Christmas with Amazon
Checking my e mail on Christmas morning I found a message from Amazon informing me that they are rejecting my affiliate status for lack of referrals.
Well Merry Christmas to you too Amazon!
I have heard a lot of other problems from others here at WA with Amazon as well.
I am choosing not to do business with a company that would be the Scrooge on Christmas Day.
I will not be reapplying to Amazon.
Doug
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Its there loss in the end.
Especially when we all go for private affiliate options.
Best wishes:))
Bummer to see / hear of that happening to you. :-( Amazon is a competitor of my current business, so I knew I'd need to have other options too besides them. Have you tried or had success with ClickBank?
I had signed up with ClickBank a long time ago when trying to learn about affiliate marketing. I hadn't gotten far, yet I haven't gotten kicked out even though I hadn't made any sales yet. I have faith that'll change because of learning through WA after going through the monetization courses.
Hang in there. I wish you'll have better experiences.
Just keep plugging away and use the disapproval as "tackling fuel" (from The Water Boy) to get traffic, referrrals, and sales. ;-)
Sorry to hear about your Amazon account especially on Christmas Day. The good thing is that there are other affiliate sites that give you better commissions than Amazon does & they don't penalize you for not getting the traffic that they think you should.
Yeah, I feel the same about Amazon. They rejected me because I didn't have enough traffic. They don't even give you a chance. As they say, upward and onward. :)
Sorry to hear about that, man.
There is no reason for them to do that on Christmas morning, especially when YOU are the one doing them a favor by being an affiliate.
So sorry to hear they would do this to you on Christmas Day! Are you sure it wasn't just the warning letter that you have so much longer and then they are removing you? I always say when a company gets too big, it is bad news......
I am sure that they will be sending me that message very soon and I agree with you. There are a lot of other places that you can choose to apply to that are more valuable to you in the future. I made that same mistake as you thinking that I should go right away to a network before I was ranking high on Google This should be first priority......Traffic first.
Ken
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I would call this 'bad business sense' for Amazon! Their loss, not yours. You've many more amazing affiliate companies to work with!
I agree. I don't see good things coming from such a "partner"