Will This Get You Banned From Amazon Affiliate?

12 years ago

I don't if disguising links will get you banned or not but you probably should not do it because in my experience it will not get you sales anyway.

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Jeff Henshaw 12 years ago

If you have doubts in your mind about anything when you are involved with and dependent on another provider or supplier, then I respectfully suggest that you contact the appropriate 'contact point' of your provider and tell them what you propose to do. If they give you a negative reply, then forget your idea.

If you are someone that likes to take a chance, then go ahead and do your own thing. If however, you are later found to be breaking terms of service and you lose your account; you will only have your self to blame.

Be careful when you ask this sort of question, on any forum or via a third party for advice. Many will give advice 'off the top of their head' without experience or knowledge of the consequences of such advice.

Some though, will be knowledgable; but I would still contact "the hand that feeds you", before making any rash decisions.

Just my thoughts,
Jeff.
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SlfMastery

12 years ago

Originally Posted by martianflyboy

I don't if disguising links will get you banned or not but you probably should not do it because in my experience it will not get you sales anyway.

"Denutza" (the original poster):
You don't have to disguise your links. Making sales is the objective, right?

People looking for products land on your page, read the information they're looking for, then click through and image or text link linking directly to the product they're looking for. These people are NOT internet marketers and they don't decided to click through based on affiliate link or non affiliate link.

My Lens promoting Amazon products are not cloaked and they DO convert into sales.

Just provide content that helps the visitor and they will click through and buy.

Charlie

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Jay Campbell

12 years ago

Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe

You can solve the problem easily by adding one of those little Amazon logo graphics next to the link. The redirect isn't the problem, it's the perceived deception.

Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe

The part in red is what will bite you in the butt. The recent change would put you at odds with the TOS, as that tactic makes it seem like the link is to part of your own site, not Amazon.

Originally Posted by romanos8

i don't really think its a good idea to do so if you don't want to get banned I'm not saying it would but it might not even work that well anyway so its better to be safe then sorry

As mentioned in these replies above, links from an Amazon Associate site need to clearly indicate that they will take the visitor to Amazon. This is the part that could be a problem if they don't.

Also, it really doesn't seem to be necessary to trick people into clicking over to Amazon. This is one of the benefits of promoting for such a trusted brand is that people are used to buying from them.

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cooler1

12 years ago

From what i've heard, as long as you have the FTC disclaimer on every page on your site then that is sufficient even if you are using a URL shortner and not a regular URL. The TOS says that you can't make it unclear that you are linking to Amazon, but it doesn't specify exactly how frequently you need to state on your site that a link goes to Amazon.

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cooler1

12 years ago

Originally Posted by jamesrich1

Why promote Amazon products when you are receiving 5% commissions. Why not 100% commissions?

Probably because products with a 100% commision don't convert as well. Don't know where you get 5% from. It goes up to 8.5% depending on the number of sales.

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jamesrich1

12 years ago

The 100% commission front end funnel has been converting at 5-8% for me. I have the ability to make $1625 per person at 100% commissions.

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Danny Woolard

12 years ago

Yeah its pretty hard not to make the 6% commission tier....But more important, where can you receive 100% commission for any product unless you steal it?

You're basically making 15-25% commission on products if you warehouse them yourself.

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damasgate

12 years ago

I've looked into this before and the answer is definitely that it is ok.

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cooler1 12 years ago

Originally Posted by damasgate

I've looked into this before and the answer is definitely that it is ok.

When did you look into it? Did you know Amazon changed the operating agreement in Febuary 2012 to state that if you use URL shortners then you need to ensure it isn't unclear you are linking to Amazon. I guess using a 302 redirect is classed as using a URL shortner.
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jamesrich1

12 years ago

denutza your right if you are selling all physical products. I sell digital products and systems so that is how I earn 100% commissions.

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code jin

12 years ago

I would not link forged in the best interests

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JohnMcCabe

12 years ago

Originally Posted by denutza

(Yes I Did read the TOS!)

Disguising links...For example, if I link to AMZ from my Wordpress Top Menu Navigation. Maybe a tab says "Reviews" or "Featured Products"....I'm also use a 302 direct so hovering over link shows my page URL but is really Amazon.

Originally Posted by damasgate

I've looked into this before and the answer is definitely that it is ok.

The part in red is what will bite you in the butt. The recent change would put you at odds with the TOS, as that tactic makes it seem like the link is to part of your own site, not Amazon.

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cooler1

12 years ago

Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe

The part in red is what will bite you in the butt. The recent change would put you at odds with the TOS, as that tactic makes it seem like the link is to part of your own site, not Amazon.

If this is the case does that mean it's not possible to track sales on a keyword level if you are using PPC traffic? As far as I know, the only way to track keywords is by using a PHP redirect script such as Niche Fever tracking.

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JohnMcCabe

12 years ago

Originally Posted by cooler1

If this is the case does that mean it's not possible to track sales on a keyword level if you are using PPC traffic? As far as I know, the only way to track keywords is by using a PHP redirect script such as Niche Fever tracking.

You can solve the problem easily by adding one of those little Amazon logo graphics next to the link. The redirect isn't the problem, it's the perceived deception.

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cooler1

12 years ago

Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe

You can solve the problem easily by adding one of those little Amazon logo graphics next to the link. The redirect isn't the problem, it's the perceived deception.

Does this mean then that you can't link images to Amazon if you are using a PHP redirect unless you put some kind of description next to the image telling the visitor that the image links to Amazon.

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ttdub

12 years ago

I wouldn't play around with it.

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romanos8

Banned 12 years ago

i don't really think its a good idea to do so if you don't want to get banned I'm not saying it would but it might not even work that well anyway so its better to be safe then sorry

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Gaz Cooper

12 years ago

You are deliberately trying to trick the visitor to click on a link that indicates they are going to somewhere else but amazon then when they click they are sent to Amazon and that is deceit and I would not do that because they specifically say you should not trick people to click through to Amazon.

JMHO

Kickin it on Amazon

Gaz Cooper
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