Amazon and Social Media
So, two years ago, I wrote a post about how you need to notify Amazon if you are using their links on social media.
I thought it was worth sharing again, as I suspect there have been many more members joining Amazon since I posted it.
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/dianescorpio/blog/amazon-links-and-social-media
And typically, when you first join Amazon, you just add the name of your website.
But, if later, you start using Facebook or similar platforms to post their affiliate links, you need to add your social media accounts to your Amazon profile.
I have also seen a recent story, where somebody has been successfully earning a decent commission from Amazon for eight years and has now had his account terminated.
Amazon apparently has automated tools that crawl affiliate sites looking for violations of their Operating Agreement.
If one of Amazon’s bots finds a link with your affiliate tag on a site other than the one listed in your account, they will assume you are doing something shady and flag your account.
Unfortunately, with this particular guy, other people were sharing his links on forums, etc, which he had no idea about and was out of his control.
He received an email from Amazon that stated "Effective today, Amazon is terminating your Affiliate account. While reviewing your account we noticed traffic coming to Amazon from one or more sites/social media handles/mobile applications that are currently not included in your Associates account."
You can read the story below.
https://synack.me/blog/diskprices-au
Please be careful, thanks for reading.
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Hi Diane
Thanks for the heads up.
My thoughts: The person who was earning a decent commission from Amazon was also making Amazon a decent amount of money. Good business practice would dictate that in a win-win situation, Amazon should have notified that affiliate member in an attempt to rectify the situation before simply terminating the relationship.
This is not only bad business; it most likely represents a hidden agenda on Amazon's behalf.
Rock On! 🤘
Frank 🎸
I've never done this with Amazon, but was thinking about doing it, so this is great info that I actually can do it, but just need to mention it in my account, thanks! ( I had to remove affiliate links from Etsy on my FB group, as I thought it was allowed and it wasn't clear at all when I first joined, especially not on the Dutch pages as I joined Etsy EU).
Kind of sad really, as others allow it and even advise you to, especially if you have a large FB group)
thanks!
Lizzy
That makes me feel ever so grateful that I am not an Amazon Associate in their affiliate program. I know I’ve stated this before. It's just getting to be too much. They are now becoming a dictator! They will lose business because they’ve gone too far to cut out everything and squash their associates like a dead bug! They can take a hike. Poor guy! Stories like that should help people realize Amazon does NOT give a hoot they just like to dictate it's genocide! Soon they will stop their program wouldn't surprise me. Or the feds shut them down. There will me a lot of upcoming lawsuits.
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You know, Amazon will find any reason to terminate your account and they will keep your commission too. I had my account terminated years ago and have tried to get back in unsuccessfully because I am red flagged. This story is all too familiar to me. I am glad I am NOT with them anymore because they don't treat their affiliates very well.