Amazon Affiliates/Associates Question.

4 years ago

Originally Posted by garyogden

I am building my Amazon Affiliates website with a view to adding links to their products in a particular niche. How do you abide by their rules if you cant join their program before building your site? It seems a catch 22 situation I need the affiliate links to build my site but they want you to have a fully developed website?

You do not have to be a Amazon associate to read and understand their TOS

Originally Posted by garyogden

Also the quote below is from their application page:

All the websites must be fully developed prior to the first referral and application review. Popular websites are not accepted unless you are the specific owner of the website.

What does "Popular websites are not accepted unless you are the specific owner of the website" mean please?

What that means is, for example, you are a writer for the Huffington Post, you can not use that site when applying you need to have your own site that you own

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garyogden 4 years ago

Originally Posted by agmccall

You do not have to be a Amazon associate to read and understand their TOS
al

That only answered part of my question How do you get a fully developed site when you need their affiliate links?
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- agmccall 4 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by garyogden
  
  That only answered part of my question How do you get a fully developed site when you need their affiliate links?
  
  You do not need affiliate links to have a complete site. You need a site that is up and running. You need several articles. An article does not need an affiliate link. For example, lest say your niche is bass fishing. you would write. "How to catch bass from shore" "Spinner Bait vs Crank Bait" "Best Depth Finder", The list goes on. Once you have 5 or 6 of these articles you then submit the site to them. Make sure you put the required disclaimer on the site and the other required pages, which you will find in their TOS
  
  Once you are approved you go back to those posts and add appropriate affiliate links
  
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garyogden

4 years ago

That makes more sense to me now, so a few articles/videos/history of your niche and then submit site?

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agmccall

4 years ago

Originally Posted by garyogden

That makes more sense to me now, so a few articles/videos/history of your niche and then submit site?

Thanks agmccall

Remember Amazon requires certain pages read the tos for info on that. But at least make sure you have a privacy policy page and the disclaimer. Amazon is not like other affiliate programs that only require the disclaimer to be on pages with affiliate links they require their disclaimer to be on all pages of site. So put it in the sidebar or footer

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garyogden

4 years ago

Originally Posted by agmccall

Remember Amazon requires certain pages read the tos for info on that. But at least make sure you have a privacy policy page and the disclaimer. Amazon is not like other affiliate programs that only require the disclaimer to be on pages with affiliate links they require their disclaimer to be on all pages of site. So put it in the sidebar or footer

al

Where would I get TOS?
Privacy policy page and the disclaimer for Amazon products yo umean?

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agmccall 4 years ago

Originally Posted by garyogden

Where would I get TOS?
Privacy policy page and the disclaimer for Amazon products yo umean?

https://affiliate-program.amazon.com...ting/agreement

Sample Disclaimer

As an Amazon Associate yoursite.com earn from qualifying purchases.

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- Katherina Ro 4 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by agmccall
  
  Sample Disclaimer
  As an Amazon Associate yoursite.com earn from qualifying purchases.
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  Last month I made my 3rd, they review my site than they said to me to change the Disclaimer.
  I had to reapply for my site, and obviously I write this phrase in the footer and in a disclosure page.
  I'm new as @garyogden but I can advise reading all the amazon affiliate rules every year (2h for me)
  
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DABK

4 years ago

Just to add to what agmcall wrote: get the right pages and make sure your privacy policy matches what they want. Also, if your country has rules, make sure those are met (EU people have to have things others do not, for instance).

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garyogden

4 years ago

Would I need to put a disclaimer on each page?
Looking for Amazon's TOC can't see them for looking!

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agmccall

4 years ago

Originally Posted by garyogden

Would I need to put a disclaimer on each page?

Amazon is not like other affiliate programs that only require the disclaimer to be on pages with affiliate links they require their disclaimer to be on all pages of site

You really need to spend a few hours on the associates central site reading and understanding. If you do not you will run the risk of losing your account shortly after you are approved or not getting approved at all.

Amazon is very unforgiving if your account gets suspended it is more than likely going to be permanent

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garyogden

4 years ago

Originally Posted by agmccall

You really need to spend a few hours on the associates central site reading and understanding. If you do not you will run the risk of losing your account shortly after you are approved or not getting approved at all.

Amazon is very unforgiving if your account gets suspended it is more than likely going to be permanent

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Any particular part of the site to read as there is loads there?

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agmccall 4 years ago

Originally Posted by garyogden

Any particular part of the site to read as there is loads there?

everything.....

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DABK 4 years ago

What a strange question.

Which part of dollar bills do you want to earn, left top corner?

Originally Posted by garyogden

Any particular part of the site to read as there is loads there?
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garyogden

4 years ago

Also do I really need an "About" page?

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Chris-

4 years ago

Originally Posted by garyogden

Also do I really need an "About" page?

Google will give you more free (organic) traffic if you have these pages; about, contact, privacy policy and terms. So take a few minutes to create them, and get more results from all your other work.

You do not need Amazon AFFILIATE links to link to Amazon products, just use the Amazon link as it is, before you join their affiliate program, then change the links to affiliate links after you join.

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garyogden

4 years ago

Originally Posted by Chris-

Google will give you more free (organic) traffic if you have these pages; about, contact, privacy policy and terms. So take a few minutes to create them, and get more results from all your other work.

You do not need Amazon AFFILIATE links to link to Amazon products, just use the Amazon link as it is, before you join their affiliate program, then change the links to affiliate links after you join.

Chris

Is there a standard Privacy Policy I could use please that you know of?

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qwikaddotcom

4 years ago

I would also encourage you to google "amazon affiliates who were banned" in my case it's the first title "Banned from Amazon's Affiliate Program: Now What?" of the search results.

You have to be prepared for that too. The article actually gives some great insights into how not to get banned.

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