Amazon Is NOT the Only Game In Town

Yesterday, I received an email from the Grand Pappy of all affiliates... Amazon, ahem... dot com. You may have one in your inbox, too. Here it is pasted below

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Hi there,

We are writing to notify you of some changes to the Amazon Associates Program Operating Agreement, which governs your participation in the Amazon Associates Program. All changes are effective as of January 1, 2018.

Visit Associates Central to see a summary of changes to the Operating Agreement. Sincerely, The Amazon Associates Program
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Like me, your first thought may have been, "Well, ahh, THAT can't be good."

And you would be correct.

Here's the bad news folks, once again, copied and pasted her for your perusal...

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Associates Operating Agreement – What’s Changed

Here are some of the most important updates we made to the Amazon Associates Program Operating Agreement and Program Policies on January 1, 2018:
Changes to the Program Policies

• We’ve changed the rate for Amazon Fire Tablet Devices, Dash Buttons, and Amazon Kindle Devices from 8.0% to 4.0% and for Amazon Echo Devices from 8% to 7%.
• We’ve updated the list of Amazon Channels.

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I'm sure the updated list of Amazon channels is of no consequence. However, did you see the drop in those commissions?! They slashed the commissions on Amazon Fire Tablets, Dash Buttons, and Amazon Kindles by 50%. They're already notoriously cheap enough and now they're back to being SUPER-Cheapos.

Fear not, though, and I'll tell you why. If you read Kyle's latest post, he just blogged about this very subject. Check it out here

Affiliate Marketing in 2018, What You Need to Know

Although his article touts Amazon as having gotten half of all online affiliate sales ofver the holidays, my guess is, if they treat their affiliates as if they are less and less important over time, it will give US, the AFFILIATES, the opportunity to make more money from the other businesses out there. And like Kyle says in making his very first point:

Affiliate Programs Need Affiliates More Than Ever.

So, take heart,everyone. And take advantage of some of the affiliate opportunities that present themselves OUTSIDE of Amazon. There's Share-A-Sale, Pepperjam, and heck, the Affiliate bootcamp right here in your own backyard - to name a few. There are dating sites, travel sites, pet supply companies, music stores, etc.; affiliate programs in every category.

There's more than one way to stay in the game, so if Amazon isn't doing right by you...

Just say...

"Bye Felicia"