FIFA 10, Final Fantasy XIII, Metal Gear Solid 4, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Tekken 6, and Gran Turismo 5. The in-built Blu-ray disc player also provides capability for high definition home entertainment, supporting cinema-quality movie playback.

Tell your site visitors about this exciting item and remind them about our Pre-order Price Guarantee now. Learn more.

Use the Sitestripe feature to link directly to this product!

Best regards,
Your Amazon.co.uk Associates Team

Posted by The Amazon Associates Team on August 19, 2009 at 02:48 AM in News | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

August 10, 2009

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, August 10th):

Download Books

Download Health_Beauty

Download Sports_Leisure

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

Posted by The Amazon Associates Team on August 10, 2009 at 02:21 AM in News | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

August 03, 2009

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, August 3rd):

Download Books

Download Electronics_Photo

Download Health_Beauty

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

Posted by The Amazon Associates Team on August 03, 2009 at 06:12 AM in News | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

June 24, 2009

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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Posted by The Amazon Associates Team on June 24, 2009 at 05:19 AM in News | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

June 05, 2009

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

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

Posted by The Amazon Associates Team on June 05, 2009 at 07:13 AM in News | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

June 04, 2009

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

Posted by The Amazon Associates Team on June 04, 2009 at 12:28 AM in News | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

May 29, 2009

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