Amazon cookies - what gives?

It's not just 24 hours. I believe someone cannot leave Amazon and then re-enter to make a purchase not using your link within those 24 hours.

You're right - absolutely terrible.

On the other hand, Amazon has the products and it does convert. There is money to be made even with the bad affiliate terms.

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Amazon converts very well. Once a visitor enters the site they are practically led by the hand to buy, and not just what they came for. Amazon is real good for getting people to add things to the cart.

When hunting keywords and creating sales copy that will send visitors to Amazon, keep in mind you want people as close to the buying stage as possible. For example, when someone finds your site about umbrellas, make sure they found it by looking for "The Best" or "The cheapest" umbrellas.

Have your site set up more like a store, similar to "here's your choices" rather than describing what an umbrella is or the benefits of an umbrella.

It's real tough to get over that 24 hour cookie but amazingly, it works!

Without Doubt Amazon Works with the 24 hour cookie do we wish it was longer ? For SURE

I can understand when someone points out the short cookie time as it does sounds bad but the reality is Amazon has the sales funnel down pat, and are superb at getting A SALE once you get customers to Amazon.com.

You have to consider this Clickbank has been around for years and I believe have sold 2 Billion dollars of products if you look at Amazon they sold 32 BILLION dollars of product in one year alone while you get more comm on CB you get way more sales on Amazon and conversions are much higher.

The cookie is 24 hours and as long as someone purchases within that timeline you will get paid, if they actually put something in their shopping cart but does not purchase it at that time, you will STILL get credit for that sale if they return to Amazon within 80 days.

Amazon for me and hundreds of other Warriors enjoy a Passive income month after month and the 24 hour cookie or the perceived low commissions should not put you off as Amazon really knows what they are doing when it comes to selling online.

Kickin it on Amazon

Gaz Cooper
Amz Training Academy

Hello Mike,

Like others it would be much nicer to be much longer but we don't have that variable and many people still make a very good living from Amazon.

I just wanted to touch on one thing though and I think I've read what you wrote wrongly but in case I haven't, here goes. You said...

If someone comes to your site, then leaves and comes back later (to your site again) and goes to Amazon to buy the product, your cookie will have been reset for another 24 hours (or will I have to stand corrected on that Gary and Brian?)

As far as I'm aware, if they go to your site through your link, you get paid. If however they came via your site, didn't buy then came back a week later straight to Amazon (not via your site), you won't be paid. (Unless as Gary said they add to cart)

Correct me if I'm wrong on that Gaz but I don't see how anyone won't be paid if they visit via your link?

Also, just a sneaky thought but is there any way to put add to cart buttons on your sites? Thus getting the 80 day pay out period?

If you add an add to cart button, does the add to cart button only actually work if the person who clicks it is logged into their Amazon account or does the item get put in the cart anyway, then they have to login if they want to buy it?

I gather it must or this would mean there is an 80 day cookie instead of 24 hrs. A huge difference.

I've just had a look. Click Help near the top right corner of the screen. Under Linking, click on "Add-to-cart buttons".

There's two main approaches with being an Amazon affiliate:

1. You create a review type site with links to the appropriate Amazon products (24 hour cookie)

2. You create an Amazon store where the user adds items to their cart and the final checkout process happens on Amazon (80 day cookie)

Just a quick note here, the time frame for an item to expire in someones shopping cart is about 90 days and the time frame you get paid for (if the item is in shopping cart) is within 89 days (not 80) of placement in the cart.

From Amazon's Operating Agreement...

"We will pay you advertising fees on Qualifying Purchases in accordance with Section 8 and the Associates Program Advertising Fee Schedule. Subject to the exclusions set forth below, a “Qualifying Purchase” occurs when (a) a customer clicks through a Special Link on your site to the Amazon Site; (b) during a single Session that customer either (i) adds a Product to his or her shopping cart and places the order for that Product no later than 89 days following the customer’s initial click-through"