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Amazon affiliates commission structure

by andrej
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The beginning Amazon's commission rate is 4% and it is 6% if you make 7 or more sales per month. However, according to this (How much does an Amazon Associate make in commission when someone follows an Amazon product link & buys t) consumer electronics are flat 4%.

Does it mean that products like LCD TVs, cell phones or digital cameras have flat commission rate of just 4% and it cannot be higher?
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  • Profile picture of the author LilBlackDress
    Originally Posted by andrej View Post

    The beginning Amazon's commission rate is 4% and it is 6% if you make 7 or more sales per month. However, according to this (How much does an Amazon Associate make in commission when someone follows an Amazon product link & buys t) consumer electronics are flat 4%.

    Does it mean that products like LCD TVs, cell phones or digital cameras have flat commission rate of just 4% and it cannot be higher?
    Yes it does.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jason Perez O'Connor
    Originally Posted by andrej View Post

    The beginning Amazon's commission rate is 4% and it is 6% if you make 7 or more sales per month. However, according to this (How much does an Amazon Associate make in commission when someone follows an Amazon product link & buys t) consumer electronics are flat 4%.

    Does it mean that products like LCD TVs, cell phones or digital cameras have flat commission rate of just 4% and it cannot be higher?
    Unfortunately yes, but the conversion-rate more than makes up for it
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  • Profile picture of the author daviddifranco
    Originally Posted by andrej View Post

    The beginning Amazon's commission rate is 4% and it is 6% if you make 7 or more sales per month. However, according to this (How much does an Amazon Associate make in commission when someone follows an Amazon product link & buys t) consumer electronics are flat 4%.

    Does it mean that products like LCD TVs, cell phones or digital cameras have flat commission rate of just 4% and it cannot be higher?
    I'm not exactly sure on how this works, but I believe the commission rate may vary per product. For example, I'm looking at my earnings right now... A pair of headphones got me 4.00% commission, while a microphone system got me 6.00%.

    The microphone came from a third party and the headphones came directly from Amazon, so that might explain the difference.
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    • Profile picture of the author LilBlackDress
      Originally Posted by daviddifranco View Post

      I'm not exactly sure on how this works, but I believe the commission rate may vary per product. For example, I'm looking at my earnings right now... A pair of headphones got me 4.00% commission, while a microphone system got me 6.00%.

      The microphone came from a third party and the headphones came directly from Amazon, so that might explain the difference.
      The microphone system was most likely listed in musical instruments instead of electronics.
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      • Profile picture of the author rsto95
        Yes, most electronics have a referral rate of 4.00%, but my affiliate site promotes laptops. I have sold numerous $1,600 laptops to date. Each laptop I receive a maximum of $25.00 per sale.

        So I'm not sure if $25.00 is the max you can receive for a laptop or electronic sale or what. That's way below a 3% referral rate for $1000+ laptops.
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        • Profile picture of the author LilBlackDress
          Originally Posted by rsto95 View Post

          Yes, most electronics have a referral rate of 4.00%, but my affiliate site promotes laptops. I have sold numerous $1,600 laptops to date. Each laptop I receive a maximum of $25.00 per sale.

          So I'm not sure if $25.00 is the max you can receive for a laptop or electronic sale or what. That's way below a 3% referral rate for $1000+ laptops.
          $25 is the max you can receive for a laptop (a) advertising fees for all Qualifying Purchases of Products that are personal computers (including without limitation desktops, laptops, notebooks, tablets, and netbooks) are limited to a maximum of $25 per personal computer, regardless of the Qualifying Revenues received from the sale of that Product

          You can earn more than the $25 cap on other electronic products.
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          • Profile picture of the author Maecenas23
            To make things more clear:

            a) All items which appear under ELECTRONICS when you click on the ordered products are having 4% no matter how many sales you reached

            b) All laptops are having a 4% commission but no more than 25.00$

            c) Magazine subscriptions are having a 25% commission

            d) AMAZON instant videos are having a 10% commission no more than $1.50

            e) All the other products receive a commission between 4 and 8% as it follows:

            1. 1-6 products/month: 4%
            2. 7-30 products/month: 6%
            3. 31-110 products/month: 6.50%
            4. 111-320 products/month: 7.00%
            5. 321-630 products/month: 7.50%
            6. 631-1570 products/month: 8.00%
            7. 1571-3130 products/month: 8.25%
            8. 3131+ products/month: 8.50%


            IMPORTANT: The final commission fees are calculated at the end of the month and everything goes back to 0 on the first day of each month.

            Hope it helps
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      • Profile picture of the author daviddifranco
        Originally Posted by LilBlackDress View Post

        The microphone system was most likely listed in musical instruments instead of electronics.
        Good point!
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  • Profile picture of the author Stevie C
    Magazine subscriptions are having a 25% commission

    That's something I hadn't noticed before
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  • Profile picture of the author Cyber Star
    I think you should not underestimate the 4% commission rate for electronic product. Many people struggle to get 6% commission outside the electronic product, too bad because they are promoting cheap product. Almost every electronic product from Amazon is quite expensive so I advice you to keep the hard work on promoting electronic product rather than cheap product, same effort with more commission.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gaz Cooper
    I love electronics and when I see people complain about the 4 % I smile

    Most of the electronics I sell are priced in the thousands of dollars and 4% ain't that bad I assure you

    Kickin it on Amazon

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  • Profile picture of the author andrej
    Thank you all for your replies.
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