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These Associates Program policies (“Program Policies”) are incorporated by reference in the Associates Program Operating Agreement, and capitalized terms used
in these Program Policies and not otherwise defined here will have the definitions provided in the Agreement.
We will pay Standard Program Fees described in Section 3 of this Fee Statement in connection with “Qualifying Purchases”, which (subject to the exclusions
described in this Fee Statement) occur when:
(a) our customer clicks through a Special Link on your Site to an Amazon Site; and
(b) during a single session, which is measured as beginning when our customer clicks through that Special Link and ending upon the first to occur of the following:
(x) 24 hours elapse from that click, (y) our customer places an order for a Product, other than a digital item sold under the name “Amazon MP3,” “Amazon Shorts”,
“eDocs”, “Amazon Video”, “Amazon Software Downloads”, “Game Downloads”, “Kindle Books”, “Kindle Newspapers”, “Kindle Blogs”, “Kindle Newsfeeds”, or “Kindle
Magazines” (a “Digital Product”), or (z) our customer follows a Special Link to the Amazon Site that is not your Special Link (a “Session”), any of the following
happens:
ii. our customer purchases a Product by adding a Product to his or her shopping cart and completing the order for that Product no later than 89 days after their
initial click-through of the Special Link, or
iii. with respect to Digital Products, our customer purchases such a Product by streaming or downloading it from an Amazon Site; and
(c) our customer actually receives and pays for such Product.
For each Qualifying Purchase, the corresponding “Qualifying Revenue” is equal to the amount we actually receive from that Qualifying Purchase, less any shipping
charges, gift-wrapping fees, taxes, service charges, rebates, credit card processing fees, and bad debt.
2. Disqualified Purchases
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Qualifying Purchases are disqualified whenever they occur in connection with a violation of this Associates Program Fee Statement
or any other terms, conditions, specifications, statements, and policies that we may issue from time to time that apply to the Associates Program, including the
most up-to-date version of the Associates Program Operating Agreement (collectively, the “Program Documents”). For example, no Program Fees are payable for
a purchase that is not correctly tracked or reported because the links from your Site to the Amazon Site are not properly formatted, or for a purchase through a
Special Link that violates the terms of the Program Documents.
Additionally, the following purchases that would otherwise be Qualified Purchases are disqualified and excluded from the Associates Program:
(a) any Product purchased after termination of your Associates Program Operating Agreement,
(b) any Product order where a cancellation, return, or refund has been initiated,
(c) any Product purchased by a customer who is referred to an Amazon Site through any advertisement that you purchased through participation in bidding or
auctions on keywords, search terms, or other identifiers that include the word “amazon”, or “kindle”, or any other trademark of Amazon or its affiliates (see a non-
exhaustive list of our trademarks here, or variations or misspellings of any of those words (e.g., “ammazon”, “amaozn”, and “kindel”) (all, a “Prohibited Paid Search
Placement”),
(d) any Product purchased by a customer who is referred to an Amazon Site by a link that is generated or displayed on a search engine (including Google, Yahoo,
Bing, or any other search portal, sponsored advertising service, or other search or referral service, or any site that participates in such search engine’s network),
(e) any Product purchased by a customer who is referred to an Amazon Site by a link that sends users indirectly to the Amazon Site via an intermediate site,
without requiring the customer to click on a link or take some other affirmative action on that intermediate site (a “Redirecting Link”),
(f) any Product subject to a Bounty Event (as defined in Section 4(a) of this Fee Statement, with the corresponding related Special Program Fee) or purchased in a
subscription (other than the initial purchase of the subscribed Product), and
(g) any Product purchased by a customer, where such customer does not comply with the terms and conditions applicable to the Amazon Site.
Subject to the limitations described in this Fee Statement and compliance with the Associates Program Operating Agreement, we will pay you standard fees
described in this section (”Standard Program Fees”), calculated as a percentage of Qualifying Revenue, as follows:
For Qualifying Purchases of Products within product categories specified in Table 1 below, the Standard Program Fees accrued will be the corresponding fixed rate
of Qualifying Revenue specified in this table:
TABLE 1 – Fixed Standard Program Fee Rates for Specific Product Categories
Toys 3.00%
From time to time, we may run general special programs that may provide all or some Associates the opportunity to earn additional or alternative fees (“Special
Program Fees”). For the avoidance of doubt (and notwithstanding any time period described in this section), Amazon reserves the right to discontinue or modify all
or part of any special program at any time. All such special programs (even those which do not involve purchases of Products) are subject to disqualifying
exclusions substantially similar to those identified in Section 2 of this Fee Statement, and any restriction under the Program Documents applicable to a Product
purchase will also apply on a substantially similar basis as restrictions for special programs.
The following Special Program Fees are currently available to all Associates:
As described in the table below, you will earn Special Program Fees described in this Section 4(a) in connection with “Bounty Events” which occur when (1) our
customer, who must be eligible for the Bounty Event as described in Table 2 below, clicks through a Special Link on your Site to a bounty-specific homepage on an
Amazon Site, and (2) during the resulting Session our customer completes the bounty action described in Table 2 below:
Amazon See Table A Below Successful registration for a third An Amazon Prime customer who $3.00
Channels Free party video subscription meets the eligibility
Trial requirements for an Amazon
Channels Subscriptions
Amazon Baby http://www.amazon.com/gp/baby/homepage Successful creation of, and A customer who meets the $3.00
Registry addition of at least 1 item to, an eligibility requirements for the
Amazon Baby Registry creation of an Amazon Baby
Registry and who has not
previously created an Amazon
Baby Registry
Amazon Family http://www.amazon.com/mom Successful registration for A customer who meets the $3.00
Amazon Prime Free Trial eligibility requirements for the
Amazon Prime Free Trial
Amazon Home http://www.amazon.com/homeservices Successful reservation of a A customer who meets the $3.00
Services Standard, Pre-Packaged, or eligibility requirements for
Custom service from Amazon Amazon Home Services and who
Home Services has not previously reserved a
service for Amazon Home
Services
Amazon Music https://www.amazon.com/gp/dmusic/promotions/AmazonMusicUnlimited Successful registration for A customer who meets the $3.00
Unlimited Free Amazon Music Unlimited Free eligibility requirements for the
Trial Trial Amazon Music Unlimited Free
Trial
Amazon Prime http://www.amazon.com/tryprimefree Successful registration for A customer who meets the $3.00
Free Trial Amazon Prime Free Trial eligibility requirements for the
Amazon Prime Free Trial
Amazon Prime https://amazon.com/qualify Successful registration for a A customer who meets the $3.00
Discounted Prime Free Trial for qualifying eligibility requirements for the
Monthly Offering customer Amazon Prime Monthly
(Prime Free Trial Discounted Free Trial
for Qualifying
Customers)
Amazon Prime http://www.amazon.com/gp/dmusic/promotions/prime.html Successful registration for A customer who meets the $3.00
Music Free Trial Amazon Prime Free Trial eligibility requirements for the
Amazon Prime Free Trial
Amazon Prime http://www.amazon.com/gp/video/primesignup Successful registration for A customer who meets the $3.00
Video Free Trial Amazon Prime Free Trial eligibility requirements for the
Amazon Prime Free Trial
Amazon Prime http://www.amazon.com/gp/student/signup/info Successful registration for A customer who meets the $3.00
Student 6-Month Amazon Student eligibility requirements for
Trial Amazon Student and who has
not previously registered for any
version of Amazon Student
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/wedding/homepage Successful creation of, and A customer who meets the $3.00
Wedding addition of at least 1 item to, an eligibility requirements for the
Registry Amazon Wedding Registry creation of an Amazon Wedding
Registry and who has not
previously created an Amazon
Wedding Registry
Audible Free Not applicable Successful registration for an A customer who meets the $5.00
Trial Digital Audible Free Trial on Amazon.com eligibility requirements for the
Membership Audible Free Trial
Audible Gold Not applicable Successful registration for an A customer who meets the $10.00
Digital Audible Gold Digital Membership eligibility requirements for the
Membership on Amazon.com Audible Gold Digital Membership
Cell Phone with Not applicable Bounty-Eligible Purchase of a Any customer $25.00
Wireless Service cellular phone with a wireless
Plan service plan
Kindle Reading https://www.amazon.com/associates/AppDownload?tag= Successful sign-in to a Kindle A customer who has not $3.00
App [YourAssociatesID]&program=1&linkCode=adt reading app, which may require previously signed into a Kindle
the Eligible Customer to reading application
download and install the
application
Kindle Unlimited http://www.amazon.com/kindleunlimited Successful registration for Kindle A customer who meets the $3.00
Free Trial Unlimited Free Trial eligibility requirements for the
Kindle Unlimited Free Trial
Kindle Unlimited https://www.amazon.com/gp/kindle/ku/gift_landing Purchase of a 6-month Kindle A customer who completes a 6- $3.00
6 Month Paid Unlimited membership month Kindle Unlimited
Membership membership purchase
Kindle Unlimited https://www.amazon.com/gp/kindle/ku/gift_landing Purchase of a 12-month Kindle A customer who completes a 12- $5.00
12 Month Paid Unlimited membership month Kindle Unlimited
Membership membership purchase
Kindle Unlimited https://www.amazon.com/gp/kindle/ku/gift_landing Purchase of a 24-month Kindle A customer who completes a $10.00
