Amazon Associates
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Website & Phone:
☎1-800-372-8066
⇗ http://affiliate-program.amazon.com
The rejection process is actually the worst I've ever seen they don't even really tell you why many folks get an email from with links that don't work as a reason for rejection or termination. Once you have been terminated that's it no second chance ever. This includes if your site or links fall below the set traffic rate and again if this happens no appeal no second chance so if you have a dry spell that option is gone.
Customer service does not apply to affiliates do not expect the same level of service you get when shopping "thank you for being a prime member" etc
The affiliate contacts are harsh some open with a cheery hello then immediately demand removal of any and all ads (even if you have none) and threaten further action against any account on Amazon related to the affiliate program or not.
Good luck figuring out why you may have been rejected even if you have followed all the rules.
Any and all content on your sites Must meet their rules and regardless if amazon sells it or you purchase it off amazon they can terminate your account without reason or recourse and in fact tell you specifically they will not read or accept any further communication from you after the first reply
The list of rules that you have to follow is vast and you need to read every one and follow them
Amazon seems to be more allowing of affiliates over seas which makes it difficult if you are in Canada a quick look on YouTube will tell you that.
It can be beyond frustrating spending years working towards the goal of being an affiliate to be shunned so abruptly and without reason or reconsideration.
Amazon expects you to be understanding of their screw ups late or lost items extreme overcharges, double billing, removing prime features but never dropping the price etc but they do not pay that forward to you.
Once you have had this experience it will affect every other interaction with Amazon depending on what the reps writes on your account and your name your sin# banking information social insurance number credit cards etc are all in their database so they have everything about you.
The pandemic changed amazon they no longer need people to like them they own it all so the service has changed it really shows they don't need affiliates or even your business they have everyone else's so your not important.
Save your time and use another affiliate program because amazon can and will gut you without explaining and black list your information making online business very difficult for you in the future it's not worth the risk
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When it comes for payment no-one will respond to your email.
Once you close the account you will get a mail.
You keep on opening new Account once your commission go up they will close your account and again you will get the same email to reapply.
Below is a line of a mail from Amazon. Till date no payment is confirmed from Amazon
What's Next? You will be paid for any outstanding fees accrued prior to this notice. You're welcome to reapply once our programme requirements are met by submitting another application here: Amazon Affiliate Programme For more information please refer to these resources: Operating Agreement, Affiliate Programme Policies, Affiliates Help Thank you for your interest. Amazon.in.
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This is the last chat after a month and a half of chasing this payment, speaks for itself:
How do I make a serious complaint about your staff and incompetence? My payment was missing for 2 months, all I am told is to wait. 19:59:51
Me: Some of your staff said they would provide me a transfer confirmation in 2 days, others said the payment will be repeated on the 30th of September, which didn't happen. 19:59:51
Me: Last supporter was taking a piss out of my feelings! 19:59:51
You are now connected to Zyra from Associate Support.
Zyra: Hello, my name is Zyra. I'm here to help you today. 20:00:15
Zyra: I can take a look and see whats going on and see if I can assist. As far as reporting the rep 20:01:05
Zyra: I can take a look and who helped you and escalate them to the appropriate people. 20:01:36
Me: ok, thanks 20:02:07
Me: they didn't help, they were laughing at my feelings! 20:03:21
Me: After I told them it has nothing to do with my feelings, they carried on 20:03:42
Me: I've been waiting and chasing the missing payment for 2 months, just to be told to wait and all other actions that I was told would happen didn't happen. And this disgraceful individual was having a laugh, on top of being unhelpful 20:05:38
Zyra: I'm sorry you experienced this. Do you know the day and the name of the agent? 20:06:23
Me: yes, 5 minutes ago 20:06:41
Me: the last chat 20:06:46
Zyra: I understand you're concerned about your commission payment. After reviewing your previous correspondence with our Associates team, I can confirm the information provided to you was correct. As my colleague mentioned, our payments team is currently working to get this resolved for you and we will need to wait. 20:12:32
Zyra: 'm not able to provide any additional insight on this matter. 20:13:32
Zyra: *I'm 20:13:39
Me: your colleague said that the person dealing with it should have gotten back to me 20:13:45
Me: and they didn't 20:13:50
Me: also they said they would get back to me in two days weeks ago to give me transfer confirmation 20:14:29
Me: which also didn't happen 20:14:38
Me: also I was told that the payment was to be reinitiated on the 30th of September, which also didn't happen 20:15:19
Zyra: I'm not able to provide any additional insight on this matter. 20:15:26
Me: can you at least report it 20:15:51
Zyra: I'm not able to provide any additional insight on this matter. 20:16:08
Me: Me: can you at least report it 20:16:59
Zyra: I'm not able to provide any additional insight or take any further action on this matter. Did you have any other questions for me today? 20:17:37
Me: Zyra: I can take a look and who helped you and escalate them to the appropriate people. 20:01:36 20:18:30
Zyra: After reviewing your previous correspondence with our Associates team, I can confirm the information provided to you was correct. As my colleague mentioned, our payments team is currently working to get this resolved for you and we will need to wait. 20:19:11
Zyra: Did you have any other questions for me today? 20:19:22
Me: yes, how to escalate 20:19:32
Me: I am not talking about correctenss 20:19:46
Me: but about ignorance and robotic responses like you are sending now 20:20:08
Me: which is dismissive and bilitteling 20:20:18
Me: So my question is how do I report all of this 20:20:47
Zyra: I'm not able to provide any additional insight or take any further action on this matter. 20:21:27
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If one affiliate done a sale with Rs. 40,000
If 10 affiliate done a sale means Rs. 4, 00, 000
If 100 affiliate done a sale means Rs. 40, 00, 000
They are creating a impact from the affiliates in order to reach out to the customers and buy the product by convincing later point of time they are increasing their sale and cheating the affiliate programmers)
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THINKING ABOUT USING AMAZON ASSOCIATES TO MONETIZE YOUR WEBSITE, DONT DO IT !
