{"id":986,"date":"2023-07-20T19:38:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T19:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/?p=986"},"modified":"2024-04-17T22:59:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T22:59:29","slug":"how-big-is-the-amazon-associates-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/how-big-is-the-amazon-associates-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Just how big is the Amazon Associates Program?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"986\" class=\"elementor elementor-986\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb18922 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eb18922\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df1dc8b\" data-id=\"df1dc8b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96a4925 elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1455 elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image\" data-id=\"96a4925\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/photo-1504868584819-f8e8b4b6d7e3-1024x678.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1269\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/photo-1504868584819-f8e8b4b6d7e3-1024x678.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/photo-1504868584819-f8e8b4b6d7e3-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/photo-1504868584819-f8e8b4b6d7e3-768x509.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/photo-1504868584819-f8e8b4b6d7e3-1536x1017.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/photo-1504868584819-f8e8b4b6d7e3-2048x1356.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cfd4d87 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cfd4d87\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-069651a\" data-id=\"069651a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8c12d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8c12d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cJust\u00a0<em>how big<\/em>\u00a0is the Amazon Associates.com Program?\u201d<\/p><p>This is a great question and one we get asked frequently. We\u2019ve been thinking about this a lot and instead of shrugging and saying \u201cnobody but Amazon really knows\u201d, we thought we could give a better answer.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28a3e61 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"28a3e61\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-368f8dc\" data-id=\"368f8dc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8234882 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8234882\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">So Just how big is the Amazon Associates.com Program?\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e7c4da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e7c4da\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a30d91\" data-id=\"2a30d91\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3814c35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3814c35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>So, we did some research and here is what we found. \u00a0Let me run you through the numbers:<\/p><h2><strong>15<\/strong><\/h2><p>There are currently\u00a0<strong>15<\/strong>\u00a0independent \u201caffiliate programs\u201d that makeup Amazon\u2019s\u00a0Associates.com program. While the functions and dashboard are nearly identical, each program is specifically tied to one of Amazon\u2019s storefronts. These include:<\/p><ol><li>Amazon.com<\/li><li>Amazon.ca<\/li><li>Amazon.com.mx<\/li><li>Amzon.com.brAmazon.co.uk<\/li><li>Amazon.de<\/li><li>Amazon.fr<\/li><li>Amazon.it<\/li><li>Amazon.esAmazon.in<\/li><li>Amazon.cn<\/li><li>Amazon.co.jp<\/li><li>Amazon.com.au<\/li><li>Amazon.nl<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-583da11 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"583da11\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4064273\" data-id=\"4064273\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a9bad9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a9bad9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>22%<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/website\/amazon.com#referrals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">SimilarWeb<\/a>, an online competitive intelligence tool, attributed\u00a0<strong>22%<\/strong>\u00a0of traffic to Amazon.com to \u201cReferrals.\u201d Multiply that\u00a0<strong>22%<\/strong>\u00a0by the estimated 2.3 billion visits, and it equates to 500 million visits per month.<\/p>\n<p>While that\u2019s an interesting data point it really doesn\u2019t help answer the questions\u2026\u00a0 But if you are interested in seeing more of what SimilarWeb know about Amazon you can check out their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/corp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Amazon_Factbook_FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Complete Amazon Factbook<\/a>. Now, back to Amazon Associates.com<\/p>\n<h2><strong>10,000<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2511\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2511\"><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e10fc83 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e10fc83\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-644c8d7\" data-id=\"644c8d7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6caa384 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6caa384\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Picture1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-987\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Picture1.png 953w, https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Picture1-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Picture1-768x226.