24 Month Paid Unlimited membership Kindle Unlimited 24-month
Membership membership purchase
Prime Exclusives https://www.amazon.com/primeexclusives Successful registration for A customer who meets the $3.00
Amazon Prime Free Trial eligibility requirements for the
Amazon Prime Free Trial
Twitch Prime https:/amazon.com/trytwitchprime Connection of Amazon Prime A customer who meets the $3.00
(sign up of account to Twitch eligibility requirements for the
Prime Free Trial Amazon Prime Free Trial
and linking to
Twitch account)
AmazonFresh https://www.amazon.com/afx/nc/primefreshbenefits Successful registration for A customer who meets the $5.00
Free Trial AmazonFresh Free Trial eligibility requirements for the
AmazonFresh Free Trial
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/tryfreetime Successful registration for A customer who meets the $3.00
FreeTime Amazon FreeTime Unlimited Free eligibility requirements for the
Unlimited Free Trial Amazon FreeTime Unlimited Free
Trial Trial
88bb https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=88bb
AcaciaTV https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=acaciatv
Acorn TV https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=acorn
Alchemiya https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=alchemiya
Ameba https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=amebatv
BeFit https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=befit
BritBox https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=britbox
Broadway HD https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=broadwayhd
Cheddar https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=cheddar
CineFest https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=cinefest
Cinemax https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=cinemax
CinePride https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=cinepride
Comic-Con HQ https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=subscriptions
CONtv https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=contv
CuriosityStream https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=curiositystreamstandard
Dekkoo https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=dekkoo
DocComTV https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=doccom
Docurama https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=docuramaFilms
Dox https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=dox
El Gourmet https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=elgourmet
Eurocinema https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=eurocinema
Fandor https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=fandor
Filmbox https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=filmbox
FITFUSIONTV https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=fitfusion
FullMoon https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=fullmoon
Gaia https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=gaia
Gilad TV https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=giladtv
GONE TV https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=gonetv
HBO https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=hbo
Here TV https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=heretv
Hi-YAH! https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=hiyah
Horror TV https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=horrortv
Kikiriki https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=kikiriki
Miao Mi https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=miaomi
Motorland https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=motorland
Motorvision TV https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=motorvision
MubiTV https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=mubi
NatureVision TV https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=nav
Panna https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=pannacooking
Pantaya https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=pantaya
Parables TV https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=parablestv
PixL https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=pixl
Premo https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=premo
RingTV https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=ringtv
ScholarView https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=scholarview
Screambox https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=screambox
Showtime https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=showtimeSub
Shudder https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=shuddertv
SpaceRip https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=spacerip
STARZ https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=starzSub
SweatFlix https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=sweatflix
Tastemade https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=tastemade
TheSurfNetwork https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=thesurfnetwork
The/Drive https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=drivesub
Toku https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=toku
Toonscape https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=toonscape
TV1000 https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=tv1000
Vaporvue https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=vaporvue
Viewster https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=viewster
XLTV https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=xltv
Xterra.tv https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/?ie=UTF8&benefitID=xterra
Amazon will determine in its sole discretion, in each case, whether a Bounty Event has occurred or has been disqualified due to a violation or other abuse (for
example, registrations made using invalid email addresses, use of bots or automated software, multiple Bounty Events by a single person, repetitive Bounty Events,
Bounty Events from your IP address, and Bounty Events that do not result from Special Links on your Site).
Special Links to the bounty-specific homepages listed in Table 2 and Table A are permitted in connection with the corresponding bounty, notwithstanding the
Associates Program Participation Requirements.
Amazon’s trade-in program allows customers to trade-in eligible Products in exchange for Amazon gift cards.
You will earn the Special Program Fee Rates described in this Section 4(b) in connection with “Trade-In Events” which occur when (1) our customer clicks through a
Special Link on your Site to an Amazon Site and (2) during the resulting Session our customer adds a product to his or her trade-in shopping cart and then submits
a trade-in request that Amazon accepts.
Amazon will determine in its sole discretion, in each case, whether a Trade-In Event has occurred or has been disqualified due to violation of the Program
Documents or the Amazon Trade-In Program Terms and Conditions.
From time to time, we may offer or impose upon one or more Associates supplemental special programs, such as an opportunity to earn additional or alternative
fees, and such programs will be binding and effective when (i) included in a written amendment, (ii) sent by Amazon to the primary email address on your
Associates account, or (iii) posted on the Associates Site.
We reserve the right pursuant to the Agreement to modify this Fee Statement, at any time and in our sole discretion, by posting a change notice or a revised
Program Policy on the Associates Site; provided that with respect to changes to this Fee Statement we will use commercially reasonable efforts to post such notice
or revision at least 2 days prior to such modification becoming effective.
From time to time, we may impose limits on Associates’ opportunity to earn Standard Program Fees or Special Program Fees. For the avoidance of doubt (and
notwithstanding any time period described in this section), Amazon reserves the right to discontinue or modify all or part of any limitation at any time.
Standard Program Fees for all Qualifying Purchases of Products that are categorized as fine art are limited to a maximum of $200 per Product, regardless of the
Qualifying Revenues received from the sale of that Product.
You will not be eligible to receive any Standard Program Fees or Special Program Fees for any month if we determine that your Site is primarily promoting free
Kindle eBooks and during that month (i) 20,000 or more free Kindle eBooks are ordered and downloaded during Sessions attributed to your Special Links, and (ii)
at least 80% of all Kindle eBooks ordered and downloaded during Sessions attributed to your Special Links are free Kindle eBooks.
We will use commercially reasonable efforts to accurately and comprehensively track Qualifying Purchases for the purposes of our internal tracking, and creating
and distributing to you our reports summarizing Standard Program Fees and Special Program Fees you earned during that month.
We will pay Standard Program Fees and Special Program Fees approximately 60 days following the end of each calendar month in which they were earned by the
method described below that you have selected:
Option 1: Payment by Direct Deposit. We will directly deposit the fees you earn into the bank account you designate once you have provided us with the name of
your bank, the bank account type, the 9-digit routing number/ABA number, the account number, and the name of the primary account holder as it appears on the
account. If you have chosen payment by direct deposit and you do not provide this information, or it is not valid (for example, the account has been closed or
changed), or the payment is otherwise rejected by your bank, you may instead receive payment by check which will be subject to the processing fees described
below until you provide valid account information. If you select this option, we reserve the right to hold fees until the total amount due to you is at least $10.
Option 2: Payment by Amazon.com Gift Card. We will send you gift cards in the amount of the fees you earn to the primary email address on your Associates
account. These gift cards are redeemable for products on amazon.com and are subject to our then-current Gift Cards Terms and Conditions. If you select this
option, we reserve the right to hold fees until the total amount due to you is at least $10.
Option 3: Payment by Check. We will send you a check in the amount of the fees you earn once you have provided us with a physical address. If you select this
option, we reserve the right to hold fees until the total amount due to you is at least $100 and to deduct a processing fee in the amount of $15 from each check
we send to you.
