What Happened Between Me and the UK Amazon Associates Programme: The Entire Story

Last December, I got kicked off the UK Amazon Associates Programme.

(Warning: this post briefly references and details mental health problems (Depression/Anxiety))

I am so not happy.

I’ve tried pretty much everything to sort this out — but Amazon UK don’t seem to care.

So I will do what I do in situations like this — I will put it all out there on the table, in it’s full stalling-tactics, arbitrary, frustrating glory.

(This is a long one — feel free to bookmark it and come back, but I would really, really, appreciate you reading this. 💖)

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My darling dearest nerdlets, you don’t get rid of me that easy.

I don’t just ‘leave it,’ not when I know I did nothing wrong.

I will keep going, again and again.

And so here we are…

I really have to make 6000% clear that this only applies to the UK Associates Programme, and Amazon UK.

UK. United Kingdom. Great Britain.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (to give us the full title.)

I still have my Amazon.com US Associateship, and I’ve never been a member of any of the other international programmes.

So all that you’re about to hear/read is related to the UK branch of the company only.

So what is the Amazon Associates Programme?

Well it’s something that bloggers and other online creators use to try and earn some cash.

It’s a programme which allows you to provide links to your audience (in this case, you, dearest nerdlets,) referring them to Amazon, usually linking specific products.

Each country’s division of Amazon (e.g. UK, US, Canada, Japan,) has their own separate programme and agreement/contract/terms of service/whatever, but…