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£3000 item sold commision from amazon.co.uk Capped to £7

by webby0031
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I did not know this, now I do. Amazon cap commission on any sale in the UK to £7

hahah all the hard work has been worth it then!

Thanks Amazon.co.uk i will move along now and hope this helps someone before they waste time and money
#amazoncouk #capped #commision #item #sold
  • Profile picture of the author Cyberdog1
    WoW, never saw that in their T&C's - bet you worked hard for that as well!

    I did hear something similar a while back but did not take much notice

    So if average commission is 5% and they cap at £7 then we should promote items no higher than £140. (isn't maths great!)

    Thanks for the heads up!
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    • Profile picture of the author webby0031
      thanks Cyberdog your calculation makes me feel a little better.
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      • Profile picture of the author robg1
        The Amazon cap has (I think) been around since 2009.
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        • Profile picture of the author webby0031
          Originally Posted by robg1 View Post

          The Amazon cap has (I think) been around since 2009.
          Yep I am a noob, i know its my fault. Guess I was just ranting
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  • Profile picture of the author adlol
    What you take from it is this, if you have found a way of getting a sale for an item for £3000, where you would imagine the competition would be much higher.

    Getting a huge bunch of sales of items for £140 each should be a breeze.
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    • Profile picture of the author webby0031
      Originally Posted by adlol View Post

      What you take from it is this, if you have found a way of getting a sale for an item for £3000, where you would imagine the competition would be much higher.

      Getting a huge bunch of sales of items for £140 each should be a breeze.
      thanks adlol

      Ice... they say Books Cd's and Media are the only ones that are not capped
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  • Profile picture of the author Icematikx
    it's only on certain items, maybe electronic items.. I know I get £60 commission from items etc
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  • Profile picture of the author dreamtoreality
    I think that only applies to the UK Amazon Associates program. Use the USA one and you'll find that the commission starts at 4%. Sell something like 120 products and you'll reach 7%. Laptops are capped at $25, all other electronic items at 4%.

    In my experience, the USA site converts far, far better. Income from UK and Canada was literally 100-200x greater for me last month. I wouldn't even bother with the UK program, to be honest. Use http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/...ink-localizer/ and everything is done for you automatically. No need to change your links or anything like that. Just sign up to Amazon's program in different countries.
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  • Profile picture of the author Icematikx
    As an insight, one of my sites makes me £1/month on Amazon UK, and over $1,000/month on US...

    I'm from the UK, and I hate to say it but, we just don't use Amazon as much here, and our population is what.. 100x lower?
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    • Profile picture of the author sefstar4uk
      I'm so mad right now, I wish I had seen this thread eariler before I spent so much time and money building my website.
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    • Profile picture of the author Bewley
      Originally Posted by Icematikx View Post

      I'm from the UK, and I hate to say it but, we just don't use Amazon as much here, and our population is what.. 100x lower?
      That would put the population of the US at about 6 Billion then!
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  • Profile picture of the author jodiesmitham
    Yes, it's a real annoyance, which is why my current Amazon affiliate sites only promote products around the £150 mark. I spent ages creating my first Amazon affiliate with high ticket items, only to be disappointed.
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  • Profile picture of the author panic
    If you can sell items for that much...maybe you are doing something right? And it is Amazon that is the wrong choice for you?

    There are lots of other places you can get commissions for products...much higher than 5% and much higher than $7 per item.
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    • Profile picture of the author brentb
      Originally Posted by panic View Post

      If you can sell items for that much...maybe you are doing something right? And it is Amazon that is the wrong choice for you?
      Amazon, and others with similar offer payouts, either do not want real CPA traffic or just don't get it. That payout is to just get free backlinking from every SEO reliant site as an alternative for made for adsense.

      So don't feel bad, find a real CPA offer if you are pushing $3k item sales, someone will be glad to have you as an affiliate publisher. Think of big ticket items like insurance, hot tubs, real estate... those should all be big payouts.
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  • Profile picture of the author clickforseo
    here it is, from the terms:
    The limitation on Advertising Fees of £7.00 does not apply to Qualifying Purchases of Products from the following Categories: Books, Music, Amazon MP3 Products, DVD, Javari Products.
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnV88
    Stop making money for other maje your own product & gain all profits..
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  • Profile picture of the author smna1586
    Amazon US converts pretty high. I'm not that familiar with UK traffic but I do use link localizer and have accounts for different countries as well.

    Here's the thing, stick with Amazon.com and you'll do a lot better.

    I like Amazon cause their authority and trustworthiness makes selling a lot easier. With Amazon I don't have to worry about the conversion rate. All I have got to do is to send the traffic to Amazon and they takes care of the rest. I do even get commissions for products I have never promoted. That's the beauty of Amazon Associates Program.

    For me, Amazon is still the winner and they'll always pay. (Though I would love to get a bit higher commissions like 10%).

    I'm getting around 7% commission from Amazon but only after reaching a certain number of sales. I can easily meet the target every month with a very little effort.

    I'll vote for Amazon.com.
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  • Profile picture of the author clinne
    That's what I thought too... lol
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  • Profile picture of the author 98quinnk
    Originally Posted by webby0031 View Post

    I did not know this, now I do. Amazon cap commission on any sale in the UK to £7

    hahah all the hard work has been worth it then!

    Thanks Amazon.co.uk i will move along now and hope this helps someone before they waste time and money

    wow all that hard work for just 7 quid ? never know them to cap it.
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