If you do not select and maintain information for a payment option, we will hold earned fees until you make your selection.
If at any time there has been no substantial activity on your account for at least 3 years, then we will have the right to withhold the accrued fees for your inactive
account, up to a maximum closure withholding of $10. Further, any unpaid accrued fees in your account may be subject to escheatment under applicable law.
We may deduct or withhold any taxes that we may be legally obligated to deduct or withhold from any amounts payable to you under the Associates Program.
From time to time, we may request tax information from you. If we request tax information from you and you do not provide it to us, we reserve the right (in
addition to any other rights or remedies available to us) to hold your fees until you provide this information or otherwise satisfy us that you are not a person from
whom we are required to obtain tax information.
Payments made to you, as reduced by all deductions or withholdings described in the Agreement, will constitute full payment and settlement to you of amounts
payable under the Agreement.
If any excess payment has been made to you for any reason whatsoever, we reserve the right to adjust or offset the same against any subsequent fees payable to
you under the Agreement.
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To begin the enrollment process, you must submit a complete and accurate Associates Program application. Your Site(s) must be publically available via the
website address provided in the application. You must identify your Site(s) in your application. We will evaluate your application and notify you of its acceptance or
rejection. Your Site will not be eligible for inclusion in the Associates Program, and you cannot include any Special Links or Product Advertising Content on it, if
your Site is unsuitable. Unsuitable Sites include those that:
(d) promote or contain materials or activity that is hateful, harassing, harmful, invasive of another’s privacy, abusive, or discriminatory (including on the basis of
race, color, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age);
(f) are directed toward children under 13 years of age, as defined by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 6501-6506) and any regulations
promulgated thereunder, or otherwise knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information from children under 13 years of age;
(g) include any trademark of Amazon or its affiliates, or a variant or misspelling of a trademark of Amazon or its affiliates in any domain name, subdomain name, in
any “tag” or Associates ID, or in any username, group name, or other identifier on any social networking site (see a non-exhaustive list of our trademarks here); or
We will determine suitability at our sole discretion. If we reject your application due to unsuitable content, you may reapply at any time once you have complied
with our suitability requirements. However, if at any time we 1) reject your application for any other reason or 2) terminate your account in connection with any
violation or abuse (as determined in our sole discretion), you cannot attempt to re-join the Associates Program without our advance authorization. Advance
authorization may be initiated by completing the Contact Associates Customer Service form available here. We reserve the right to withhold fees for future
unauthorized Program activity.
You will ensure that the information in your Associates Program application and information otherwise associated with your account on the Associates Site,
including your email address, other contact information, and identification of your Site, is at all times complete, accurate, and up-to-date. We may send
notifications (if any), approvals (if any), and other communications relating to the Associates Program and the Agreement to the email address then-currently
associated with your Program account. You will be deemed to have received all notifications, approvals, and other communications sent to that email address, even
if the email address associated with your account is no longer current.
If you are a non-US person participating in the Associates Program, you agree that unless you have otherwise notified us in your tax information you will perform
all services under the Operating Agreement outside the United States.
2. Mobile Applications
If you wish to include Special Links in a software application designed and intended for use on mobile phones, tablets, or other handheld devices (a “Mobile
Application”), you must include the name of the Mobile Application and the link to your Mobile Application in your application to the Associates Program. The
suitability and other requirements of this Section 2 and the Mobile Application Policy will apply to Mobile Applications. We will evaluate your application and
notify you of its acceptance or rejection. A Mobile Application that is accepted will be an “Approved Mobile Application” for purposes of the Associates Program
Operating Agreement.
After you have been notified that you have been accepted into the Associates Program, you are permitted to display Special Links on your Site. Special Links enable
accurate tracking, reporting, and accrual of fees.
Special Links displayed in Approved Mobile Applications may be served by the Amazon Mobile Associates API (“AMA API”), or the PA API (as defined in the License),
including any Special Links displayed within an integrated web browser, and must use the Associates ID we have assigned to you expressly for your Approved
Mobile Applications.
We will have no obligation to pay you fees if you fail to properly format the links on your Site to the Amazon Site as Special Links.
Special Links may be created by you or made available to you by us. If we inform you that your Site does not qualify to use certain types of links, you must cease
displaying those types of links on your Site. You are solely responsible for the content, style, and placement of each link that you place on your Site and for
ensuring that Special Links (whether created by you or made available to you by us) include the appropriate formatting necessary for us to properly track referrals
of our customers from your Site. You must not encourage customers to bookmark your Special Links. All Special Links must be accessed directly from your site. For
example, you must include your Associates ID or “tag” (appearing as XXXXX-20, or such other format as we may designate) as a parameter in the URL of each link
you place on your Site to the Amazon Site.
Upon your request but subject to our approval, we may issue you additional “sub-tag” Associate IDs that permit you to monitor and optimize the performance of
your Special Links by including different sub-tags in the URLs of different Special Links. Under no circumstances may you associate any sub-tag with a specific end
user of your Site (e.g., you may not dynamically assign sub-tags to users as they arrive on your Site for purposes of monitoring such users’ behavior).
You may add or delete Products (and related Special Links) from your Site at any time without our approval. However, you may not use Special Links to link to the
Amazon Site from references to products on your Site that are not “Products” as defined in the Agreement. For example, you cannot link to the Amazon Site with a
link for “shoes”, however you can link to the Amazon Site with a Special Link to a specific shoe Product detail page.
You must remove from your Site any links and related references to limited time promotions on or before the expiration date of that promotion. For example, if
you include links to Products in the apparel category of the Amazon Site and mention that there is 15% off select products in Amazon’s apparel category, you must
immediately remove the mention of the 15% discount from your Site on or before the expiration date of that promotion.
You must not make inaccurate, overbroad, deceptive or otherwise misleading claims about any Product, the Amazon Site, or any of our policies, promotions, or
prices. For example, if you include on your Site a link to a 20 GB MP3 player sold on the Amazon Site, you may not state that the MP3 player has 30 GB of memory.
Product prices and availability may vary from time to time. Because prices for and availability of Products that you have listed on your Site may change, your Site
may only show prices and availability if: (a) we serve the link in which that price and availability data are displayed, or (b) you obtain Product pricing and availability
data via the PA API and you comply with the requirements regarding use of the PA API in the License.
In addition, if you choose to display prices for any Product on your Site in any “comparison” format (including through the use of any price-comparison tool or
engine) together with prices for the same or similar products offered through any web site or other means other than the Amazon Site, you must display both the
lowest “new” price and, if we provide it to you, the lowest “used” price at which the Product is available on the Amazon Site.
You must not post any Special Links on Amazon Spark or link to any page on your Site from Amazon Spark if that page contains any Special Link.
Links that Dynamically Generate Products: Certain types of links that we may make available to you dynamically generate particular Products to display based on a
contextual analysis of the page on which they appear. Amazon will crawl or otherwise monitor your Site and store gathered content to implement these types of
links and to improve dynamic generation and the Associates Program. If you implement mechanisms that prevent us from crawling or otherwise monitoring your
Site, you agree that these types of links may not function properly, and you will be solely responsible for any such malfunction.
MP3 Clips Widget Link: You may place links on your Site that allow you to display or publicly perform certain streaming music Content that is hosted by us. This
streaming music Content may only be displayed or publicly performed via the MP3 Clips Widget Link and then only in accordance with Associates Program
Operating Agreement. The streaming music Content may not be otherwise copied, distributed, performed, or sold in any manner or for any purpose whatsoever.
