Comments on: Evolve or Die? Amazon.com Chooses To Die

By: FromThisSeat.com

FromThisSeat.com — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:11:29 +0000

I will tell you that I haven’t had much success with Amazon’s affiliate program. But posting a link somewhere and asking someone to click on it and buy something? No. Amazon shouldn’t be entitled to those payouts. That just goes to show you that the webmaster doesn’t have good content and a steady stream of targeted traffic. More traffic = more sales and no reason to paste links in hopes of getting conversions.

By: SEO Link Company

SEO Link Company — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:27:46 +0000

Amazon.com’s choice is not to join the community anymore, it’s hardly seen on the internet. I think this is their decision, and we have to respect that.

By: Cata

Cata — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:53:28 +0000

Amazon doesn’t even have that high of an EPC, so I think they should do everything it takes in order to protect their affiliates.

By: Alex Newman

Alex Newman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:56:13 +0000

You can’t just use a redirect through a page on your own site? Posting that kind of link looks prettier on social media – but I don’t know if Amazon TOS allows it.

Seems to me that really big companies in general don’t care a damn about small affiliates and independent marketers, and consider them a waste of their time (can anyone say Google? ;) ). They are playing in a different ballpark. Most of AMZ’s affiliate traffic probably comes direct from other really big sites and their owners. Most super affiliates are already hugely successful with their own sites and products, and it’s rare that someone becomes a big affiliate without this strong foundation in the first place.

Also – I don’t think Amazon is dying. With a +16% on the last 3 months in Alexa and holding firm for the last couple of years, I’d say they are doing just fine. Their stock’s looking pretty healthy too.

By: Jeff Kliegman

Jeff Kliegman — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:54:23 +0000

BN.com is definitely paying commissions to our affiliates for all social media links.

Thanks!

By: Joshua Odmark

Joshua Odmark — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:05:47 +0000

I was contacted directly by Amazon to discuss the issue of my original article.

I will be posting a follow up article that will provide a conclusion to this issue.

By: Michael VanDeMar

Michael VanDeMar — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:47:57 +0000

Looks like this is actually a misconception, and that the practice is allowed (took a little bit to get them to admit it though): http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2009/07/17/amazon-confirms-shortened-urls-are-allowed-on-facebook-and-twitter/

By: Susan Fuller

Susan Fuller — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:36:48 +0000

This is the least of Amazon’s sins…they are closing affiliate accounts of people who live in states that have passed ‘Amazon tax’ laws, and if your links are still active, Amazon is still making a sale but no longer paying the affiliate fee. What’s wrong with this picture?

I live in Rhode Island and my account was cancelled before the law even took effect. Other states to follow. Is Amazon going to stop using affiliates altogether or are they going to accept what is probably inevitable? In the meantime they are alienating marketers who probably won’t come back.

By: Carlos Redondo

Carlos Redondo — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:12:15 +0000

It´s not a affiliation die. They are protecting protecting amazon of spam attacks. As happened with spam affiliate forums for some time.

Other problem is for tracking short URLs for example

By: Sockmoney

Sockmoney — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:50:11 +0000

I think Amazon is ahead of the game here. Twitter is a spam haven. Every day I read posts on how to take advantage of Twitter for commercial purposes. Amazon reads the same posts I am sure.

Good for them. If this kid wants to sell products for Amazon, have him simply start a blog and then link to his reviews from there…

Twittering affiliate links is just tacky….