Comments on: Amazon Disses Paid Search Affiliates

By: Gordon

Gordon — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:36:32 +0000

It has to do with the Amazon url. They won’t let you link directly to the product and show the url in your ad as amazon.com

Most companies don’t let you do this when you bid.

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:58:51 +0000

Gordon, it doesn’t have to do with using Amazon’s name. They won’t let you bid on a *product* name and link to their site.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:28:19 +0000

It was probably an incredibly difficult thing to manage, with all of the affiliates going for the same terms, all of the fraudsters out there, the complaints from affiliates etc.

In one fell swoop they probably cut out a GIANT headache, and opened the door to make a lot of money.

and they aren’t doing something terribly unusual – most companies don’t let you bid using their name and direct links.

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:54:26 +0000

Really the only reason for them to do this is so they can bid less for terms to send traffic to their site. But this gives an opening to their competitors…

By: jp

jp — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:09:52 +0000

Logically, it must have been costing them money rather than making them money. I just don’t see how. Were they paying for all referalls, conversion or not? Where was I on that one.

By: BuySellDomains

BuySellDomains — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:04:23 +0000

WHY? RT @domainnamewire: Amazon Disses Paid Search Affiliates: Will forbid affiliates linking from paid search ads http://tinyurl.com/dzawtb

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