You will be solely responsible for your Site, including its development, operation, and maintenance and all materials that appear on or within it. For example, you
will be solely responsible for:
(a) the technical operation of your Site and all related equipment,
(b) displaying Special Links and Content on your Site in compliance with the Associates Program Operating Agreement, all applicable laws (including the US FTC
Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsement and Testimonials in Advertising), and any agreement between you and any other person or entity (including any
restrictions or requirements placed on you by any person or entity that hosts your Site),
(c) creating and posting, and ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and appropriateness of, materials posted on your Site (including all Product descriptions and
other Product-related materials and any information you include within or associate with Special Links),
(d) using the Content, your Site, and the materials on or within your Site in a manner that does not infringe, violate, or misappropriate any of our rights or those of
any other person or entity (including copyrights, trademarks, privacy, publicity, or other intellectual property or proprietary rights),
(e) disclosing on your Site accurately and adequately, either through a privacy policy or otherwise, how you collect, use, store, and disclose data collected from
visitors, including, where applicable, that third parties (including us and other advertisers) may serve content and advertisements, collect information directly from
visitors, and place or recognize cookies on visitors’ browsers, and
(f) any use that you make of the Content, and the Amazon Marks, whether or not permitted under the Associates Program Operating Agreement.
5. You will not engage in any promotional, marketing, or other advertising activities on behalf of us or our affiliates, or in connection with the Amazon Site or the
Associates Program, that are not expressly permitted under the Associates Program Operating Agreement. For example, you will not engage in any promotional,
marketing, or other advertising activities in any offline manner, including by using any of our or our affiliates’ trademarks or logos (including any Amazon Mark),
any Content, or any Special Link in connection with an offline promotion or in any other offline manner (e.g., in any printed material, mailing, SMS, MMS, email or
attachment to email, or other document, or any oral solicitation).
6. Except as agreed between you and us in a separate written agreement referencing this Section 6, you will not use any Content or Special Link, or otherwise link
to the Amazon Site, on or in connection with: (a) any client-side software application (e.g., a browser plug-in, helper object, toolbar, extension, component, or any
other application executable or installable by an end user) on any device, including computers, mobile phones, tablets, or other handheld devices (other than
Approved Mobile Applications); or (b) any television set-top box (e.g., digital video recorders, cable or satellite boxes, streaming video players, blu-ray players, or
dvd players) or Internet-enabled television (e.g., GoogleTV, Sony Bravia, Panasonic Viera Cast, or Vizio Internet Apps).
7. The Associates Program is free to join, and we provide resources on the Associates Site to help Associates succeed with the program. We have never authorized
any business to provide paid set-up or consulting services to our Associates, so please be wary if any business like that (even one attempting to appropriate the
Amazon name) reaches out to offer you costly services.
8. Content on Your Site. You will be solely responsible for the content on your Site and ensure:
(a) You will not add to, delete from, or otherwise alter any Content in any way, including by adding additional information (for example, you may not insert words
into a customer review), except that you may resize Content consisting of a graphic image in a manner that maintains the original proportions of the image or
truncate Content consisting of text in a manner that does not materially alter the meaning of the text or cause the text to become factually incorrect, or
misleading. Some types of links that we may make available to you may contain a link to an informational page on an Amazon Site that is not formatted as a
Special Link (for example, links to privacy policy information at the bottom of banners may not be formatted as Special Links); without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, you will not remove, obscure, or alter, or make invisible, illegible, or indecipherable to visitors of your Site, any “Privacy Information” link.
(b) You will not sell, resell, redistribute, sublicense, or transfer any Content or any application that uses, incorporates, or displays any Content, PAAPI, or Data Feed.
For example, you will not use, or enable, or facilitate the use of Content on or within any application, platform, site, or service (including social networking sites)
that requires you to sublicense or otherwise give any rights in or to any Content to any other person or entity, nor will you create links formatted with your
Associates tag for, or display such links on, a site that is not your Site.
(c) You will promptly remove from your Site and delete or otherwise destroy any Content that is no longer displayed on the Amazon Site or that we notify you is no
longer available for your use.
(d) You will not use any Content, including any name or likeness embodied in that Content, in a manner that implies a person’s or company’s endorsement or
sponsorship of, or commercial tie-in or other association with, any product, service, party, or cause (including by placing unrelated third party materials in close
proximity to Content).
(e) You will not (and you will not seek to) purchase, register or otherwise use any Amazon Mark (as defined in the Trademark Guidelines) or variations or
misspellings of any of those words (e.g., “ammazon,” “amaozn,” and “kindel,”) for use in any search engine (including Google, Yahoo, Bing, or any other search
portal, sponsored advertising service, or other search or referral service, or any site that participates in such search engine’s network (together, a “Search Engine”)).
In addition to any other rights or remedies available to us, upon our request you will cause any Search Engine designated by us to exclude Proprietary Terms
(defined below) from keywords used to display your advertising content in association with search results (e.g., request exclusion by negative keyword bidding),
assuming the Search Engine offers such exclusion capabilities.
(f) You will not bid on or purchase keywords, search terms, or other identifiers, including the word “amazon,” Kindle,” or any other trademark (“Proprietary Terms”
and you can see a non-exhaustive list of our trademarks here) or otherwise participate in keyword auctions on any Search Engine if the resulting paid search
advertisement is a Prohibited Paid Search Placement (as defined in the Fee Statement). You may purchase paid search advertisements and submit links to Search
Engines to appear in response to a general Internet search query or keyword (i.e., in natural, free, organic, or unpaid search results), so long as you comply with the
Associates Program Operating Agreement and those paid or unpaid search results send users to your site and not directly, or indirectly via a Redirecting Link (as
defined in the Fee Statement), to the Amazon Site.
(g) You will not offer any person or entity any consideration, reward, or incentive (including any money, rebate, discount, points, donation to charity or other
organization, or other benefit) for using Special Links. For example, you cannot implement any “rewards” or loyalty program that incentivizes persons or entities to
visit the Amazon Site via your Special Links.
(h) You will not intercept, record, redirect, read, interpret, or fill in the contents of any electronic form or other material submitted to us by any person or entity.
(i) You will not request, collect, obtain, store, cache, or otherwise use any account information used by our customers in connection with any Amazon Site
(including any usernames or passwords of Amazon Site customers).
(j) You will not modify, redirect, suppress, or substitute the operation of any button, link, or other feature of the Amazon Site.
(k) You will not make any orders or engage in other transactions of any kind on the Amazon Site on behalf of any other person or entity, or authorize, assist, or
encourage any other person or entity to do so.
(l) You will not take any action that could reasonably cause any customer confusion as to our relationship with you, or as to the site on which any functions or
transactions (for example, search, browse, or order) are occurring.
(m) You will not include on your Site, display, or otherwise use Special Links or Content in connection with, any spyware, malware, virus, worm, Trojan horse, or
other malicious or harmful code, or any software application not expressly and knowingly authorized by users prior to being downloaded or installed on their
computer or other electronic device.
(n) You will not frame the Amazon Site, or any part of it, within your Site, including by display within an integrated web browser (e.g., WebView) within a Mobile
Application. However, displaying a Special Link on your Site, including results from the AMA API, in accordance with Section 3 of these Participation Requirements,
will not be a violation of this section.
(o) You will not post or serve any Special Links or other content promoting the Amazon Site within any pop-up or pop-under windows, transitional page ads, or
layer ads, except for pop-up windows in conjunction with your Site promoting Products closely associated with the materials on your Site.
(p) You will not include any Special Links in any content that you place on the Amazon Site (for example, in connection with any advertising service available
through the Amazon Site or in a customer review, forum, Wish List, guide, or any other customer-generated context available on the Amazon Site).
(q) You will not attempt to circumvent the Fee Statement or artificially increase your fees. For example, you can not cause any page of the Amazon Site to open in a
customer’s browser other than as a result of the customer clicking on a Special Link on your Site.
(r) You will not attempt to intercept or redirect (including via software installed on users’ computers) traffic from or on, or divert fees from, any site that
participates in the Associates Program.
(s) You will not artificially generate clicks or impressions on your Site or create Sessions on the Amazon Site, whether by way of a robot or software program or
otherwise.
(t) You will not display or otherwise use any of our customer reviews or star ratings, in part or in whole, on your Site unless you have obtained a link to that
customer review or star rating through the PA API and you comply with the requirements for the PA API described in the License .
(u) You will not directly or indirectly purchase any Product(s) through Special Links, whether for your use of for the use of any other person or entity, and you will
not permit, request or encourage any of your friends, relatives, employees, contractors, or business relations to directly or indirectly purchase any Product(s)
through Special Links, whether for their use, your use or the use of any other person or entity. Further, you will not purchase any Product(s) through Special Links
for resale or commercial use (of any kind) or offer any Products on your Site for resale or commercial use of any kind.
