Last night I received an email from a friend in Australia warning me that Amazon was closing associate accounts because of not following the Associates Program Operating Agreements paragraph 10.

"...10. Identifying Yourself as an Associate

"... You must, however, clearly state the following on your site: “[Insert your name] is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to [insert the applicable site name (amazon.com, endless.com, smallparts.com or myhabit.com)]...”

I Googled "Amazon accounts closed and banned and read some horror stories. Associates losing their $1500+ a month income over night.

I immediately went to all my sites, landing pages and anything that had an Amazon affiliate link and added the paragraph 10 statement. The web link goes to one of my sites and shows what I did. That should take care of it (I hope :] )

Google and Amazon are very unforgiving when someone is in violation of their agreements, so watching for any changes to those agreements becomes very important. That importance will and should increase with the amount of money you are making using their programs.

I hope this will save some members from having the dreaded account closed notice arrive in their email.