Amazon announces record profits, cuts commissions at the same time
Today Amazon announced record sales of $59.6 billion, "blowing away" all expectations. They made a fortune!
https://ir.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/amazoncom-announces-first-quarter-sales-17-597-billion
They also announced plans to further cut affiliate commissions, because they can. Guess they didn't want to share with people who helped them earn it.
One smart publisher commented "I feel like a frog that's slowly being boiled so I don't jump out." She nailed it.
Do you really want to build your whole affiliate future on Amazon? Work with other advertisers while you still can. I can literally give you a dozen reasons why working with Amazon is a bad idea, not to mention that great article on WA -
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/newmarketpro/blog/25-reasons-to-get-banned-from-amazons-affiliate-program
Think carefully before you focus all your work around a single source!
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I hope people will read this, if only to protect themselves. I hate seeing people get hurt by A.
I agree. Being an Amazon Affiliate shouldn't force anyone to put all their eggs in one basket. You can still use other affiliates programs alongside Amazon. And if Azon gives you the boot, just switch your links over. It will take work, but our articles will never belong to Amazon.
They don't treat their affiliates well for sure. They are all big stick and never give you the carrot! People will buy other places than Amazon, especially if you give them the reasons why another source is better in your posts.
It breaks my heart to see publishers focus entirely on Amazon, when I've watched them for years and seen them do this more times than I can count!
I've done a lot and made a reasonable amount over the years with Amazon but just last week I got Shareasale to reinstate me and found several businesses that looked good. Some of them have better commissions than A but not all, but I think they all have longer times.
Welcome back to ShareASale! If I can help there, let me know!
Yes, I think you'll usually find much better commissions working through a network, and the cookie will always be longer than the silly 24-hour cookie on Amazon.
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I for one hate being Amazon affiliate but it`s a love-hate thing, it`s much easier to sell products on Amazon than anywhere (in my opinion) but the commissions really suck, the cookie period terrible.
I think anyone who wants to succeed with Amazon has to make sales for a minimum of $1000 a day to succeed online and some products do not even earn you a commission.
Amazon will always treat you badly, and find ways to make even that worse. You chose easy over earnings. It's your right to do that, of course, but you've definitely paid a price in opportunity costs. Did you start your site so it could be easy or so it could be profitable? Whatever you decide is fine, but just make sure you are considering all aspects when choosing your partners.
Agree but there are times I find myself falling back to Amazon for different reasons, for example, last night I was looking for a product and getting more frustrated by the minute, could just not find it in flexoffers or at Rakuten(Linkshare) even after spending 25 minutes searching.
Went to Amazon, first search and the product was right there, found in less than 2 minutes. This is not the first time, It`s also much easier(possible) to find affiliate products on Amazon so sometimes affiliates find they have to sell Amazon products.I just try to mix things up when possible.
That doesn't surprise me that you didn't find it on those two networks. Awin is the largest network in the world, with over 26,000 merchants. You have a much better chance if you belong to additional networks and not just those two.