(v) You will not cloak, hide, spoof, or otherwise obscure the URL of your Site containing Special Links (including by use of Redirecting Links) or the user agent of the
application in which Content is displayed or used such that we cannot reasonably determine the site or application from which a customer clicks through such
Special Link to the Amazon Site.
(w) You will not use a link shortening service, button, hyperlink or other ad placement in a manner that makes it unclear that you are linking to an Amazon Site.
(x) Upon our request, you will provide us with written certification that you have complied with the Agreement (generally or specifically with respect to any
provision of the Agreement, including the Program Policies). Any failure to provide the certification in accordance with our request will constitute a material breach
of the Associates Program Operating Agreement.
(y) For any Associate who is a provider of services under Medicare, Medicaid or other US federal health care program, such Associate must not use Special Links to
direct our customers to any Product that is covered or reimbursable under such health care program.
You must clearly state the following on your Site or any other location where Amazon may authorize your display or other use of Content: “We are a participant in
the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and
affiliated sites.” Except for this disclosure, you will not make any public communication with respect to this Agreement or your participation in the Associates
Program. You will not misrepresent or embellish our relationship with you (including by expressing or implying that we support, sponsor, or endorse you), or
express or imply any affiliation between us and you or any other person or entity except as expressly permitted by this Agreement.
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1. Products
Under the Associates Program, subject to the additions and exclusions described in this Products Statement, a “Product” is any physical or digital item sold on an
Amazon Site.
2. Services Products
3. Excluded Products
Notwithstanding the above, the following items and services are currently excluded from the Products included in the Associates Program:
(a) any product or service sold on a site linked to from the Amazon Site (for example, a product or service listed through our “Product Ads” program or sold on a
site linked to from a banner ad, sponsored link, or other link displayed on the Amazon Site),
(b) any wireless service plan offered through the Amazon Site and not sold or fulfilled by us,
(c) any application, content, or other software sold through the Amazon Appstore,
(g) any digital Kindle product purchased as a subscription (e.g., Kindle newspaper subscriptions, magazine subscriptions, blog subscriptions, etc.),
(h) any product or service which has been excluded by a third party seller or vendor. You will receive an alert if a product or service is excluded when attempting to
link using the tools we make available in Associates Central, and
(i) any product or service sold through Amazon Pay Places or Prime Wardrobe.
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(a) must be available in either the Google Play, Apple, or Amazon app stores,
(b) must be free to download and all Amazon links must be accessible without paying for access,
(e) must not have price tracking and/or price alerting functionality,
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Strict compliance with these Trademark Guidelines is required at all times, and any use of those of our trademarks and logos that we may make available to you as
part of Content (those trademarks and logos, collectively, “Amazon Marks”) in violation of these Trademark Guidelines will automatically terminate any license
related to your use of the Amazon Marks.
1. YOU ARE ALLOWED TO USE THE AMAZON MARKS ONLY BY DISPLAY ON YOUR SITE WITH THE PURPOSE OF ADVERTISING AVAILABILITY OF PRODUCTS ON
ONE OF OUR SITES, WITH A CORRESPONDING LINK TO THAT SITE.
2. Your use of the Amazon Marks must (i) comply with the most up-to-date version of these Trademark Guidelines; and (ii) comply with all Program Documents (as
defined in the Fee Statement).
3. You cannot use or display any Amazon Mark for any purpose or in any manner not specifically authorized under the Program Documents. For example, you
cannot make any use or display (i) that implies sponsorship or endorsement by us; (ii) to disparage us, our products, or our services; (iii) that may, as determined by
us, diminish or otherwise damage our goodwill in any Amazon Mark; or (iv) in any offline materials.
4. You may display an Amazon Mark only in the exact format in which we provide it to you. You may not alter any Amazon Mark in any manner. For example, you
cannot change the proportion, color, or font of any Amazon Mark, or add or remove any elements from any Amazon Mark.
5. Each Amazon Mark must appear by itself, in its entirety, with reasonable spacing between each side of the Amazon Mark and other visual, graphic, or textual
elements. Under no circumstance can any Amazon Mark be placed on any background that interferes with the readability or display of that Amazon Mark.
6. Together with each piece of content on your Site that includes any Amazon Marks, you must prominently include a statement stating that those Amazon Marks
are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. For example, if your website displays the Amazon.com logo, you would include the following statement on the
same site page: “Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.”
7. All rights to the Amazon Marks are our exclusive property, and all goodwill generated through your use of any Amazon Mark will inure to our exclusive benefit.
You will not take any action that conflicts with our rights in, or ownership of, any Amazon Mark.
8. You cannot display or otherwise use any trademark or logo of any third party seller or vendor on the Amazon Site in connection with any Special Link unless you
have obtained from that seller specific written authorization to do so.
9. You cannot use any trademark of Amazon or any of its affiliates (whether or not it’s an Amazon Mark), or a variant or misspelling of such a trademark:
(a) In any domain name or subdomain name (for example, you cannot use a domain name or subdomain name such as “amaozn.com”,
“kindlemagazines.mydomain.info”, “kindlewirelessreader.co.uk”, “friendazon.com”, “amazon.blogspot.com”, “amazonmusicblog.wordpress.com”, “imdb-
videos.info”, or “johnsamazon.org”);
(b) In any username, group name, or other identifier on any social networking site (for example, you cannot use a username such as “Amazon Japan”, “Aammazon”,
“Kindle For You”, “Amazonian Seller”, “Bookazon”, “@BuyKindlesFromMe”, “IMDB Number One Fan”, or “Buyazon Bargain” on a site such as Facebook, Twitter,
Instagram, or YouTube); or
(c) In any application name (for example, you cannot use an application name such as “Shop Amazon App”, “Appazon”, “Kindle Book Shop”, “IMDB Search App”, or
“Buyazon Bargain App”).
We reserve the right to modify the approved Amazon Marks, at any time and in our sole discretion, by posting a change notice or revised Trademark Guidelines on
the Associates Site.
We reserve the right to take appropriate action against any use without permission or any use that does not conform to these Guidelines, at any time and in our
sole discretion.
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This License governs your use of Content in connection with your participation in the Associates Program.
By accepting the Agreement, or by accessing or using the Content, including the proprietary application programming interfaces and other tools (collectively, the
“PA API”) that permit you to access and use certain types of data, images, text, and other information and content relating to Products (“Product Advertising
Content”) which we may make available to you, you agree to be bound by this License.
Subject to the terms of the Associates Program Operating Agreement and solely for the limited purposes of participation in the Associates Program in strict
compliance with the Agreement (including this License and the other Program Policies), we hereby grant you a limited, revocable, non-transferable, non-
sublicensable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to: (a) copy and display Content solely on your Site; (b) use only those of the Amazon Marks (as defined in the
Trademark Guidelines) we make available to you as part of the Content, solely on your Site and in accordance with the Trademark Guidelines, and (c) access and use
the PA API, Data Feed, and Product Advertising Content solely in accordance with the Specifications and this License.
You will use Content solely in accordance with the terms of the Associates Program Operating Agreement and within the express scope of the license granted
herein. Without limiting the foregoing, you will (a) use Content solely to send end users and sales to the Amazon Site and will not link any Content to, or in
conjunction with any Content, direct traffic to any page of a site other than the Amazon Site (however, parts of your Site that are not closely associated with the
Content may contain links to sites other than the Amazon Site) and (b) link each use of the Content solely to the related Product detail page or other relevant page
of the Amazon Site and not to any other page.
The Product Advertising API or Data Feed may allow you to access data, images, text, and other information and content relating to products offered on one or
more affiliate sites. If you use the PA API or Data Feed to access or use any such data, images, text, or other information or content, you agree to comply with and
be bound by the terms of the applicable license agreement for the PA API or Data Feed (or equivalent service) providing Product Advertising Content from such
affiliate sites.
