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Amazon Associates Changes Commission Structure in US - Impact to Niche Websites

hey it's doug cummington here and i'm
from digitech project so I am going to
tell you a little bit about the new
Amazon associate programs fee schedule
so previously right they use this
variable standard program fee and it was
based on the volume that you sold so if
you sold a lot of products you earned a
higher commission rate up to eight and a
half percent so the big affiliates sites
with a lot of traffic they tended to be
at that aight nap % now other amazon
associate programs actually have you
know different payout structures so for
example the UK version they sort of base
it on the products that are sold and i'm
going to scroll up so I'm displaying the
Amazon affiliate program the associate
programs now it's a new thick standard
program fee rate based on the product
category so depending on you know what
your site is about the content that you
have and the products of people by you
could be making as low as say one
percent or you know up to ten percent
for certain items so this is a you know
interesting to see in this format here
they mentioned like industrial products
and different stuff like that another
part that i want to show you and i'll
have to pause here for a second in a
back so this was just published in the
last couple days here and this is the
new associates operating agreement i
mentioned what's changed and this is
effective on march first which is just
less than a week from today and
essentially they've they've revised the
what they call the fixed standard
program fees are sorry they removed the
variable program fee rates and it
replaced it with fixed rates and here is
category and it you know ranges from
zero percent for gift cards and wine up
to ten percent for the digital video
games luxury beauty amazon coins you
know this eight percent category is you
know still in the realm for those high
you know high okay out affiliates the
sold a lot of products is sort of in the
same realm which is nice so it's like
furniture home home improvement on a
garden Pet Products & pantry so right
now I'm still analyzing the information
so what I do have access to is you know
my own amazon affiliate sites and the
data so i could go back and pull
basically all the data so i can see what
the actual impact will be so i could
divide things up into the category there
in apply the rate that will be coming
out on march first and see where land so
so if it was toys then instead of me
getting and a half percent of an only
three percent which is the less than
fifty percent that's very bad but if it
was something different say like Amazon
fire devices and echo devices seven
percent well that's you know a percent
in half lower but you know it's still
something like twenty percent in back so
quite significant below this video I'm
going to post a link to a little bit of
analysis that I have so far and then I'm
going to actually update that post with
even more information additionally next
Tuesday so februari 28 they'll be doing
a webinar just a free webinar where I
will talk more about this stuff after
I've had some time to analyze data pull
some data from my sites and some of my
peers sites they're kind enough to share
it with me and then I could look and
actually show people like the impact
that it will have so one thing to note
is I believe you know while some
affiliates that has been you're making
money or
they're going to be having a you know an
immediate reduction right if someone
let's say they sell mostly musical
instruments they go to from eight and a
half percent down to six percent is this
notes here then you know that's a big
hit and that's you know lower but if you
if you're just starting a site and you
some musical instruments when you start
up you're going to be at six percent
right away where previously you know if
we look at the old the old structure
here if you are just getting started in
you're only selling like one to six
items then you're going to be at four
percent so you know there's a small
small window where when you're just
starting out you're actually going to
probably make a little bit more than you
would have but of course when you look
at the overall structure here it is
generally a reduction for most items
okay so leave it at that and wait until
I like get some real data I'll be able
to you know share in the webinar and
make some updates to check the links
below and hopefully I'll talk to you
soon thanks

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