Amazon offer Associates a choice between two compensation plans, the Classic Fee Structure and the Performance Fee Structure. You may select either structure at any time during the quarter. The deadline for making a selection is 11:59 PM (Pacific Time) on the last day of the quarter. At the end of the quarter, your most recent selection will be used to calculate your fees for the whole quarter. You will remain enrolled in the plan for the following quarter unless you choose otherwise.

To get you started out on the right foot, when you join the program you will automatically be enrolled in our Performance Fee Structure. After reading the descriptions below, we think you'll agree that the Performance Fee Structure is the most lucrative option. We hope that the additional earnings opportunity offered by the Performance Fee Structure will motivate you to start referring a high volume of traffic to Amazon.com as soon as you complete your application.

Option 1: Performance Fee Structure

When you join the program you are automatically enrolled in our Performance Fee Structure. The Performance structure allows you to earn higher fees when you generate a sufficient volume of referrals that result in sales at Amazon.com during a quarter. The higher your referrals, the greater your earnings will be.

Under the Performance Fee Structure, your referral rate will range from 4% to 8.5%, and be based on your total number of shipped items from both Amazon and third-party sellers. The same rate will apply equally to both Amazon and third-party items and will apply to all referred items shipped during the quarter. Please refer to the referral rate tier chart below for additional details.

Option 2: Classic Fee Structure

This is our fixed-referral-rate plan. You earn a 4% referral fee on items offered by Amazon or by third parties.