Amazon vs AppSumo
Amazon or AppSumo? Commission, cookie window, payout schedule and approval, compared side by side.
- Commission
- 1–10% vs 100%
- Cookie
- 1 days vs 7 days
Affiliate Inventory
14 Market Place affiliate programs compared on commission, cookie window and payout terms.
Eneba leads on 3 of 8 compared terms. Which one earns more still depends on your audience — the table below shows where each one wins.
| Criterion | Amazon | AppSumo | Eneba Top pick | Fiverr | Flippa | Impact | LightInTheBox | Printify | RedBubble | Target | Temu | Upwork | Voices | ZipRecruiter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The money | ||||||||||||||
| Commission | 1–10% | ✔ 100% | 2–5% | 25–70% | 20% | 10% | 15-20% Commission | 5% | 2% | 8% | 30% | 70% | 50% Of 1st Order Up To $100 | $100 Per Trial |
| Pays for | — | — | — | 1 year | 1 year | — | — | 1 year | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Payout type | One-time | One-time | One-time | Tiered | One-time | One-time | One-time | Recurring | One-time | One-time | One-time | One-time | 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% | New customer 100% of the sale, capped at $50, Returning customer 0-15%, VIP Affiliate Program 100% commission for 30 days | Standard affiliate 2-5% revenue share per sale, Long-term partner Increased revenue share, amount not published | Fiverr Marketplace 25% of the first order plus 10% revenue share for 12 months, Fiverr Pro 70% of the first order plus 10% revenue share for 12 months, Logo Maker $30 fixed plus 10% revenue share for 12 months | Referral acquires a business 20% of the success fee Flippa receives, Referral lists a business 20% of the listing fee Flippa receives, Referral sells their listed business 20% of the success fee Flippa receives | 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 | No tiers | No tiers | No tiers | No tiers | Order commission Up to 30%, App download reward Up to EUR 12 per referral, Second-tier partner bonus Up to EUR 40 per invited partner | No tiers | No tiers | No tiers |
| Terms | ||||||||||||||
| Cookie window | 1 days | 7 days | 30 days | 30 days | — | ✔ 180 days | — | 90 days | 30 days | 7 days | 30 days | — | — | — |
| Ease of starting | 3.3 / 5 | 2.5 / 5 | ✔ 4 / 5 | 3 / 5 | 3.3 / 5 | 3.8 / 5 | — | 3.5 / 5 | — | 3.5 / 5 | 3.8 / 5 | 3.5 / 5 | — | — |
| Approval | Reviewed | Reviewed | Reviewed | Reviewed | Reviewed | Reviewed | Reviewed | Reviewed | Reviewed | Reviewed | 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.) | Monthly (Commissions are calculated 60 days after the end of the purchase month, then paid via Impact on the 10th of the following month.) | ✔ On demand (Withdraw the accumulated balance whenever you want, at any time of day.) | Monthly (Net-30 after you request payment. Requests made between the 2nd and 15th are reviewed on the 24th and paid by the 7th of the following month; requests from the 16th onward are reviewed on the 11th and paid on the 15th.) | Monthly (Referrals are reconciled at the end of each month and rewards are typically paid on the 13th.) | 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. | — | Monthly (Paid at the start of each month.) | — | Monthly (The terms default to monthly payment unless your individual insertion order specifies something else.) | ✔ On demand (There is no payout run. You request a withdrawal yourself once the balance clears, with one request in progress at a time and daily caps on how many you can make.) | Monthly (Withdraw on a set day each month, or whenever the Impact balance reaches the threshold you configured.) | — | — |
| 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.) | $100 (Set in the affiliate terms as a payment threshold. Balances below it are held rather than paid, and are only released if the agreement is terminated.) | Eneba's FAQ has an entry for the minimum withdrawal, but the figure is left blank on the page. | $100 (You must reach this balance before a payment request can be submitted. Earnings below it stay in your balance.) | ✔ $5 (Rewards below this sit on the account as pending approval until enough has built up.) | — | — | — | Not published by Redbubble; the threshold is set inside Impact. | Target publishes no minimum balance; the threshold is whatever Impact sets on your account. | $23 (Temu's German-market affiliate policy sets the withdrawal floor at EUR 20, roughly $23. Thresholds are set per market, so check the payout page for the market your account is registered in.) | Upwork publishes no figure; Impact pays out when your balance reaches a threshold you set in that account. | — | — |
| Clearing hold | — | 60 days | — | — | — | ✔ 15 days | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Payment methods | ✔ Direct deposit, Amazon.com gift card, Check | ACH, PayPal | ✔ Bank transfer, PayPal, Eneba store credit | Bank wire transfer | PayPal, Stripe | Direct deposit, Electronic funds transfer | ACH, PayPal | PayPal | ACH, PayPal | Direct deposit, Check | PayPal, Temu store credit | ✔ Direct transfer, BACS, PayPal | ACH, PayPal | ACH, PayPal |
| Rules | ||||||||||||||
| Self-referral | Prohibited | Prohibited | — | — | Prohibited | — | — | Prohibited | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paid search | Restricted | Restricted | — | — | Restricted | — | Restricted | Restricted | — | Restricted | — | Restricted | — | — |
| Affiliate assets | — | Banners, Text links, Creatives, Product descriptions, Affiliate dashboard | XML/CSV product feed, Affiliate dashboard, Dedicated affiliate manager | ✔ Banners, Creatives, Gig Ads widget, Search Box widget, Deep links, Geo rotation group, Affiliate dashboard | Custom referral links, Real-time tracking dashboard | Custom referral URL, Partner Portal resources and tools, Partner certifications, Brand features and logos | Banners, Text links, Data feeds, Themed promotions, Custom creative on request | Banner creatives, HTML text links, Custom promo codes on request, Affiliate account manager with reports, Promotion guide | Creative assets, Promotional calendar | Banners, Widgets, Text links, Merchandiser product datafeed, Weekly newsletters with promos and deals | Referral links, Referral codes, Banners and graphics from the Asset Center, Shareable product and deal content | Logos, Ads, Banners, Text links | — | — |
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.
Amazon Associates is the affiliate program for Amazon's retail catalogue, covering physical goods, digital media, devices and subscription services.
AppSumo is a marketplace that sells lifetime software deals, mostly to solo founders and small businesses.
Eneba is a marketplace for game keys, gift cards, software licences and account top-ups, sold at a discount by third-party sellers.
Fiverr is a marketplace for freelance services, from logo design and copywriting to video editing and development, sold as fixed-price packages.
Flippa is a marketplace for buying and selling online businesses: ecommerce stores, content sites, SaaS products, apps and domains.
impact.com is a partnership management platform that brands use to run affiliate, influencer, referral and B2B partner programs in one place.
LightInTheBox is a cross-border online retailer selling apparel, wedding and occasion wear, home goods, lighting and small electronics, shipped internationally from China.
Printify is a print-on-demand marketplace that connects sellers to a network of independent printing partners.
Target is a US general merchandise retailer with roughly two thousand stores and a large online catalogue.
Temu is a cross-border marketplace run by PDD Holdings, selling low-cost goods shipped largely direct from Chinese suppliers.
Upwork is a marketplace where businesses hire and pay independent professionals.
Voices is a marketplace where companies hire voice actors for advertising, e-learning, audiobooks and games.
Amazon or AppSumo? Commission, cookie window, payout schedule and approval, compared side by side.
Amazon or Eneba? Commission, cookie window, payout schedule and approval, compared side by side.
Amazon or Fiverr? Commission, cookie window, payout schedule and approval, compared side by side.
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.