The License will immediately and automatically terminate if at any time you do not timely comply with any obligation under the Program Documents (as defined in
the Fee Schedule) or, or otherwise upon termination of this Agreement. In addition, we may terminate the License in whole or in part upon written notice to you.
You will promptly stop using the Content (including the PA API and Data Feed) and promptly remove from your Site and delete or otherwise destroy all of the
Content and Amazon Marks with respect to which the License is terminated or as we may otherwise request from time to time.
(a) Description. Under this License, we may make available to you Content including the following:
• Data, images, audio, video, logos, user interface designs, and other creative designs; and
In addition to the foregoing Product Advertising Content and access to the PA API, we may make available from time to time for use in connection with the PA API
sample source code and libraries, each of which will be made available to you under a separate license that accompanies each sample source code or library, as
applicable. In connection with the PA API, we may also make available specifications, user manuals, guides, supporting materials, and other information, regardless
of format, describing the operational and functional capabilities, use limitations, technical and engineering requirements, and testing and performance criteria
relevant to the proper use of the PA API (collectively, “Specifications”). “Product Advertising Content,” as used in this License Agreement, specifically excludes any
sample source code or libraries we make available to you under a separate license and any Specifications that we make available. It also specifically excludes any
data, images, text, or other information or content relating to products offered on any site other than the Amazon Site.
(b) Obtaining Product Advertising Content. You may obtain Product Advertising Content by making calls to the PA API. If we provide express prior written
approval, you may also obtain Product Advertising Content through a data feed (“Data Feed”) that we make available via file transfer protocol. To request our
approval for access to Product Advertising Content through a Data Feed, contact us via this link. If you obtain Product Advertising Content through a Data Feed,
your access to and use of the Data Feed is subject to this License. You acknowledge that we may change, deprecate, or republish the PA API or Data Feed, or any
features of the PA API or Data Feed, at any time and from time to time, and you agree that it is your responsibility to ensure that your access to and use of the PA
API or Data Feed is compatible with the then-current requirements (including this License and all Program Policies).
You must use both a unique public key/private key pair (each key pair, an “Account Identifier”) and an Associates tag parameter (which can be either the Associate
ID issued to you under the Amazon Associates Program or a related Associates Program tracking ID) to identify your account and make calls to the PA API. You may
obtain your Account Identifiers through the PA API account creation process.
If you obtain Product Advertising Content through a Data Feed, you must use a unique username/ password combination to access the Data Feed (“Data Feed
Access ID”). You must obtain your Data Feed Access ID as part of the Data Feed approval process.
We may change your Account Identifiers or Data Feed Access ID from time to time. An Account Identifier that is a private key or a Data Feed Access ID that is a
password is for your personal use only, and you must maintain its secrecy and security. You may not sell, transfer, sublicense, or otherwise disclose your private key
or password to any other person or entity. An Account Identifier that is a public key or a Data Feed Access ID that is a username is not secret.
You are responsible for all activities that occur under your Account Identifiers and/or Data Feed Access ID, as applicable, regardless of whether those activities are
undertaken by you or any other person or entity. Therefore, you should contact us immediately if you believe that someone other than you may be using your
private key or password, or if your private key or password is otherwise disclosed, lost, or stolen. You may not use any Associates tag parameter, Account Identifier,
or Data Feed Access ID assigned to anyone other than you or that we did not specifically assign to you.
(c) Usage Requirements. By making calls to the PA API, accessing the Data Feed, or using Product Advertising Content, you agree to comply with following
requirements:
i. You will use Product Advertising Content only in a lawful manner in accordance with and within the express scope of the terms of this License. You will not use
the PA API, Data Feed, or Product Advertising Content with any site or application, or in any other manner, that does not have the principal purpose of advertising
and marketing the Amazon Site and driving sales of products and services on the Amazon Site.
ii. You will comply with all pages, schedules, policies, guidelines, and other documents and materials, including all Specifications, referenced in this License and the
Program Policies.
iii. You will link each use of Product Advertising Content to, and only to, the relevant page of the Amazon Site (for example, the relevant Product detail page or
other page to which particular Product Advertising Content most directly relates), and you will not link any Product Advertising Content to, or in conjunction with
any Product Advertising Content direct traffic to, any page of a site other than the Amazon Site (however, parts of your application that are not closely associated
with Product Advertising Content may contain links to sites other than the Amazon Site).
(d) You will not, without our express prior written approval, use any Product Advertising Content on or in connection with any site or application designed or
intended for use with a mobile phone or other handheld device (which prohibition apply neither to any site that is not designed or intended for use with such
devices but that may be accessible by such devices, such as a non-mobile-optimized site accessed via an internet browser on a tablet device, nor an Approved
Mobile Application as defined in the Participation Requirements or any television set-top box (e.g., digital video recorders, cable or satellite boxes, streaming video
players, blu-ray players, or dvd players) or Internet-enabled television (e.g., GoogleTV, Sony Bravia, Panasonic Viera Cast, or Vizio Internet Apps).
(e) You will not, without our express prior written approval, access or use the PA API or Data Feed for the purpose of aggregating, analyzing, extracting, or
repurposing any Product Advertising Content or in connection with any software or other application intended for use by persons or entities that offer products on
the Amazon Site.
(f) You will not (i) interfere, or attempt to interfere, in any manner with the functionality or proper working of the PA API; (ii) compile or use Product Advertising
Content for the purpose of direct marketing, spamming, unsolicited contacting of sellers or customers, or other advertising activities; or (iii) remove, obscure, alter,
or make invisible, illegible, or indecipherable, any notice, including any notice of intellectual property or proprietary right, appearing on or contained within the PA
API, Data Feed, Product Advertising Content, or Specifications.
(g) You will not, and will not attempt to (i) modify, alter, tamper with, repair, or otherwise create derivative works of the Specifications or any software included in
Product Advertising Content; or (ii) reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, or otherwise derive any source code of or relating to the PA API, Data Feed, or any
software included in Product Advertising Content.
(h) You will not store or cache Product Advertising Content consisting of an image, but you may store a link to Product Advertising Content consisting of an image
for up to 24 hours. You may store other Product Advertising Content that does not consist of images for caching purposes for up to 24 hours, but if you do so you
must immediately thereafter refresh and re-display the Product Advertising Content by making a call to the PA API or retrieving a new Data Feed and refreshing
the Product Advertising Content on your application immediately thereafter. Unless otherwise notified by us, you may store individual Amazon Standard
Identification Numbers (ASINs) for an indefinite period until the termination of this License. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if your application includes a client
application, the client application may not store or cache Product Advertising Content. Upon our request you will, within three business days of our request, furnish
us with a copy of any client application that includes or uses Product Advertising Content for the purpose of verifying your compliance with this License.
(i) You will include a date/time stamp adjacent to your display of pricing or availability information on your application if you obtain Product Advertising Content
from a Data Feed, or if you call the PA API or refresh the Product Advertising Content displayed on your application less frequently than hourly. However, during
the same day on which you requested and refreshed the pricing and availability information displayed on your application, you may omit the date portion of the
stamp. Examples of acceptable messaging include:
Additionally, you must either include the following disclaimer adjacent to the pricing or availability information or provide it via a hyperlink, pop-up box, scripted
pop-up, or other similar method: "Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability
information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product." In the above examples,
"Details" and "More info" would provide a method for the end user to read the disclaimer.
(j) You will not exceed, or if you build and release an application that calls the PA API, each copy of that application that is installed by an end user will not exceed,
any limit on calls per second set forth in any Specifications (or that we otherwise notify you apply) and you will not send files to or from the PA API that are greater
than 40K without our prior written approval.
(k) If you display Product Advertising Content consisting of text on your application, you will include the following disclaimer in plain view to end users of your
application: “CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS [IN THIS APPLICATION or ON THIS SITE, as applicable] COMES FROM AMAZON SERVICES LLC. THIS CONTENT IS
PROVIDED ‘AS IS’ AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME.”
You agree to provide us with any information that we request to verify your compliance with this License.
