24-hour cookie, 1-4% rates, and they'll nuke your account over a technicality. You're building a business on rented land that pays in pennies.
Direct merchant programs — 30-day cookies, 10-30% commissions, real account managers — convert slightly worse but pay 5-10x more per sale.
Use Amazon for trust-priming ('as seen on Amazon'), then route the money offer direct.
Still all-in on Amazon? Tell me why.
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