Many Clicks But No Earnings From Amazon Associate Program

Hello, 

This is XXX from the Amazon Associates Department. Thank you for contacting us today. 

I hope you are doing well today. I reviewed your Associates Account/ID: "XXXX", and found that these X items listed in your account's Orders Report were marked by our system as ineligible for Associates commission income. Ineligible orders will not show under Shipped or Earnings on your Reports. 

Typically referred orders can be marked as Ineligible for commission because our system recognized the orders were placed by the Associate, or on their behalf. This can also happen if we have determined that the orders resulted from you requesting or encouraging your friends, relatives, or other people you know to purchase products through your Special Links. Due to the proprietary nature of the way we make these determinations, we can't share the full list of criteria by which we detect these ineligible orders. 

The reason behind this is that the Amazon.com Associates Program is an advertising program rather than a discount program. Our goal is to have our associates refer new customers to us in return for commission income. Associates are not eligible for commission income when they place orders themselves, or ask people they know to routinely place orders through their links so they can earn commission income. 

You can read more about Ineligible orders on our Program Policies, under "Associates Program Participation Requirements" > "6.Content on your Site" > "(u)": https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/help/operating/policies. 

 We understand that some orders you place may unintentionally be tagged to your Associates account as you are updating your sites and checking links. These orders are ineligible for commission income and will not show in your earnings report. 

 Thank you for your continued interest in our Amazon Associates Program. 

 We hope to see you soon. 

Have a wonderful day! 

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 Best regards, 

XXXXXXX

Amazon.com