(l) We may terminate this License if we determine that you or other persons that we determine are affiliated with you or acting in concert with you (whether in
respect to any existing or previously terminated account):
i. have not complied with any requirement or restriction described in this License or any Program Policies or have otherwise violated this License;
ii. have not complied with any requirement or restriction in, or otherwise violated, any license agreement governing your access and use the PA APIs provided by
any of our affiliates; or
iii. have not complied with any requirement or restriction in, or otherwise violated, any agreements governing participation in any Associates Program offering
provided by us or any of our affiliates.
Other than the limited licenses expressly set forth herein, we reserve all right, title and interest (including all intellectual property and proprietary rights) in and to,
and you do not, by virtue of this License or otherwise, acquire any ownership interest or rights in or to, the Associates Program, Special Links, link formats, Content,
PA API, Data Feeds, Product Advertising Content, any domain name owned or operated by us, information and materials on any Amazon Site or the Associates Site,
our and our affiliates’ trademarks and logos (including the Amazon Marks), and any other intellectual property and technology that we provide or use in
connection with the Associates Program (including any application program interfaces, software development kits, libraries, sample code, and related materials).
If you provide us with suggestions, reviews, modifications, data, images, text, or other information relating to any Content or in connection with your participation
in the Associates Program, or if you modify any Content in any way (collectively, “Your Submission”), you hereby irrevocably assign to us all right, title, and interest
in and to Your Submission and grant us (even if you have designated Your Submission as confidential) a perpetual, paid-up royalty-free, nonexclusive, worldwide,
irrevocable, freely transferable right and license to: (a) use, reproduce, perform, display, and distribute Your Submission in any manner; (b) adapt, modify, re-
format, and create derivative works of Your Submission for any purpose; (c) use and publish your name in the form of a credit in conjunction with Your Submission
(however, we will not have any obligation to do so); and (d) sublicense the foregoing rights to any other person or entity. Additionally, you hereby warrant that: (y)
Your Submission is your original work, or you obtained Your Submission in a lawful manner and (z) our and our sublicensees’ exercise of rights under the license
above will not violate any person’s or entity’s rights, including any copyright rights. You agree to provide us such assistance as we may require to document,
perfect, or maintain our rights in and to Your Submission.
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1. General
You may earn fees by displaying advertisements made available through the Associates Site (“Ads”) on your Site as part of our CPM Ads Program. The content of
the Ads (e.g., the images, video, text, URL linked to from the Ad, and other information we provide) is considered Content under the Associates Program Operating
Agreement. You may not display Ads on sites that are not your Site. We will make all determinations regarding the selection and display of Ads in our sole
discretion, including by applying frequency caps that limit the number of times an end user may see a given Ad over a particular time period.
2. Fees
When you request Ad code from us, you will have the option to select an advertising fee type (for example, being paid on a CPM basis) and a minimum advertising
fee rate applicable to that Ad code. Advertising fees payable to you will be based upon a rate we determine from time to time in our sole discretion, provided that
the rate payable for a particular Ad unit will not be less than the minimum rate you designated when generating the Ad code for that unit.
You will not earn advertising fees if we determine in our sole discretion that:
(a) the Ad was displayed in violation of the Agreement (including all Program Policies),
(b) clicks or impressions of Ads on your Site were low quality or fraudulent (for example, fraudulent or repetitive clicks or impressions, including those that are
generated through the use of robots or other automated tools or computer-generated requests), or
All determinations and calculations of amounts payable to you for display of Ads (whether the advertiser is us, our affiliates, or a third party advertiser) will be
made in our sole discretion and are final and binding.
We will pay you advertising fees for your display of Ads in accordance with Section 7 of the Fee Statement.
(a) You will not send us more than three Ad requests per end user per page of your Site. Following any termination of your participation in the CPM Ads Program,
you agree to immediately cease making Ad requests to us.
(b) You will not display any Ad or other Content within any pop-up or pop-under windows, transitional page ads, or in layer ads around or in conjunction with any
site that is not your Site.
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This Local Associates Policy applies to any registered business that offers face-to-face customer experiences and that facilitates customer purchases on
Amazon.com (“Local Associates Program”) operated by an Associate in one or more of its owned or operated facilities registered on the program portal at
https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/local Associates Site (such portal, the “Local Associates Portal” and such facilities, the “Local Associates Facilities”). In
order to participate in the Local Associates Program you must (A) be an owner or authorized employee of a registered business, (B) apply through the Local
Associates Portal, (C) have your application accepted by Amazon, (D) not be also registered for the Amazon Associates Program, and (E) comply with the applicable
provisions of the Associates Program Operating Agreement, including this Local Associates Policy.
1. Assigned ID.
You will register for and be assigned a unique URL associated with an Associate ID for your participation in the Local Associates Program. You will not use any
alternative URL or Associate IDs in connection with the Local Associates Program or use the assigned URL or Associate ID for any other purpose. For purposes of
this Local Associates Policy, your unique URL will be considered a Special Link as defined in the Associates Program Operating Agreement.
You will offer Amazon customers the opportunity to purchase select Products for which you have expertise to assist customers in evaluating and making purchase
decisions (“Local Associates Products”), as described below:
(a) For purposes of the Local Associates Program, “your Site”, as referenced in the Associates Program Operating Agreement, includes the Local Associates Facilities
and any other location where you market Products to Amazon customers. For avoidance of doubt, if you use any Site (as defined in the Associates Program
Operating Agreement) or other online presence to market Products to Amazon customers, that Site will be subject to all provisions of the Associates Program
Operating Agreement as “your Site.”
(b) The Local Associates Products will be made available for Amazon customers to purchase through a specific page on Amazon.com assigned to each Local
Associate (such page, the “Recommendations Page”). The Recommendations Page will include either a general Amazon.com search bar or a selection of Local
Associates Products curated by you. Amazon reserves the right to modify the Products included in the Local Associates Products on any Recommendations Page.
You must direct all Local Associates Program marketing to the Recommendations Page to be eligible for Qualified Purchases.
(c) You will be solely responsible for providing personnel to assist Amazon customers with making purchases through the Local Associates Program. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, you will design a reasonable training program designed to (1) educate your employees about Local Associates Program
offerings, (2) use your expertise to assist Amazon customers with evaluating and making purchasing decisions regarding Local Associates Products, and (3) optimize
customer experiences with the Local Associates Program. Further, you will implement the training program for all store managers and associates at each Local
Associates Facility. With respect to any Amazon customer data received by you or your personnel in connection with purchases of Local Associates Products, you
will ensure the security and prompt destruction of such customer data.
(d) Amazon will be solely responsible for all customer service, fulfillment, delivery, and any returns relating to the Local Associates Products.
(e) Both parties acknowledge and agree that you are not acting as a reseller of any Amazon product(s), Local Associates Product(s), or other product or service
purchased through the Local Associates Program.
3. Marketing.
You will market Local Associates Products to Amazon customers only at those locations and through those methods by which you customarily conduct your
registered business. Solely with respect to the Local Associates Program, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Participation Requirements, you may
include Special Links in written physical and digital materials (including email) which are displayed, distributed, emailed, or offered to customers, clients, or third
parties with whom you have a preexisting relationship; provided, that such written physical and digital materials are in compliance with the Associates Program
Operating Agreement, the Trademark Guidelines, and the Amazon Brand Usage Guidelines. Upon our request, you will provide us with representative sample
materials and written certification that you have complied with the foregoing. We will specify the form of, and content required in, that certification in any such
request. Any failure by you to provide the certification in accordance with our request will constitute a material breach of this Local Associates Policy. For the
avoidance of doubt, (i) for the purposes of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 and any similar or successor legislation (CAN-SPAM), you are the “Sender” of each email
containing any Special Links, (ii) for the purposes of the Communications Act of 1934 as amended by Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 and any similar
or successor legislation (TCPA), you “make” and “initiate” each text message containing any Special Links, and (iii) you must comply with CAN-SPAM, TCPA and
marketing industry standards and best practices for all emails, texts, and other messages relating to the Local Associates Program. Amazon may revoke the offline
marketing permissions granted in this Section 3 at any time in its sole discretion by providing written notice to you.
