Amazon UK have announced that they will be abolishing their Super Saver Delivery threshold until 10th January and offering free deliver on all UK order, regardless of their value.
This is great news for shoppers at Amazon but also great news for any of their affiliates as this move will no doubt improve traffic and conversion rate over the Christmas Period.
Amazon have also been in the news recently regarding the withdrawal of their £25 million Royal Mail contract in light of Christmas strikes that are looming, this was reportedly Royal Mails …

It has been reported that Amazon have not been paying their affiliates when sales are refereed from Twitter or Facebook. According to the Amazon terms of service a sales has to be refereed from “your site” and not a third party, which it classes Twitter and Facebook as.
The only way around this is to twitter details of the deal or offer to a landing page on your site and ensure your affiliate link are there.
Please feel free to comment if you have any experience of this happening.