Editing Amazon (company) (section)

==== Affiliate program ====
Publishers can sign up as affiliates and receive a commission for referring customers to Amazon by placing links to Amazon on their websites if the referral results in a sale. Worldwide, Amazon has "over 900,000 members" in its affiliate programs.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 9, 2010 |title=Amazon.co.uk Associates: The web's most popular and successful Affiliate Program |url=http://affiliate-program.amazon.co.uk/gp/associates/join |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080826210540/http://affiliate-program.amazon.co.uk/gp/associates/join |archive-date=August 26, 2008 |access-date=August 29, 2010 |publisher=Affiliate-program.amazon.co.uk}}</ref> In the middle of 2014, the Amazon Affiliate Program is used by 1.2% of all websites and it is the second most popular advertising network after [[Google Ads]].<ref>{{cite web |date=July 22, 2014 |title=Usage of advertising networks for websites |url=http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/advertising/all |access-date=July 22, 2014 |publisher=W3Techs.com |archive-date=August 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813185655/https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/advertising |url-status=live }}</ref> It is frequently used by websites and non-profits to provide a way for supporters to earn them a commission.<ref>{{cite web |title=14 Easy Fundraising Ideas for Non-Profits |url=http://www.blisstree.com/2009/04/12/sex-relationships/14-easy-fundraising-ideas-for-non-profits/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222120701/http://www.blisstree.com/2009/04/12/sex-relationships/14-easy-fundraising-ideas-for-non-profits/ |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |access-date=November 24, 2014 |website=blisstree.com}}</ref>

Associates can access the Amazon catalog directly on their websites by using the [[Amazon Web Services]] (AWS) [[XML]] service. A new affiliate product, aStore, allows Associates to embed a subset of Amazon products within another website, or linked to another website. In June 2010, Amazon Seller Product Suggestions was launched to provide more transparency to sellers by recommending specific products to third-party sellers to sell on Amazon. Products suggested are based on customers' browsing history.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amazon Seller Product Suggestions |url=http://www.amazonservices.com/content/product_alerts.htm?ld=AOguerillaPGJG |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205225641/http://www.amazonservices.com/content/product_alerts.htm?ld=AOguerillaPGJG |archive-date=December 5, 2010 |access-date=August 29, 2010 |publisher=Amazonservices.com}}</ref>