(a) Promotional Materials. Amazon may from time to time provide you with a standard form template and other marketing assets for use in promotional marketing
materials (“Promotional Materials”), subject to the limited license in Section 4(b) of this policy. Amazon reserves the right to review your Promotional Materials at
any time for compliance with this Local Associates Policy. Any failure by you to provide the Promotional Materials in accordance with our request will constitute a
material breach of this Local Associates Policy.
(b) Amazon Marks Limited License. Amazon grants to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, non-assignable, revocable right and license to
display, publish, and reproduce Amazon Marks that Amazon may provide to you from time to time in connection with Local Associates Program solely for the
purpose of marketing Local Associates Products. Amazon reserves all right, title, and interest in and to its Intellectual Property Rights and no title to or ownership
of any of Amazon’s Intellectual Property Rights (including with respect to Amazon Marks) is transferred or licensed in connection with this Local Associates Policy.
“Intellectual Property Right” means any patent, copyright, trademark, or trade secret right and any other intellectual property or proprietary right in any
jurisdiction, including any and all applications, registration and rights of registration, reissues, divisions, continuations, substitutes, renewals, and extensions in
respect thereto, and any causes of action related to any violation, infringement or misappropriation thereof. Upon the termination of your participation in the
Local Associates Program by Amazon or you, you will immediately cease and discontinue all further use of the Amazon Marks, any and all licenses you have with
respect to the Amazon Marks will automatically terminate. You will promptly (within 7 calendar days) stop using and remove or destroy all Amazon Marks and any
other materials provided or made available by or on behalf of Amazon to you under this Local Associates Policy.
(c) Recommendations Page. We reserve all right, title and interest (including all intellectual property and proprietary rights) in and to, and you do not, by virtue of
this Local Associates Policy or otherwise, acquire any ownership interest or rights in or to, the Recommendation Page, the Recommendation Page URL, or
information and materials on the Recommendation Page. You will not take any action that conflicts with our rights in, or ownership of, the Recommendation Page.
Amazon reserves all rights to determine the content, appearance, functionality, URL, and all other aspects of the Recommendation Page, including through the
display of (i) advertising materials on the Recommendation Page, without compensation to any Local Associate, and (ii) disclosure (by text, link, icon, or otherwise)
regarding your participation in this Local Associates Program.
(d) Local Associate Consent. By accepting this Local Associates Policy, you hereby grant to Amazon a non-exclusive, irrevocable, worldwide, fully paid-up, royalty-
free and perpetual license in all languages to use, copy, reproduce, adapt, distribute, transmit and display your name, photo, logo and other trademarks or
materials provided to Amazon in connection with the Local Associates Program (“Local Associate Marks”), solely in connection with the promotion, use, and
display of the Recommendation Page and as examples of best practices in our educational and marketing materials; provided however, that Amazon will not alter
any Local Associate Marks from the form provided by you (except to re-format or re-size within the Recommendation Page, so long as the relative presentation of
the Local Associate Marks remains the same).
5. Service Offerings.
The Local Associates Portal, all Promotional Materials, and any other information and content provided to you in connection with the Local Associates Program are
included as “Service Offerings” under the Associates Program Operating Agreement. All disclaimers and indemnity obligations under the Associates Program
Operating Agreement will apply further to liabilities, claims, damages, losses, costs, and expenses relating to your Recommendations Page and any Local Associates
Marks or other data or materials you provide in connection with the Local Associates Program.
Either party may terminate your participation in the Local Associates Program at any time, with or without cause, in accordance with the termination provisions in
the Associates Program Operating Agreement.
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You may earn fees by acting as a social media presence facilitating customer purchases as part of the Amazon Associates “Influencer Program” in connection with
your participation in the Associates Program. In order to participate in the Influencer Program, an eligible Associate (“Influencer”) must meet Amazon qualitative
and quantitative thresholds, complete the registration process, and comply with the applicable provisions of the Associates Program Operating Agreement,
including this Influencer Program Policy.
(a) Registration Information. To register as an Influencer, you must complete all information requirements, including granting requests to access data regarding
your social media presences (which will in all cases be deemed part of your “Site” under the Associates Program Operating Agreement).
(b) Influencer Page. This Influencer Program may include an Amazon.com influencer page registered through Amazon and assigned to you (“Influencer Page”).
With respect to Special Links that direct customers to your Influencer Page, the related Session will be measured as beginning when our customer clicks through to
your Influencer Page. The Influencer Page is a “Service Offering” for all purposes under the Operating Agreement. With respect to any text, pictures, compilations,
lists, comments or other data or content you submit to Amazon in connection with the Influencer Program (“Influencer Content”), you will not submit such
Influencer Content if it violates any standard included in Section 1 of the Participation Requirements .
(c) Marketing. Solely with respect to the Amazon Influencer Program, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Participation Requirements, you may
include Special Links to your Influencer Page in emails; provided, that such emails are in compliance with the Associates Program Operating Agreement, the
Trademark Guidelines, and the Amazon Brand Usage Guidelines. Upon our request, you will provide us with representative sample materials and written
certification that you have complied with the foregoing. We will specify the form of, and content required in, that certification in any such request. Any failure by
you to provide the certification in accordance with our request will constitute a material breach of this Influencer Program Policy. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) for
the purposes of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 and any similar or successor legislation (CAN-SPAM), you are the “Sender” of each email containing any Special Links,
and (ii) you must comply with CAN-SPAM, TCPA and marketing industry standards and best practices for all emails relating to the Amazon Influencer Program.
Amazon may revoke the offline marketing permissions granted in this Section 1 at any time in its sole discretion by providing written notice to you.
(a) Reservation of Rights. We reserve all right, title and interest (including all intellectual property and proprietary rights) in and to, and you do not, by virtue of the
Associates Program Operating Agreement or otherwise, acquire any ownership interest or rights in or to, the Influencer Page, the Influencer Page URL or
information and materials on the Influencer Page. You will not take any action that conflicts with our rights in, or ownership of, the Influencer Page. Amazon
reserves all rights to determine the content, appearance, functionality, URL, and all other aspects of the Influencer Page, including through the display of (i)
advertising materials on the Influencer Page, without compensation to Influencer, and (ii) disclosure (by text, link, icon, or otherwise) regarding Influencer’s
participation in the Influencer Program.
(b) Consent. By accepting this Influencer Program Policy, you hereby grant to Amazon a non-exclusive, irrevocable, worldwide, fully paid-up, royalty-free and
perpetual license in all languages to use, copy, reproduce, adapt, distribute, transmit and display your name, photo, logo and other trademarks or materials
provided to Amazon in connection with the Amazon Influencer Program, including through linkage to your Amazon public profile (“Influencer Marks”); provided
however, that Amazon will not alter any Influencer Marks from the form provided by Influencer (except to re-format or re-size within the Influencer Page, so long
as the relative presentation of the Influencer Marks remains the same).
(c) Influencer Content and Site. For avoidance of doubt, you acknowledge that Influencer Content you submit will be subject to the provisions of the Amazon.com
Conditions of Use relating to posting content or submitting material and that your Site is subject to the requirements of Section 4(b) of the Participation
Requirements relating to compliance with all applicable laws (including the US FTC Guides Concerning Use of Endorsement and Testimonials in Advertising).
(d) Indemnification. WE WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY MATTER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATING TO THE CREATION, MAINTENANCE, OR OPERATION OF
THE INFLUENCER PAGE, AND YOU AGREE TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, AND HOLD US, OUR AFFILIATES AND LICENSORS, AND OUR AND THEIR RESPECTIVE
EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES, HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ALL CLAIMS, DAMAGES, LOSSES, LIABILITIES, COSTS, AND
EXPENSES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) RELATING TO ANY CONTENT WITHIN THE INFLUENCER PAGE PROVIDED BY YOU.
3. Termination. Amazon may suspend or terminate Influencer’s participation in the Amazon Influencer Program, and Influencer may terminate such participation,
in each case immediately by notice provided in accordance with the termination provisions of the Associates Program Operating Agreement. The rights set forth in
Section 2 of this Influencer Program Policy will survive the termination of Influencer’s participation in the Amazon Influencer Program; provided that, we will use
commercially reasonable efforts to remove any Influencer Marks from the Influencer Page following termination.
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