Was Your Amazon Associates (Affiliate) Account was Banned in 2019?

Hi everyone,
My Amazon associate account was banned about 5 days ago. I thought I was following their strict rules but clearly I wasn't. There's so many reasons your account can get banned. What is worse is Amazon made over $4500 in the last 3 months and they terminated my account without actually paying me my earnings. Will I still get paid after my amazon associate/affiliate account was banned? Nope! There are a number of reasons why your account was banned and I will list a few and also share a video I found that might help you get more answers as to why your amazon affiliate account was banned. Can you appeal the ban? Is it worth your time? Let's discuss this.
#amazon #amazonassociates #affiliateprograms

[@dimitrispetraki]

I still cannot understand why they would ban someone from their program when he/she brings a lot of revenue to the company!!! It seems very weird... About the images of Amazon that might ban you from the affiliate, how do they know if we used their photos? I mean product photos are the same at almost all online shops. I also heard that if you use the word "Amazon" in your buy buttons, might also get you banned. Is it true?

[@patrickthompson7297]

Amazon shut me down on BLACK FRIDAY!!! I completely agree that they should send a warning

[@JohnPoltrack]

I've been blogging for over 13 years. The affiliate program was bringing in about $20 a month, enough to cover my hosting fees. Yesterday I got the "Warmest Regards" letter and they kept some of the money that I advertised for them. I guess they aren't rich enough or the $0 taxes a year is hurting them. The appeal box was invalid. I'm not going to try again. Thanks for the video.

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

There's better options out there. Sadly, the Amazon thing is the easiest to find lots of different stuff on.

[@Afjal_psy]

​@@GeekyNerdyTechyhow many followers do you have on your social media accounts, do you create your own content or use other people content on your account , How much time will it take to approval Amazon assosiate account , Please Reply me I am struggling.

[@binface9]

After you mentioned you've been doing In the Blues channel since 2006 I've been checking out your old videos. Rowdy bunch. It's interesting to see how far you've come with the channel from your first demo of the SD Pickup Booster

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

Ah! My old pickup booster video. That is left as a reminder of what-not-to-do on a video haha. :-) Thanks for the kind words.

[@UHOOHEXTRATECH]

go see some of the very biggest channels on here and see how they just don't put amz's link disclosure! One rule for some and another for others! Nothing to do with amz tos. Amz just cherry pick if you stay or leave i believe. Really.. don't waste you time with affiliate providers that are actively working against you. Thats the worst arrangement. Also avoid country specific schemes.. your traffic is worldwide so you're limiting yourself. You made an important video for many.

[@sacredharps]

I am evaluating whether or not to become an Amazon Affiliate in the first place. It sounds to me like once you get big enough, they TRY to find a reason to ban you, lol. I'm not sure about that, but I will be cautious. Thanks for the info!

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

I would have a good look at your options. Since making the switch it's been a lot better. Depending on your niche, there's plenty of great affiliate programs and trusted shops out there other than Amazon.

[@sacredharps]

@@GeekyNerdyTechy Thanks for the reply. I will do my diligence and hopefully start cranking stuff out soon!

[@jude4081]

Nah, if you are really big, that's only when a real human will reply to you and in most cases reinstate the account. But for small affiliate, its sorry, to hell with you, we don't need you. Amazon is very big and they know for some products they remain the best affiliate program.

[@PeteJohnsMusic]

Thanks for this video mate. Appreciate the tips - looks like I better get on the front foot and read those terms of service!

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

Check out the other video I posted in the cards. There's 28 things that will get you banned without warning but you also have to comply with the KZbin terms of service too so it gets tricky.

[@ufo2go]

@@GeekyNerdyTechy Great heads up Shane.👍 I mean , who usually gives a tos to read the TOS in the first place. Thank you. 🙏

[@iSpike]

BLOODY HELL Shane MATE 😱, What a bugga man? I take heed with what you have said here and what to look out for. Dam what a waist of your time man.

[@KarinaBanaduc]

They closed mine cause I am not "established", but they did not even given me the 6 months... and i already had over the 3 sales that I needed. I am so upset cause as you said it takes so much time to re-do all those links.

[@ClementinaIgbanibo]

hello, pls i wanted to ask, i got an email saying that amazon is terminating my associates as well as operating agreement that governs it and if my store ID was configured to earn globally it has been closed across all countries. then the next day i received an email saying congrats you are in for the amazon associate programme the question will be is my account still terminated

[@gameprey1777]

Hello, I just applied for an affiliate account..I sold two subscriptions but I my application was rejected, because of "plagiarism". They sent me an email with the link of the website and post that I had supposedly plagiarized. I've never plagiarized anything, I have never been to this site and don't have any post on the topic of the post in question. I just appealed this allegation. Has anyone been in this situation before? Thanks

[@rosajamal695]

Thanks, man ... I should tell my ppl about this

[@MrKareem33]

So I’m still not clear Shane, what specific reason was your first account banned for, under their terms of service?

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

For listing that using the links helps support the channel "Encourages bookmarking" so they say. In the end it could have been a few reasons which is my own fault for not understanding legal terminology properly. 😆

[@MrKareem33]

Geeky Nerdy Techy so you mentioned this in the text description of the video, or you mentioned during the video content? So you must disclose in the text description they are Amazon affiliate links, but you cannot explain what this actually achieves for your channel? Weird...IMHO

[@Roo_Tech]

Very useful video, thanks for the info!

