Amazon Closed my account Now What?

[MisterF]

definitely.

the rationale behind is that they need the image to be lively updated and if u download the images and upload to ur own server , u cannot have them updated and amazon might risk selling stuff tat aint the same in their site.

thus to protect their reputaiton, they ban ur account.

the same goes to pricing. which is even more strict.

Are you meaning downloading images from Amazon and then saving them and uploading to your site, I presume?

 

[wayne1977]

Just something that you might have missed:

Are you sure that you've send all your social media traffic to your website and not straight to Amazon. Because you can't send traffic straight to Amazon from sites that you don't own or control.

The second reason can be that maybe you've put a text link or image link in the top of your post above the fold then what happens is the RSS feed post that link to your social accounts, what happens is people click the link then it takes them straight to amazon bypassing your website.

Well just something I've read on Amazon Associates forum about link placement.

 

[rejoin14]

Isn't there also a minimum 1% conversation rate?
If you have lesser than 1% conversation rate it could mean you use spam and they close your account.

 

[Prec1ous]

Thank you so much. I have been doing it wrongly with the images but I don't input price just dollar symbol.

Can you advice me on how to get the image live from them into my site?

definitely.

the rationale behind is that they need the image to be lively updated and if u download the images and upload to ur own server , u cannot have them updated and amazon might risk selling stuff tat aint the same in their site.

thus to protect their reputaiton, they ban ur account.

the same goes to pricing. which is even more strict.

 

[staypositive]

Are you meaning downloading images from Amazon and then saving them and uploading to your site, I presume?

hi Mister!
yes thats what i am saying Sir.

 

[staypositive]

Thank you so much. I have been doing it wrongly with the images but I don't input price just dollar symbol.

Can you advice me on how to get the image live from them into my site?

hi there

you can use amazon site stripe API for the images generation
regarding pricing u can also do that with API inter-linking
theres some wordprss plugins that does the trick,e.g. easyazon etc.

using $$ symbol is safe.

 

[King89]

Thank you so much. I have been doing it wrongly with the images but I don't input price just dollar symbol.

Can you advice me on how to get the image live from them into my site?

Simply use their widgets. As simple it is. They also include pricing, etc. All updated through their servers in real time.
Their tools are not visually outdated anymore and have a clean and nice design.

 

[MisterF]

Amazon are one of the easiest affilaites to work with and are proactive in making marketing materials etc available.

 

[mamluka]

Hi, I managed many accounts over the years and wrote many many appeals to Amazon, if you are interested in some help PM me I would love to help.

 

[issorc]

We previously contacted you to request details regarding the means through which you are referring customers to the Amazon site

What did they write in that mail? Did you answer it?

 

[webhostingproviders]

First Email from Amazon Associate

Hello from the Amazon Associates Program,

While reviewing your account, we have been unable to verify that the means through which you are referring customers to the Amazon Site are in compliance with the terms of the Associates Program Operating Agreement. Therefore, we request that you provide us with a detailed description of the methods you are using to refer customers to the Amazon Site in accordance with the Operating Agreement, which states: You must provide us with any information that we request to verify your compliance with this Operating Agreement.

The description you send should include, for example, identification of the websites on which your banner ads are posted, advertising services you are using, screenshots of your Site’s analytics tools that show your Site traffic and its sources, the keywords you are using to drive referrals, any plugins or browser add-ons you use, live links to your Sites, a sequence of links that allows us to duplicate the clicks the majority of your customers make to get to the Amazon Site via your special links, and any other information that would be relevant to confirming the your compliance with the Operating Agreement, which can be found here: https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/agreement.

Please send the requested information to us within 5 business days by using the Contact Us form available here:
https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/contact

If we do not hear from you regarding the above, or, based on your response, we will be unable to verify that your methods are compliant with the Operating Agreement, we will close your Associates Account and may withhold fees.

We appreciate your understanding and hope to hear from you soon.

Warmest Regards,

 

[wayne1977]

Yip that letter they've send you clearly shows some inappropiate or inflated clicks to Amazon. Anyone would get suspicious if over a few days clicks went from 5 a day to 100.

But did you even send all the information they've ask you?
And if you've even send half the information then they probaly thought you are hiding some info and that's the reason you've got banned.

 

[Deleted member 964807]

I had my US account closed, the email did say you're welcome to re-apply which I did, I've not had any sales yet, it's not until you have a sale that they check the site. so I'll see what happens

edit to add. I just found the email from Amazon and my reason was lack of content blah blah, the email said if you've improved your website you're welcome to re-apply.

Just out of curiosity, how much content did you have on your site?

 

[webhostingproviders]

I had over 1000 pages of articles.............

 

[Rahulraj9674]

Do t worry, create new account with new bank and payee info and email ID. You are good to go. Make sure you do not brk tos

 

[webhostingproviders]

Update:

I have created New Account but as told earlier I have over 1000+ pages on my blog and ussing EASYAZONPRO wordpress, I updated the affiliate lID + access/secret keys in settings area, but NEW LINK is not reflecting in all 1000 pages, however if I create new POST then the products on new pages are populated with NEW LInk.

Any SOLUTION please?

 

[CFT]

Just out of curiosity, how much content did you have on your site?

The thing is I have a few sites, and they didn't say which site it was.

 

[webhostingproviders]

The thing is I have a few sites, and they didn't say which site it was.

3 website= 1000 articles

 

[webhostingproviders]

Update:

I humbly requested Amazon to open my account, but in vain - here is their FINAL REPLY

Hello again from the Associates Program,

We received your email regarding the closure of your Associates account. A specialist has reviewed your account, and as stated in our previous communication, the decision to terminate your Associates account is final and not subject to appeal. Under the terms of the Operating Agreement, we may terminate your account at any time, with or without cause.

It is important that you immediately remove all Amazon Content from your Site(s). Please be aware that any other accounts you have, or may open in the future, may be closed without payment of any fees. Amazon reserves all other rights and claims.

Because you are not in compliance with the Operating Agreement, Amazon will not pay you any outstanding fees related to your account. Amazon exercises its right under the terms of the Operating Agreement to withhold fees based on violations, which include the following:

-You are artificially inflating clicks or impressions on your Site or creating sessions on the Amazon site, by way of a robot or software program or otherwise.

Thank you for your participation in the Amazon Associates Program.

Best regards,
Robert
Amazon.com

 

[Couch Monkey Media]

@webhostingproviders

Maybe find a new host and set up with them to refer customers to. I would reach out to a few different companies and let them know what kind of business you can bring there way and see what kind of deal you can get worked out that way.