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[Amazon Affiliate] What's best to fetch - the List price or the "floating price"?

by taskemann
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Hi,

I've been an Amazon affiliate for a while now and make some good money from it. I've always been adding the regular "floating price", which is the actual retail price(at the time I fetched it) of the products I promote and not the list price. But the problem is that the "floating price" is floating. It always change, but the list price is much more stable.

If the list price says, for example, "$299", it's usualy the same list price the next day, the next week or the next month too.

But the regular "price" always change. And sometimes several times a day.

So what do you think - Should I use the List Price instead of the floating price? Will my visitors appreciate that I give them the List Price rather than the floating price before they click on my affiliate link?


Thanks,

Jimmy
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  • Profile picture of the author wolfmmiii
    Unless you can update the "floating" price in real time via API, displaying it would be against TOS anyway and grounds for termination. I prefer not to show the price at all. A simple "click here for current price" is very effective for driving click rates.
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    • Profile picture of the author PhillyGalJen
      I agree a click here to check price works well for me.
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    • Profile picture of the author Chris Cole
      Originally Posted by wolfmmiii View Post

      Unless you can update the "floating" price in real time via API, displaying it would be against TOS anyway and grounds for termination. I prefer not to show the price at all. A simple "click here for current price" is very effective for driving click rates.
      I do the exact same. I add my links and will also tell them to click for the latest price. I will however mention within my reviews the discount. So it could read: 'at the time of reviewing this item was on sale with up to 70% OFF - Click here to check out todays savings'
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    • Profile picture of the author taskemann
      Originally Posted by wolfmmiii View Post

      Unless you can update the "floating" price in real time via API, displaying it would be against TOS anyway and grounds for termination. I prefer not to show the price at all. A simple "click here for current price" is very effective for driving click rates.
      Are you sure about that? I've read the Operating Agreement and I can't see anything about fetching the price.

      No, I'm not updating the price in real time.

      But if you take a look at thisiswhyimbroke.com, they also fetch the price in non-real time. They're one of the most popular Amazon sites out there and they haven't been terminated. Otherwise, they wouldn't update the site daily with Amazon products that have their Associate tag in the link.
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      • Profile picture of the author wolfmmiii
        Originally Posted by taskemann View Post

        Are you sure about that?

        Yes. 100% certain. Amazon will not want to hear "well, so and so is doing it!".
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        • Profile picture of the author taskemann
          Originally Posted by wolfmmiii View Post

          Yes. 100%
          So why can't I find any information about it? I'm not THAT bad at Googling.

          Do you have any links to any sources that can confirm your statement?


          Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author wolfmmiii
    https://affiliate-program.amazon.com...rating/linking
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  • Profile picture of the author petkanov
    so, are sites built with wpzonbuilder braking the rules? They list the price with a timestamp disclaimer
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    • Profile picture of the author taskemann
      Originally Posted by petkanov View Post

      so, are sites built with wpzonbuilder braking the rules? They list the price with a timestamp disclaimer
      No, you're not breaking the TOS by using a timestamp. I read that in the API TOS.
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  • Profile picture of the author taskemann
    This really confuse me. If Amazon don't allow you to display the price in non-real time and without a timestamp. Why do popular, well-established and professional websites that receives hundreds of thousands of visitors a month display the price in non-real time and without timestamp?

    I think I have to shot them an email and ask.
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  • Profile picture of the author taskemann
    Lol! I contacted them about this yesterday I got this email from Amazon Associates now:

    "While we certainly do appreciate your concerns regarding our Operating Agreement, we are unable to provide you with specific advice in response to your question."

    But I've replaced the prices with "Price Details" which is hyperlinked with my Associate link. And the last hours of data show that it have increased my click-through rate with about 15-20%


    Thanks wolfmmiii, you're a great guy!
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