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hyatla · 10-02-2003, 04:43 PM

Thank you for the math, but Amzon's rule is: 15% referel only apply to items discounted 10%-30%. At first I was confused, why must discounted? Then I found out that Amazon "discount" almost everything at least 10%. That's another lie of Amazon, which nobody complained yet. So their rule is not give 15% to anything they "discount" more than 30%.

Anybody who really dealed with Amazon? Please do share with me your experience. Here is my post at Amazon's BBS, they still didn't delete it yet. :-)

I am new to being associate of Amazon, although I have been affiliates for other sponsors before. I found some of them are liars, while some are very reliable.

I had no doubt about Amazon when I first joined, and placed a lot of direct linked items on my site, together with nice reviews targeted to my viewers, hoping to earn 15% instead of 5%. Then I asked a friend to do a test purchase from one of the DIRECT links and specially told him to click through that link and buy immediately, don't go anywhere else in Amazon. He did. And unfortunately, I found there is only 5% in my credit. That item is only discounted 10%.

I wrote to Amazon, demanding evidence of why they caterigorized this purchase as indirect, together with a confirmation email from my friend, who is a owner of a computer software company.

I am still waiting Amazon's 3rd response (they didn't give anything in the two responding emails), of what happened. It's not about money. I just want to see how they get out of this. I am sure they should have certain tracking software to determine where a surfer go, so they should be able to give me a record of where my friend went between the time he clicked my link and the purchase; otherwise, their "direct" vs. "indiret" is a total hoax and I am going to expose them all over the web and certain authorities.

10-02-2003, 04:43 PM
hyatla Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,720	Thank you for the math, but Amzon's rule is: 15% referel only apply to items discounted 10%-30%. At first I was confused, why must discounted? Then I found out that Amazon "discount" almost everything at least 10%. That's another lie of Amazon, which nobody complained yet. So their rule is not give 15% to anything they "discount" more than 30%. Anybody who really dealed with Amazon? Please do share with me your experience. Here is my post at Amazon's BBS, they still didn't delete it yet. :-) I am new to being associate of Amazon, although I have been affiliates for other sponsors before. I found some of them are liars, while some are very reliable. I had no doubt about Amazon when I first joined, and placed a lot of direct linked items on my site, together with nice reviews targeted to my viewers, hoping to earn 15% instead of 5%. Then I asked a friend to do a test purchase from one of the DIRECT links and specially told him to click through that link and buy immediately, don't go anywhere else in Amazon. He did. And unfortunately, I found there is only 5% in my credit. That item is only discounted 10%. I wrote to Amazon, demanding evidence of why they caterigorized this purchase as indirect, together with a confirmation email from my friend, who is a owner of a computer software company. I am still waiting Amazon's 3rd response (they didn't give anything in the two responding emails), of what happened. It's not about money. I just want to see how they get out of this. I am sure they should have certain tracking software to determine where a surfer go, so they should be able to give me a record of where my friend went between the time he clicked my link and the purchase; otherwise, their "direct" vs. "indiret" is a total hoax and I am going to expose them all over the web and certain authorities. __________________ <a href="http://click.dtiserv2.com/Click/1125-99-us979" target="_blank">DTI cash: Top Asian Sponsor, $75 to new affiliates</a><br> <br> ICQ: 274731765