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Amazon Associates Program Guide

How to sign up for the Amazon Associates Program

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Written by Team Geniuslink
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Amazon has 20 affiliate-supported storefronts across the world, in the Americas, (United States, Canada, Brazil, Mexico), Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, Belgium, and Ireland), MENA (India, UAE, and Saudi Arabia), and APAC (Australia, Japan, and Singapore). Each of these storefronts has its own affiliate program and is fully supported by Geniuslink.

We recommend you sign up for affiliate programs that match where your traffic and/or audience originates, and then add respective Amazon Associates tracking tag(s) to your Geniuslink account to optimize earning international commissions. If we start seeing click traffic from a country with an Associated program you haven’t signed up with, we’ll notify you on the dashboard.

Americas

Country

Sign-up

Localization Support

Auto-Affiliation

Support

Local Bank Required

United States

Yes

Yes

No

Canada

Yes

Yes

No

Mexico*

Yes

Yes

Yes

Brazil

Yes

Yes

Yes

*Not currently open for new signups.


Europe

Country

Sign-up

Localization Support

Auto-Affiliation

Support

Local Bank Required

UK

Yes

Yes

No

France

Yes

Yes

No

Italy

Yes

Yes

No

Spain

Yes

Yes

No

Germany

Yes

Yes

No

Netherlands

Yes

Yes

No

Sweden

Yes

Yes

No

Poland

Yes

Yes

No

Ireland

Yes

Yes

No

The Amazon.co.uk is the 2nd largest Amazon storefront, and an easy stepping-stone for joining the other European Amazon programs - once you sign up with Amazon.co.uk, you’ll be able to join Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.it, and Amazon.es with ease by selecting the programs you want to sign up for at the end of your Amazon.co.uk application process. These applications will automatically use the same info from the UK.


MENA

Country

Sign-up

Localization Support

Auto-Affiliation

Support

Local Bank Required

India

Yes

Yes

Yes

UAE

Yes

Yes

Yes

Saudi Arabia

Yes

Yes

Yes


APAC

Country

Sign-up

Localization Support

Auto-Affiliation

Support

Local Bank Required

Singapore

Yes

Yes

No

Japan

Yes

Yes

Yes

Australia

Yes

Yes

No*

*Signing up for Amazon Australia is relatively straightforward for most non-natives, but please note that you may need to complete a Tax Interview and Statement by a Supplier Form (SSF) in order to avoid being subject to Australia's 47% withholding tax.


Commission and Payment Information

Commission Rate: 1-20% depending on the product category. Check your rate card on Amazon Creator Central.

​Affiliate Window: 24 hours or first purchase. In addition, if the customer places an item in the shopping cart, commissions can still be earned if the purchase is completed within 89 days.

Payment Methods: Check, Amazon Gift Card, Bank Transfer/Direct Deposit.

Commission Payment Times: Amazon commissions are paid out on a monthly basis, approximately 60 days after the end of each month. Commissions are not paid out until the purchased item has shipped.

For the Mexico, Japan, China, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and India Associates Programs, you must have a bank account located within each country. Joining these programs may prove difficult for those living outside these countries without the use of additional 3rd party services like Payoneer.

Turkey and Egypt are currently by invite only from the Amazon Account Management team.

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