Amazon Affiliate Commission Structure

Amazon operates a volume-based advertising fee structure. The more products that are shipped as a result of your affiliate links, the more you'll make per sale. Once you have sold enough products to move up to a different advertising rate, all subsequent sales will give you commission at that rate, until and unless you reach the next fee level. Note that some products are exempt from this commission structure (see Fixed Fee Products below).
For the first one to six sales, commission is paid at 4 percent of the product's price. At seven to 30 sales, commission increases to 6 percent. Between 31 and 110 sales, you'll earn 6.5 percent, between 111 and 320 sales you'll get 7 percent and affiliate marketing argos between 321 and 630 you'll earn 7.5 percent. If you sell between 631 and 1570 products you'll get 8 percent commission, selling 1571 to 3130 products earns you 8.25 percent, and if you sell over 3131 products you'll make 8.5 percent per sale.
Some Amazon products are exempt from the stepped commission structure. These include cell phones and electronics (4 percent), video game downloads (10 percent), industrial products and anything on (8 percent), Amazon gift cards (6 percent), third-party gift cards (4 percent), magazines (25 percent) and groceries (4 percent). Note that computers, including tablets and laptops, are capped at $25 commission while MP3 and instant video sales are capped at $1.50 maximum. All other products are eligible for the increasing advertising fees.
Amazon will not pay you unless your affiliate sales reach a threshold of $10 if you choose to be paid by direct bank deposit or Amazon gift card, or $100 if you want to be paid by check. If you fail to reach the threshold, your affiliate balance is carried over to the next month and added to the sales you make then. Amazon pays affiliate sales at net 60 days, so, for example, sales that reach the threshold at the end of January will be paid in late March.
Warren Davies has been writing since 2007, focusing on bespoke projects for online clients such as PsyT and The Institute of Coaching. This has been alongside work in research, web design and blogging. A Linux user and gamer, warren trains in martial arts as a hobby. He has a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in psychology, and further qualifications in statistics and business studies.