Amazon Affiliate Program

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Hi everyone, Happy Friday! I wanted to share something that I stumbled upon this past Friday in the Live Chat area. I was trying to help a new member, as I am quite new too. She was in the Lesson that teaches you how to sign up with affiliate programs. A fellow member told her not to sign up to an Affiliate Program until she had at least 10 visitors a day to her site. That confused me because if she has ANY visitor how can they make any purchases without an affiliate link? Maybe I don't understand this and if so, PLEASE leave a comment. :)

The member also said something that REALLY GOT MY ATTENTION! He said Amazon will close your website if you no sales in 3 months. AAAHHHH!!

Being the curious person I am and I certainly do not want to mess up with Amazon, I decided to email Amazon Customer Service about my inquiry. I am very glad to share this with anyone, especially new members. It put me at ease for sure! Sorry for how large this picture is! I tried to decrease the size but had difficulty.. Like I said, I am new at all this! :)


I hope this helps!!

Best Regards,

Kristy

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Hello Kristy, yes that is the same message I received from Amazon. Yes they did close my account due to lack of referrals or sales. The positive is that I can resubscribe once I am ready.

You, too, Harvey?

Yes that is very reassuring to know!

Thank you for the information. I was under the impression it was 3 months as well, so this is a relief!

Well done Kristy for contacting Amazon and sharing their reply here.

That is a great help for new to Amazon members.

Thank you Valerie! It was well needed .. Great information... I’m so happy to help!

That happened to me but I had no problem with re-applying! And 180 days is 6 months not 3 isn't it?!

You are correct.

:)

Yes!!! Plenty of time to get your website up and running and with corrections as needed. And only 3 sales..!

Yes, all good :)

If you don't make the required sales, you can re-apply. Been there, done that. Amazon is one affiliate that is great to start with because they do allow 180 days to make 3 sales.

Awww a member that has been through this! Thanks for offering your feedback!

My apologies! NOT a new member but someone who has been in the position and learned from it! .. it’s all a learning experience. That’s what is so rewarding..

Yes, I have done my fair share of learning! LOL

It’s endless!

Thanks a lot Kristy. This is good to know stuff.

Bruce

You’re very welcome! I’m glad to help!

Good to know that you can reapply when your site is bigger.

Sheila

Yes, great to know this!! It made me feel good to know we have 6 months and worst case scenario we can reapply.. :)

Thanks for sharing this, Kristy. I had an Amazon Affiliate account with another website that was worthless and I did not know how to do any of the things I'm learning here then, and thus, no sales and they closed my account. When I get to that lesson in the training, I will ask how I need to proceed to reinstate my account. They said I can, but like you, I don't know how to get sales or referrals to their site if I don't have an account with them. Will cross that bridge in a week or two when I am working on that lesson. Carol

It’s a learning experience for sure. I learn something every day! It sounds like you do the exact same as when you initially apply to the Amazon Affiliate program. If not, let us know..

Will do. I think that's right...I'll have to reapply when I am ready. The thing that puzzles me, though, is how do I meet their criteria for sales to qualify for their program.

From what I have read, we need 3 sales in a 6 month, 180 day, period to remain in their program. You can do it!!!

Guess the way to achieve that is to have other affiliate programs besides Amazon. I have 2 other ones that I need to learn how to get the code onto my website. Hope to work on that next week.

I signed up for two others and now I better check their policy :) I think one is Share A Sale. I think it’s only Affiliate Marketer’s websites so pretty neat to help everyone ..

Glad you said something I thought maybe I wasn't reading it right. I saw that and decided to forgo Amazon. I'll check again. I'm picky though. Need to find just the right products. And I will review each one. Thank You for the info. I'll have to check again. Also thought I seen something about being exclusive.?

You’re welcome! I understand being picky. It’s nice to know Amazon will give you a second chance. Sometimes things happen.. What do you mean about being exclusive?

Thanks Kristy, great info!

You’re very welcome! I’m very pleased to know this info too.. :)

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