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Amazon Associates - Think about the single item limit

by Paul Hill SEO
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Probably the most annoying part about Amazon Associates is the item limit which in the UK is currently set at £7 - I have had several £1000+ sales as well as a £2000+ sale through one of my websites this week and I only got £7 for each of them...

I know that this is the nature of the beast and if I am unhappy then I should go for a different revenue stream but it is still the best affiliate channel on the internet (In My Opinion)

I don't mind sharing the nature of this website, and it is watches...I started the site about a year ago and it makes decent money now but the single item limit has made me seriously change how I build new Amazon sites. I do not see the point of advertising any item over £150 because I will only get caught out on the item limit...

Interested to hear if anyone else has an opinion on this one...
#amazon #associates #item #limit #single
  • Profile picture of the author murtagh
    If you've already found a good converting niche, why don't you start a similar site for the US market and monetize it via the Amazon.com?

    On a sidenote, I too had a site in the watches niche and that just didn't convert at all for me
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  • Profile picture of the author pdrs
    is there a limit for Amazon.com? I wasn't aware of one, I regularly make $40-50 commissions off one item
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    • Profile picture of the author cooler1
      Originally Posted by pdrs View Post

      is there a limit for Amazon.com? I wasn't aware of one, I regularly make $40-50 commissions off one item
      Amazon.com doesn't have a limit. I don't know why UK does, but US doesn't. :confused:
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      • Profile picture of the author seonutshell
        Just change all of your links to amazon .com affiliate programme (you can still use .coms affiliate programme if your are british)
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        • Profile picture of the author murtagh
          Originally Posted by seonutshell View Post

          Just change all of your links to amazon .com affiliate programme (you can still use .coms affiliate programme if your are british)
          For that he needs to have US traffic. If almost all or a major portion of his traffic is UK, it wouldn't convert well
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  • Profile picture of the author dreamtoreality
    I also live in the UK, but put all of my focus on Amazon.com. It really doesn't matter where you live - it has no bearing on money earned from the program. Amazon is also unbelievably big in the USA, but not so much in the UK.

    $3,200 (£2,000 converted) for a commission of $224 (7%) feels pretty damn good for one product and you don't feel cheated. Just imagine how much more disposable income you would have if you start marketing to the US.
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    • Profile picture of the author jan roos
      I didn;t know that about the UK Amazon associates program.

      That just sucks. Build a site for the US market as you will make more money and Amazon will just mail you a check each month.

      Cheers
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        It's worth having links on your site to amazon.co.uk (or software that sends the UK visitor to amazon.co.uk automatically) as well, if you get any UK traffic. It costs nothing, and £7 is better than nothing.

        (And the same for amazon.ca, and so on, too).

        UK customers can order from amazon.com in the US - I've done so, myself - but only if the item isn't also sold by amazon.co.uk (otherwise amazon.com won't even show them the price), and it's pretty unusual. Most would have to open an account, in order to do so. I may be wrong, but as far as I'm aware, I don't know anyone else in the UK who already has a customer account at amazon.com.
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        • Profile picture of the author whitworldwide
          I'm from the UK but focus on Amazon US as it just seems to have so much potential.

          I might try one of the Wordpress plugins to switch to Amazon UK for UK visitors to my site, although only around 10% of my visitors are British!
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        • Profile picture of the author Steve Garratt
          Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

          It's worth having links on your site to amazon.co.uk (or software that sends the UK visitor to amazon.co.uk automatically) as well, if you get any UK traffic. It costs nothing, and £7 is better than nothing.

          (And the same for amazon.ca, and so on, too).

          UK customers can order from amazon.com in the US - I've done so, myself - but only if the item isn't also sold by amazon.co.uk (otherwise amazon.com won't even show them the price), and it's pretty unusual. Most would have to open an account, in order to do so. I may be wrong, but as far as I'm aware, I don't know anyone else in the UK who already has a customer account at amazon.com.
          I have an Amazon US account. I have used it to order stuff for delivery to friends in Canada.
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  • Profile picture of the author Stevie C
    Have you checked to see if there are other affiliate programs promoting these products?
    If so the only downside to it is that you don't get the same degree of trust as with Amazon but it might be worth testing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Levanduski
    I've only done a very little bit of Amazon affiliate work, and only for the US, but I'm curious. Do we know why Amazon UK limits you to $7? Is it a legal or tax thing, or just Amazon being cheap?

    Thanks!

    Michael
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by Michael Levanduski View Post

      Is it a legal or tax thing
      Not as far as I can imagine. It's never made any sense to me at all, and I don't know any other international company that does this. :confused:
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  • Profile picture of the author Hartmann
    I seem to remember this change happened a couple of years ago. UK Affiliates were complaining about it at the time. I'd have thought it might stop their affiliate program dead in it's tracks but obviously not. I'd get pretty exasperated selling something for 2 grand and only getting 7 pounds commission. Look for another affiliate program or focus on the US program.
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  • Profile picture of the author Stefan Shields
    As a UK resident I'm pretty annoyed to learn about this.

    I'll just have to sell to the Yanks then.
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  • Profile picture of the author ReapingGrim
    More money for them I guess.
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