There are several items Amazon is selling that are really being sold through another company such as, Musicians Friend. Since Musicians Friend is getting the revenue for the product and shipping it from their warehouse, am I still able to make a commission through Amazon?
Should I only sell products that are being sold and shipped by Amazon only?
No, you don't have to worry about this.
Two thirds of the stuff I sell does not get shipped by Amazon and it all goes towards your total.
What happens when something comes up on an Amazon search, but is then marked as being available from an external web site rather than a Marketplace seller? I don't mean the ads that appear below the search results, but items listed in the search results, which then direct to another site.
by Emma 15 years ago
Don't you just love that we don't get commissions for Kindle book sales? I'd love to know what the excuse for that is. Every time I see one of those zero commission sales in my reports I want to scream. I never link to the Kindle versions of books. Buy paper!! Down with electronic reading devices!...
by Bev G 6 years ago
We have another thread connected to this, but no-one from the staff side has responded. The recent changes in the structure of Amazon commission seem to have had a detrimental affect. While the number of sales has not decreased, earnings have halved this month.89 shipped sales (103 total sales so...
by OregonWino 15 years ago
I had two seperate sales listed a couple of says ago and I login today and both are gone (and yes I checked the last quarter of 2009 etc...nothing!!) Anyone had something like this happen before?
by Chinweike 15 years ago
I just checked my Amazon account and noticed i have made a sale. Though not much, it's just $3.89 as commission. And guess what, it came from the hub i least expect would give me any sales.So happy to be saying this.GRRRRRRRIIIIIIII...........
by Glen 14 years ago
by Dan Harmon 4 years ago
With the cut in commission rates I fully expected to see a big drop in earnings. It hasn't happened, though - my Amazon earnings are nearly what they were in Nov. of last year - because the sales are way up.Are others seeing this, or am I just lucky? Did something happen that Amazon is...
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