Someone recently asked me if I knew any Australian online bookshops that offers a paying affiliate programme. Since some other people might be asking the same question, I thought I’d share what I know here at JMMO.
At the moment, the only Australia-based online book seller that I know of that has an affiliate programme is Fishpond. The basics:
- They offer 10% of the final transaction price to their affiliates.
- They have various books, CDs and DVDs in their inventory.
- They offer vouchers (usually AU $10 in value) to their customers. And, if you’re an affiliate, you can often use these vouchers as offers to your user base too.
- They offer free shipping to any address in Australia, for orders over AU$50. This is a great bonus. Although some books listed on Fishpond seem more expensive than Amazon, it works out cheaper most times due to the free shipping (combined with the vouchers, they’re great).
- They use Paypal (you can buy books using Paypal, however I’m not 100% sure if they pay affiliates through Paypal as well or via other ways).
I’ve used their services as a book buyer. My only complaint is that shipping does take a while. Usually, at least 3-4 weeks per order. Unless you’re ordering books that have 24 hour shipping (this translates to about 1 week to get the order delivered.) But, overall, it’s a good alternative for Australia-based book buyers.
On the affiliate front: They offer various tools, such as banners, product linking, and affiliate report, among others. I have yet to be paid for any transactions that have occurred using my affiliate account, so, I’ll let you know what happens here, once I know more.
Other than saving some money buying books and making money as an affiliate, there are two other ways Australian-based bibliophiles can make money online from Fishpond.
- Sell your old books via Fishpond. Not only can you tap in to their user base and make some cash from old, unwanted books, they even offer AU$0.20 credit per book you list.
- Review books that you’ve read. Again, they offer AU$0.20 credit per book that you review on their site.
From what I know, you can use these credits to purchase your next book. I have yet to see these two other money-making options in action. So, if I do, I’ll let you know.
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Hi,
I have placed an order with fishpond on Oct 1st. on the start of a 3 week vacation in Australia. It was important to me to receive the books in time, as I needed them for work back home.
On Oct 13th I got the message they had been shipped.
However, I have already left the country now.
The owner of my australian accommodation has told me the books have not yet arrived today (Oct 28th).
Fishpond tells me I can only get a refund after I send the books back. However I am not in Australia anymore and therefore cannot do it myself.
This lack of service is something I did not expect from an Australian/ NZ company.
I am very unhappy with my purchase of thin air and will discourage future customers to use Fishpond.