Best Market Place affiliate programs
14 Market Place affiliate programs compared on commission, cookie window and payout terms.
- Programs
- 14 compared
Top pick: Eneba Compare →
Amazon vs Impact
Amazon or Impact? Commission, cookie window, payout schedule and approval, compared side by side.
- Market Place
- Updated August 11, 2026
Impact takes 3 of 4 compared terms. Which one earns more still depends on your audience — the table below shows where each one wins.
Term by term
| Criterion | Amazon | Impact Top pick |
|---|---|---|
| The money | ||
| Commission | 1–10% | ✔ 10% |
| Pays for | — | — |
| Payout type | One-time | One-time |
| Tier ladder | Luxury Beauty, Luxury Stores Beauty, Amazon Explore 10%, Digital Music, Physical Music, Handmade, Digital Videos 5%, Physical Books, Kitchen, Automotive 4.5%, Amazon devices, Apparel, Shoes, Watches, Jewelry, Luggage, Handbags 4%, All other categories 4%, Toys, Furniture, Home, Home Improvement, Garden, Pets, Beauty, Sports, Baby, Tools, Outdoors, Headphones 3%, PC, PC Components, DVD & Blu-Ray 2.5%, Televisions, Digital Video Games 2%, Grocery, Amazon Fresh, Health & Personal Care, Physical Video Games and Consoles 1%, Gift cards, wireless plans, alcohol, Kindle subscriptions, restaurant delivery, Amazon Pay 0% | Sales Deal - Closed Won 10% of order sale amount, Self Serve - Trial Started $100.00 per order, Self Serve - Client Billed $40.00 per order, Lead Submitted / Lead Verified / Demo Call / Legal / Opportunity Created / Account Created $0.00 |
| Terms | ||
| Cookie window | 1 days | ✔ 180 days |
| Ease of starting | 3.3 / 5 | ✔ 3.8 / 5 |
| Approval | Reviewed | Reviewed |
| Our rating | — | — |
| Getting paid | ||
| Paid out | Monthly (Commission is paid roughly 60 days after the end of the month it was earned in.) | Actions lock 15 days after the end of the day they are tracked, and approved transactions are paid 15 days after they lock. The master agreement separately states referral fees are issued 60 days after a referral is approved. |
| Minimum payout | $10 ($10 for direct deposit or Amazon gift card. Cheques need $100, and you can raise your own cheque minimum above that but not lower it.) | — |
| Clearing hold | — | 15 days |
| Payment methods | ✔ Direct deposit, Amazon.com gift card, Check | Direct deposit, Electronic funds transfer |
| Rules | ||
| Self-referral | Prohibited | — |
| Paid search | Restricted | — |
| Affiliate assets | — | Custom referral URL, Partner Portal resources and tools, Partner certifications, Brand features and logos |
A ✔ marks the better term on that row. Rows where the programs match, where the terms aren't comparable, or where a program hasn't published a figure are left unmarked — a dash means unknown, not zero.
The programs
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Amazon Associates is the affiliate program for Amazon's retail catalogue, covering physical goods, digital media, devices and subscription services.
- Top pick
impact.com is a partnership management platform that brands use to run affiliate, influencer, referral and B2B partner programs in one place.
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Affiliate terms change often, and every figure here comes from each program's own published page on the date above. Confirm the current rate with the merchant before you promote it. Links to the programs are affiliate links.