Previously it was (in general) 4% for up to 6 items, then 6% (or apparently higher) as the number of items sold increased. I don't recall whether quantities wit

Previously it was (in general) 4% for up to 6 items, then 6% (or apparently higher) as the number of items sold increased. I don't recall whether quantities within an order impact that or not, it's possible that an order for 10 of item X would be counted as a single item for that calculation. Obviously the percentages could go quite a bit higher. The "gutting" in this I'm sure is referring to the change from "electronics get 4-8.5% commission" to "electronics get 2.5% commission and never more than that." Having a huge range of other items also all capped at below 6% is also a huge blow to people who've been doing a lot of Amazon Affiliates work. I've never really made much from it - probably less than $100 in any given year with one outlier when someone bought ten copies of Dragon Medical ($1800 each) after using one of my links. Still, this does give a good indication of whether it's worth putting together a focused product comparison site I've been contemplating. 6% or more on products with prices in the $100-1000 price range could make it worthwhile to build and maintain (content curation). 2.5% capped makes it a much less appealing proposition unless the site can have affiliate links to vendors other than Amazon, and I'm not sure if that's against their TOS.