[@ronaldjson8397]

Did they also close your UK account?

[@ckeckmate611]

@mxluvin__：I have a already have a blog about Amazon products and I want to become an affiliate but my domain contains “amaz” in it, will I get ban for that? I have built a brand off my blog and don’t really wanna switch the domain. Thanks

[@FOAservices]

Hello Shane, old video. I know, but hope you still reply to messages here. If one is banned from Amazon associate in one country eg Amazon US, can the person join Amazon Canada or UK's associates program. Thanks.

[@svenodenberg9292]

Hi there, thx for the vid, but could you maybe explain how you recovered from the ban? In your other new vids you are using amazon aff. links again, so how did that happen? thx a lot.

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

The US Amazon account is still banned. It was almost impossible to get an email reply from them which was a shame. The other countries are all good still.

[@leftymike5625]

Shame on Amazon. 👎

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

This sort of thing has happened to so many people. I thought I would just make a quick video explaining their business method. There's some accounts that were banned for using the word "Amazon" in their description or even for listing the price of the item. 😳

[@jamalabdul2009]

Such a shame Amazon doesn’t have any way of warning people of any infractions they may have done and keeping the money that was earned. Another case of a company that started out small and humble growing to another greedy faceless corporate giant. So sad.

[@leftymike5625]

@@GeekyNerdyTechy They should have at the very least payed you the money you had earned. I buy quite a bit from them. I even use amazon smile which benefits a charity I like. But there are plenty of other companies out there that would take my business...✌

[@aarondaniels629]

From the US I can say thats what you get Shane...just kidding, this is insane...so much for Capitalism...It disgusts me that Amazon can rob you of what is yours...Some men rob you with a gun while others rob you with a pen...Thank you so much for warning folks Shane, that is so nice of you. You don't owe anybody that polite gesture yet you still chose to, revealing your integrity...This also reveals Amazon's lack of integrity...I have purchased things from amazon because of one of your demos, and those were not even affiliate links...so imagine how much money amazon has made from your content and they still give you the shaft...so sad that the REAL Amazon (forest) gets destroyed by greed while this Amazon thrives from it...take care Shane, don't let this bum you out man.

[@mollyscores]

Hi omg I had opened my affiliate account I guess 180 days ago but I hadn’t used it until recently where I set up my full website and it was closed today I also have the spreadr app so do I have to redo all those links now with my new account or is there a way to just sync?🙏🏽

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

If you already generated the links you'll need to do it again I am pretty sure. Amazon are vague as when it comes to this stuff.

[@mollyscores]

@@GeekyNerdyTechy yes sadly I went through and corrected all the links pulled an all nighter 🤦🏽‍♀️ thank you

[@rinainlondon8]

Thanks just started my amazon affiliate and I want to know more info about it

[@PhillipBridgesReviews]

I have been banned 3 times. I’m just giving up with them. Tired of tip toeing around with them.

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

Since I moved away from Amazon US things have been a lot better. It took a few months to work out where to go but there's a lot of services that allow you access to many companies that carry lots of products.

[@FOAservices]

Banned 3 times? How did you manage to reapply again? I thought you get disqualified with your details being the same

[@ThePreparedMother]

We just got banned for the same reason. Our website is multipurpose but is funded from our affiliate commission.

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

Sorry to hear the news :(

[@amandanpallas]

Do you know if you can do amazon influencer or will the close that would too?

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

I'm not sure. I ended up moving my US affiliate program to somewhere else.

[@itsmebarbara4085]

Thanks for the info.. just happened to me

[@aasimahmed6170]

So how can I make a new account and get away with the ban?

[@oletalee3089]

thanks for this information!!!

[@agnishdas6934]

Can we make a new Amazon Associates account using the same details, like bank account, phone number etc?? I have a doubt on this........

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

Nope. The only way is to set up a new business name/number. Sadly, this method doesn't work.

[@paulm8157]

I’m not a creator, just a viewer, Shane. I notice that it appears to be fairly common for posters to say in their vids that purchases via affiliate links “help to support the channel”. Such statements might not be written in the descriptions themselves, however. Is Amazon picking up on the only via vid comments? From my viewpoint, I don’t mind affiliate arrangements as long as they are declared AND the channel content remains valuable and worth watching. Channels that have p..s.poor info and lots of affiliate links are not worth my time, and should disappear. Terms of service merit careful reads - I’ve stayed away from some social media sites after reading, and being turned off by, terms of service. As a side comment (sorry for the length) if a channel is crappy, but an Amazon item seems interesting, I’ll detour the affiliate link and find the item on Amazon directly.

[@karlineebanks]

So, you cant use their images? What do you use to advertise the product??!!

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

They have all these stupid rules so if they want to ruin your day, they can basically pick and choose.

[@djscottymashups]

They give special links for associates/affiliates to use their images or banners and so on, just saving the pic and re-using it on your site is where you go wrong in this case.

[@mazharwarraich8035]

after this tragedy you recieved your earnings?

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

Nope! I never got anything from them.

[@ovel5018]

try ProAmazon to unban

[@DudefishhTV]

Same crap happened to me.

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

It sucks, but there are better options out there if you niche a website or youtube channel in one area.

[@DudefishhTV]

@@GeekyNerdyTechy yea I’m in the fishing niche and there are some other options I’m looking at. Just sucks man! They can’t even give you a warning... 🤦🏻‍♂️