> The reason given was that purchases made through his links were for personal use or made by friends and family, which he denies.
Why is this even a problem? A purchase is a purchase.
Why is this even a problem? A purchase is a purchase.
This, btw, is the hardest problem in marketing.
OTOH, disgruntled friends and family can also take their business elsewhere.
Not to mention Amazon tracking what your "friends and relatives" buy, not individually but as correlated back to you, is problematic in itself...
"Why is there a deduction for personal use of the program?
We do not pay referral commissions for products you purchase through your own links. This includes orders for customers, orders on behalf of customers, and orders for products to be used by you, your friends, your relatives, or your associates in any manner. Due to the proprietary nature of the way we determine if the order was personal, we can't share the full list of criteria by which we detect these ineligible orders."
https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/help/node/topic/G46FTB8...
I don't read anything there, or in further text that sounds like you'll get banned. Just that they might exclude those purchases from paying out affiliate fees.
"friends" and "associates" is easy to square up and try and define. My business partner is obviously an associate, my neighbor I cook BBQ with is a friend. How would I know who is my relative? What defines relations?