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55636db elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55636db\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-504c6e8\" data-id=\"504c6e8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c1e02c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c1e02c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In mid-December, 2017,\u00a0Amazon Brazil recently celebrated that they now have\u00a0<strong>10,000<\/strong>\u00a0publishers in their affiliate program. \u00a0Amazon Brazil is one of the more recent\u00a0affiliate programs\u00a0(11 of 12) to be added to the Amazon ecosystem (March 2014). \u00a0<\/p><p>Unfortunately,\u00a0<a class=\"wpil_internal_link\" href=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/brazil-adds-amazon-associates-program\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Amazon Brazil requires a local bank account so it\u2019s not a widely used program which would imply that each of the other 11 Associates<\/a>\u00a0program have at least this same number of Associates which would put the total closer to 120,000 publishers worldwide. But this is some pretty rough guessing\u2026<\/p><h2><strong>100,000<\/strong><\/h2><p>There are\u00a0<strong>100,000<\/strong>\u00a0sites currently using the Amazon Associates Program according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/w3techs.com\/technologies\/details\/ad-amazonassociates\/all\/all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">W3 Techs<\/a>, which provides information about the usage of various types of technologies on the web. This means that the Amazon Associates program is used by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/w3techs.com\/technologies\/overview\/advertising\/all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">5.2%<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0of all the websites whose advertising network they track. Breaking that down further, that is\u00a0<strong>1.0%<\/strong>\u00a0of all websites in their database. \u00a0It\u2019s important to note that the W3 Techs database is limited only including the top 10 million websites. \u00a0<\/p><p>This isn\u2019t too far off from the 120K publishers that we guessed at earlier. \u00a0However, this sample size of 10 million websites is far below the estimated 1.24 billion websites on the internet. (<a href=\"https:\/\/hostingfacts.com\/internet-facts-stats-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Source<\/a>)<\/p><h2><strong>148,255<\/strong><\/h2><p>Using a tool by the name of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/publicwww.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">PublicWWW<\/a>, that is a search engine for website source code and a combination of searching for each of the 12 Amazon Associates.com domains plus the tag attribute that makes an Amazon link into an affiliate link. Further, each of the domains was also searched for with sites that have SkimLinks and VigLink.<\/p><p>The limitations to this tool are that while it searches more sites than W3 Techs (202M for PublicWWW vs. 10M for W3 Techs) it only searches the first page of a\u00a0site so it would miss any site that had their Amazon affiliate links\u00a0a page or two deep.<\/p><h2><strong>732,442<\/strong><\/h2><p><a href=\"https:\/\/trends.builtwith.com\/ads\/Amazon-Associates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Builtwith<\/a>, a web technology information profiler tool, curated a list of\u00a0<strong>732,442<\/strong>\u00a0websites that use the Amazon Associates Program. This list includes\u00a0<strong>299,972<\/strong>\u00a0of those\u00a0<strong>732,442<\/strong>\u00a0websites are currently live and\u00a0<strong>434,470<\/strong>\u00a0of those that have used this technology in the past. The sample size of Builtwith is the largest of the three tools with a whopping \u00a0<strong>374,449,725<\/strong>\u00a0total websites.<\/p><h2><strong>900,000<\/strong><\/h2><p>Lastly, and probably most importantly,\u00a0Amazon once claimed \u2013 \u201cThe Amazon Associates Program\u00a0is one of the largest and most successful online affiliate programs, with over 900,000 members joining worldwide.\u201d \u2013 in the metadata of their sign up page for the Amazon.co.uk Associates page in 2008..<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b9d3e23 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b9d3e23\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3402838\" data-id=\"3402838\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33b0750 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"33b0750\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"104\" src=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-988\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2.png 975w, https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2-300x39.png 300w, https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2-768x100.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0d40a37 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0d40a37\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-130c7a2\" data-id=\"130c7a2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-540c35d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"540c35d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can see it by using Internet Archive\u2019s WayBack Machine\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20081113083544\/https:\/\/affiliate-program.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/associates\/join\/landing\/main.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">here<\/a>.<\/p><p>That seems a bit high, especially for being a decade ago but it may be an aggregate of the total sites that had joined up until that time\u2026 \u00a0<\/p><p>So, just how big is the\u00a0Amazon Associates.com Program?<\/p><p>Great questions and I think one could confidently say that there are between 100,000 and 1,000,000 sites on the Internet right now that use the Amazon Associates program (and probably 3-4X that in terms of people who at least tried to be an affiliate over the last decade).<\/p><p>From one hundred thousand to one million is obviously quite the range and if I had to narrow it down, I\u2019d use BuiltWith\u2019s 300K number of currently active\u00a0Amazon Associates. \u00a0Ultimately, I think it\u2019s safest to say that \u201conly Amazon knows\u2026\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0What do you think? If you\u2019ve found something different, we\u2019d love to hear from you!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cJust\u00a0how big\u00a0is the Amazon Associates.com Program?\u201d This is a great question and one we get asked frequently. We\u2019ve been thinking about this a lot and instead of shrugging and saying \u201cnobody but Amazon really knows\u201d, we thought we could give a better answer.\u00a0 So Just how big is the Amazon Associates.com Program? 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