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In Association with Amazon.co.uk ?

Posted by TimP on Wed Jan 20 2:27:54 1999

Distribution: paneris@i-way.co.uk
Boys,

I have just signed the paneris site up to Amazon.co.uk.
Do you think we will ever get the &gbp;100 to trigger a payment?
Should I have asked first ?

Anyway, this is what they said:


From: associates@amazon.co.uk
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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 18:19:54 -0800 (PST)
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To: tim@paneris.co.uk
Subject: Amazon.co.uk: Thank you for your application

Thank you for submitting your application to participate in the
Amazon.co.uk Associates Programme. Your application has been
temporarily approved and we will contact you by e-mail once we
have fully reviewed and approved your application.

*Important*: Please save this email message--you will
need some of the information here to properly set up your
links to Amazon.co.uk.

You may now set up your Web site using your unique Associates ID. You
can use this ID when linking your sponsoring Web site into our
catalogue--detailed instructions are included at the end of this
message.

Your unique Associates ID is: thepaneriscollab


USING THE AMAZON.CO.UK BRAND NAME

As you may already know, Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk have received a
great deal of very positive press coverage since the sites were
launched. From The Financial Times to The Wall Street Journal,
mainstream and industry press alike have helped make the Amazon.com
and Amazon.co.uk brand names very well-known among Internet sites.

Our extensive advertising campaigns reach users of many major Web
services and search engines and we have run print ads in newspapers
such as The Guardian and The Independent. You should consider using
not only our name, but also one of the logos or banners found on our
site at:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/subst/partners/associates/assoc-art.html

so that your visitors have the chance to recognise our name as a
familiar and trustworthy Internet retailer working in association with you.


SUGGESTIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL PRESENTATION:

We've put a page on our Web site filled with suggestions for
building a great online store. These tips are taken from
our most successful Associates and we highly recommend
reading them. Follow the link on our home page to "Join
Associates" and from there link to "Store Building Tips".
You can also connect directly at this URL:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/subst/partners/associates/assoc-success-tips.html

HOW TO LINK INTO OUR CATALOGUE:

There are three ways to link to Amazon.co.uk
1. Link to our home page.
2. Link to us with an Amazon.co.uk Associates search box.
3. Link to individual products you recommend.

You can use any sort of graphics, descriptions and Amazon-authored
review material when describing items on your Web site. You may add
or remove these links at any time without our prior approval, as long
as they follow the prescribed format we will detect them
automatically when they are used.

We encourage you to get started immediately by linking to
our home page. We'll start tracking your click-throughs and
orders once we have reviewed and approved your application.
You can have this working while you set up the Amazon.co.uk
search box link, allowing your visitors to search the Amazon.co.uk
catalogue, or the Individual Product links that allow you to earn up
to 15% in referral fees for books and 5% for other items.


************************************************************
It is best to cut and paste the HTML examples from this
e-mail to your HTML document. If the programme you are using
to read this e-mail presents the following HTML examples in a
difficult to read format, you should visit the following URL
to see how to set your links up correctly. This URL
contains the linking instructions as well as examples of how
the links will look on your Web site.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/subst/partners/associates/assoc-ways-to-link.html
************************************************************


1. Link to our home page.

This is the fastest way to get started. Start earning
referral fees while you set up your online store. Choose an
Amazon.co.uk Associates logo from our logos and graphics
library at:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/subst/partners/associates/assoc-art.html/

The logo you choose, used in conjunction with the Amazon.co.uk
Home Page linking format, will allow you to earn 5% referral
fees for all items purchased as a direct result of your
link. Please note that the "home.gif" is an example of one
of the graphics you might save to your computer's hard drive
to use with the home page linking format.

Amazon.co.uk home page linking format:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/redirect-home/thepaneriscollab

Here's how the link might look in your HTML document:


In Association with amazon.co.uk

Of course, you can use any of the logos provided on the web
page above: "home.gif" is just one example.


2. Link to us with an Amazon.co.uk Associates search box.

Using the Associate search box linking method, you can place an
Amazon.co.uk search box on your site. Visitors to your site will be
able to use our powerful search engine to find whatever product they
may want. You earn 5% referral fees on every item they
purchase. Don't forget to grab the Associates search box
graphic from the linking instructions page. Just place the
pointer over the "Amazon.co.uk" logo graphic in the search box
linking example and save it on your computer's hard drive.

Here's an example of how the Amazon.co.uk Associates search
box link should look:

ACTION="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/external-search">









Books
width="55%">
Enter keywords...











Amazon.co.uk logo


3. Link to individual products you recommend.

This is where you can let your expertise on your subject
area shine. You also earn up to 15% in referral fees for
books and 5% for any other product ordered as a
result of a direct link! Featuring specific books and other
items with personal recommendations is a great way to
encourage a purchase. Visitors will return to your Web site
if your recommendations are well written, thoughtful and
honest. Customers appreciate objective third-party opinions
from experts in the field that only Associate members can
provide.

"ASIN" stands for "Amazon Standard Item Number."
Every item in our catalogue has a unique ASIN.
For books, the ASIN is the same number as the ISBN.

Amazon.co.uk Associates Individual Product Linking format:

http://www.Amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0701160411/thepaneriscollab

Here's an example of how the link might look in your HTML
document:


Order Toni Morrison's Paradise Today!

Remember--you may change your listings whenever you like.
You won't need our permission and it's not even necessary to
advise us of the changes--they'll be automatically detected
and commissioned properly.

Of course, the ASIN will change for each item in our
catalogue. Do not include any spaces or dashes in the ASIN
when making these links. Also, make sure you check our
catalogue first--we can only sell what's listed there.


VERY IMPORTANT: If you copy the URL of a page from our Web
site and modify it to fit the format above, be sure to
remove the 19-character shopping basket ID that appears at
the end of the bookmarked or copied URL. Your store code
should immediately follow the ASIN number as in the example
above. If you leave this in your modified links, they will
not work properly. You must also add our domain name to each link. Replace
all "/exec" with "http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec" and that's it.

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The information we have about your Web site is as follows:

Contact e-mail Address:
tim@paneris.co.uk

Contact address:
Tim Pizey
77 Hurst Street
Oxford
Oxon
OX4 1HA

Tel: 01865 721131


Payee e-mail address:
tim@paneris.co.uk

Payee address:
Tim Pizey T/A Paneris
77 Hurst Street
Oxford
Oxon
OX4 1HA

Tel: 01865 721131


Sponsoring Web site URL:
http://www.paneris.co.uk/

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If you have any questions, you can e-mail us at
associates@amazon.co.uk and we'll be happy to help.

Once again, thanks for your application.


Yours sincerely,

Simon Murdoch
Managing Director
Amazon.co.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk


Is this cool?

love Tim



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