Darren Rowse’s Open Letter To Amazon Associates
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Darren Rowse sent an open letter to Amazon Associates, voicing several greviances.
Dear Amazon.
I have been using your Associates program for quite a few years now - from the early days when I earned just a few dollars a month to today when I send you tens of thousands of dollars of business each month. I’ve written about why I believe in your program and have no doubt sent you hundreds (if not thousands of affiliates in my time).
By my calculations I’ve sent you around $1,500,000 of sales over the last five years.
I’m very grateful for the $70,000+ you’ve sent me in affiliate payments and am by no means am I your biggest affiliate but I hope that having reached the million dollars in sales mark you’ll forgive me this note to express a concern that I have in the hope that it might help improve your program.
I am increasingly frustrated by your payment system.
I am amazed that Darren made so much money over 5 years. In all my months of blogging, I don’t know if I can even order a cuppa of coffee and sandwich at Starbucks with my Amazon Associates earnings. That is really pathetic and Darren’s monthly cheques of $2k-$3k is simply amazing.
It has been a long time since I made any Amazon sales and there was once when I thought the whole things is scam. At least problogger shows that the Amazon Associates system works and it opens up my mind to the kind of money super affiliates can make.
By the way, if you guys intend to purchase any items from Amazon over the festive season, I will appreciate if you buy it through my link… just to check if my links are working :). Just joking.
Anyway, I hope Darren updates us on the responses Amazon made. I mean if a blogging giant and super affilate has given feedback and nothing is done, then for small fishes like us, it is likely that our feedback are all drowned out.