AM STUNNED THAT AMAZON WOULD BEHAVE LIKE THIS AND CREATE SUCH ILL WILL AND REQUIRE USERS TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS AND HOLD BACK PAYOUTS, SHAME ON YOU AMAZON !
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To my knowledge, I never actually violated their terms. I always left the disclosures, etc. If I did actually violate their terms, as they claim, why would they never respond to my reply? It comes across as a complete setup to get free advertising then using a false claim to not have to pay people. I've heard of this happening to quite a few others as well. Amazon has proven over the years to be a dishonest company and clearly doesn't treat it's employees nor affiliates well. Everyone is just another number to them.
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either a friend, family , or personal but they never state how this assumption is made how on earth can you tell if someone is a friend or stranger….because clearly they will be following you at some point to be able to see your website link even though they are not your friends…horrible service and program and they never state how they make their decisions so be ware that anyone will be considered a friend.
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I have been a partner with Amazon Associates for about three months, but my account has been blocked.
I will try to explain: my website is dedicated to the review of online stores with affiliate links to the store's main page or services, and, accordingly, there are no links to specific products of the store. After the first sales, Amazon Associates approved my account and traffic source, and for three months I spent my money promoting Amazon. After this time (on the eve of payment) Amazon Associates blocked the account without the possibility of payment. Appeal filed, but it was rejected.
How can a previously approved account with an approved traffic source suddenly become unacceptable for payouts? Isn't that a SCAM? Maybe they earn on non-payments?
I am sure that this is not fair and looks like SCAM against partners. I understand that their company policy is aimed at customers, not partners. But this is not at all respectful to the partners.
P.S. If I had read all these reviews about them before becoming an Amazon partner, I would not have contacted them. I sincerely ask you to spend a couple of minutes of your time writing a review about them. This is very important for those who think to cooperate with them or not. And I wish everyone to work with those who pay and respect your work !!!
Thank you for reading.
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According to the TERMS OF SERVICE Amazon can delete shut you down and keep your earnings with or without cause.
There are law firms who would jump at the chance to represent Amazon Associates with this crime as well as others.
There are many different concerns out there with Amazons business practices. Based on a quick search it appears they're often being sued. Again, do not be intimidated by their terms or deep pockets. Their terms seem to be unlawful and challengeable under the law.
Do a search for a power house firm with a strong class action background. With the appropriate evidence there will be no upfront fees from you. Look into strong capable firms who have had a class action suit with Amazon.
https://sellercentral.amazon.com/forums/t/anyone-want-to-start-a-class-action-lawsuit-against-amazon/421155
https://www.amazonsellerslawyer.com/what-is-class-action-lawsuit/ ( I located this firm although beware Amazon and Bezos often plays dirty.)
https://sellercentral.amazon.com/forums/t/class-action-suit-against-amazon-for-holding-money-for-their-mistakes/188925
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Poor customer service. The cost to me is greater that $1000 over two months of sales. I generated greater than $12K in revenue for AWS in that two months and I will get nothing out of it.
At least give us a chance to be compliant instead of hiding behind your program agreement and emails like a bunch of cowards.
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People started buying products and I started earning the Measeley 4% or 7 % commission on the products which they were buying. I figured that over time, as the Website built followers, I would eventually start making some money due to volume.
Sorry – that didn't happened.
Without any warning or advice from Amazon, I received an email telling me that Amazon was shutting down my Associate Account because I had prices on my website.
Yes, I made a mistake. I honestly didn't know that I couldn't show any prices on my Website. Instead of giving me a chance to fix the problem, they shut me down. I could have fixed the problem in a couple of hours. Instead, I am now spending days taking all of the Amazon Products off of my website, and replacing them with products from other sources. I've been at it for three days already, and still have a long way to go to get all of the Amazon Products off of my Website.
Absolutely sickening how they could be so insensitive to someone who put up a first class website and was selling their products. No chance to fix the mistake. They just shut you down not even taking into consideration all of the work that you went through to build the links for hundreds of their products, or the money you spent marketing those products. They think that their Shi.. doesn't stink. No concern for the little guy making them money.
If you want to make money, I'd suggest that you spend your time and energy building a site without Amazon.
A Disgusted and Depressed Former Amazon Associate
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The new account was setup, just as all the others. All the requested business information, bank information for payment, tax information for payout, etc. During the 1st week while our account was being "fully reviewed" for setup you can typically start creating links and using them. So we wanted to get up and running right away. However, the Product Linking API, was not available for some reason so I contacted support. Support informed me that Amazon is no longer allowing associate accounts to access this feature without approval and a business justification. So the associate on the phone walked me through submitting such a request on their site, and said I should hear back in a couple days.
A couple days went by and I received a response saying our business justification for access to the Product API is not valid. So they would not give us access to this feature, and they are deactivating our Amazon Associate account. Since these are two separate issues and access to the Product API shouldn't have any impact on our associate account I attempted to reach out to get details. So far, we have reached out more than half a dozen times requesting reinstating our account or justification as to why the account itself has been deactivated, to no avail. Days after each time reaching out we have received the same copy and paste generic response above. Frustrating and just plain terrible customer service!
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