Amazon Commission Questions

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   Jeremy Gillposted 5 years ago

   Hello all, just a few questions about what does and doesn't provide commissions from amazon capsules:
   
   1) If you click your own capsule and buy an amazon product, do you still receive your earnings?
   2) If a reader goes to amazon because of your article and adds an item to their cart, but doesn't actually buy it until, say, a few weeks later, do you still collect your cut of the sale?
   
   Any insights are welcome.

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      nomadspiritposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Hi.
      Unsure about the question #1. As for number 2, you earn commission off of anything the person buys within 30 days of clicking your add.

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      nomadspiritposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Just to correct my initial answer to your second question. I double checked Amazon's affiliate policy on their site and it is 89 days after initially adding the product to their shopping cart that you have to collect a commission and not 30 days as I initially thought!

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      Marketing Meritposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      #1 Most definitely not and you risk losing your affiliate account. See link below:
      https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/he … /202050040

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      TIMETRAVELER2posted 5 years agoin reply to this

      It is totally against Amazon policy to click on your own adds OR have anybody who uses your computer do so. 
      
      I was unaware that if a person clicked on an ad and then didn't buy it for a period of time that you'd get anything off of it if they purchased it later.  Others here say you can, but I have strong doubts about that.  It has always been my thought that you get one chance to make a sale and that's when someone clicks on it and buys it right then.  To click on an ad means you are looking at it, not buying it.
      
      Now, if they come back later to your hub and do a click and buy on the same product, then, yes, you'll get a commission. 
      
      The good news is, however, if someone clicks on an ad and then starts shopping and buying, you get commission for every single thing they buy during that shopping session, even if they don't buy the original item.  If you get lucky and get someone who is a real shopper, you can make a good deal of money on just that one click through.

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   Kenna McHughposted 5 years ago

   The replies covered it. Though, you need to understand the purpose of having the ads. Sure, you make a commission but, most importantly, you are helping reader find what the need based on your article.

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      Jeremy Gillposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Definitely, most of my articles don't employ Amazon capsules, and the ones that do usually only have one item that's the most crucial to what I'm discussing. Thanks to all for their help.

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   theraggededgeposted 5 years ago

   If they place the item in their shopping cart, the cookie lasts 90 days. If they just click through, the cookie only lasts 24 hours.

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      Natalie Frankposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      What does click through mean here?  If they click on your ad, look at it but don't add it or anything else to their shopping cart?  Then if they come back and purchase the item in the add or whatever they were looking at within 24 hours you still get the commission?  I hardly use Amazon capsules and when I do they are usually cut so I'm not up on this stuff.  Thanks.

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         theraggededgeposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         If they click through to Amazon from your associate link a cookie is added to their browser. If they return to Amazon and purchase anything anytime over the next 24 hours, the commission will be attributed to you

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            Natalie Frankposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            Thanks for explaining that.  I had no idea that was how it worked.  Maybe it is worth it to try to add an Amazon link every now and again.

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               Barbara Kayposted 5 years agoin reply to this

               I've given up on Amazon ads. I had a list of free crochet patterns and added a link for the yarn that was needed to crochet the item and I have used many times. That was removed. Since I have never added anything that didn't help the reader and every ad has been removed, I give up.

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                  wildernessposted 5 years agoin reply to this

                  Unless you discussed that yarn at some length, with pros and cons, and gave a recommendation to purchase that particular brand, or the yard was special, hard to find or unusual somehow, it probably won't be allowed.

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                     Barbara Kayposted 5 years agoin reply to this

                     Thanks wilderness.

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