commissions for "sold by XXX and Fulfillment by Amazon"

[akyyyy]

Hi, just starting my first amazon site. By selecting a product that says "sold by XXX and Fulfillment by Amazon" would i still get regular commissions on items like these? Or should i avoid these items?

THX

[RayW]

I would like to know this too.

[thecableguy]

If you're linking to the item from your website it doesn't matter if it's an external link or not you will get the commission.

Here's the answer I got from Amazon support:

In reference to your contact on the Associate fees that you earn. If the sale is made via a click on your link to Amazon.com then you will receive the referral fee this includes 3rd party sellers.

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In other words if you're linking to the product you will get the commission, but if the visitor clicks on a link from your site, then clicks away to another page on Amazon then clicks on an External link you will not receive the commission. Hope that makes sense.

BTW I did begin to take notice after sending the email and did notice that sales were definetely coming from external links.

[Gdetonator]

Can you explain further on this...

[akyyyy]

??does clicking away from my websites link to another pagge on aAmazon, thats not third party, also not earn commissions

[akyyyy]

looks like full commissions are made. this is the answer i got from amazon

Thank you for writing to the Amazon Associates Program.

The base advertising fee rate on items offered by third-parties--also known as Marketplace items--exactly matches the advertising fee rates we pay on items offered directly by Amazon. You can earn an advertising fee earning percent rate from 4% to 8.5% on items costs, that are shipped by Amazon or third-party sellers through Amazon Market Place. Endless.com, and SmallParts.com have a current Advertising fee earning percent of 15 %, of each Item cost.

The compete outline of what items earn what percent in each of our Affiliated sites is outlined in the following URL :

[IMG]chrome://litmus-ff/skin/small/lvl2.png[/IMG]https://affiliate-program.amazon.com...dvertisingfees

As always, please feel free to contact us should you have future questions or comments. If you need to contact us back, you can do so by using the secure form at the following specialized link to ensure we receive your next message:

[thecableguy]

Well I asked Amazon in reference to external links like the following:

Ships from and sold by Huppins.
Available from these sellers.
Ships from and sold by WorldWide Distributors fullfilled by Amazon
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Because the operating agreement states:


The following are Excluded Products:

any product or service sold on a site linked to from the Amazon Site (e.g., a product or service listed through our “Product Ads” program or sold on a site linked to from a banner ad, sponsored link, or other link displayed on the Amazon Site);
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I was more concerned about items that I had linked to that goes out of stock and then Amazon not restocking it and having the link change to an external link. Maybe I misinterpreted the "external link" part, but that's something you can't control anyway once they click on another page.

[akyyyy]

ok, just to make things clear

Ships from and sold by Huppins.

we do get commissions on the above?

[RayW]

Originally Posted by akyyyy

ok, just to make things clear



we do get commissions on the above?

Yes you get commissions from sales by third party sellers on amazon.