How I Got Rich

Oh dear! Just got an email from Amazon Associates as I’m sure most of you will have done and they are changing the rates of commission they will be giving.

Amazon have tried to put a positive spin on the news but from what I can gather its all bad news!

The 2.5% bonus you got for deeplinking has gone and the amount you have to sell to move up from 5% to 5.5% and beyond has been increased greatly.  Most of the items I sell come from deeplinks so I was often getting 9% commission per item.  Now it looks like that will be a flat 5%.   One item I sell a lot of earns me £2.70 on 9% but it will now get me no more than £1.50.  That means I will be earning 45% less per item!

There also appears to be some bad new for affiliates promoting Amazon via PPC but I didn’t really understand that part.

You can follow the debate on these forums:
http://forums.prospero.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=am-assocuk&msg=2297.1&ctx=4096
http://www.affiliates4u.com/forums/affiliate-marketing-lounge/112591-amazon-associate-updates-7-00-cap-across-all-products-lines.html#post510116