Greetings from Flipkart! We are glad to announce the upcoming FLIPKART COOLING DAYS (May 1-3, 2016) sale (with a Bank offer) having amazing deals on ACs, Refrigerators, Water Purifiers, Air Coolers & Fans. During the course of this month, there will be a slew of new Mobile Phone launches and sale events on Air Conditioners, Refrigerators, Mobiles, Laptops, Accessories, Furniture & Home categories. All of Flipkart's offers/deals will be applicable across Flipkart's Desktop Website, Mobile Apps, as well as Flipkart's all-new mobile website
Affiliate Commissions for MAY, New API Version & Updates, Cooling Days Sale (1-3 May) & More!
Flipkart Affiliate Teamaffiliate@flipkart.com
Dear Affiliate Partner,
Greetings from Flipkart! We are glad to announce the upcoming FLIPKART COOLING DAYS (May 1-3, 2016) sale (with a Bank offer) having amazing deals on ACs, Refrigerators, Water Purifiers, Air Coolers & Fans. During the course of this month, there will be a slew of new Mobile Phone launches and sale events on Air Conditioners, Refrigerators, Mobiles, Laptops, Accessories, Furniture & Home categories. All of Flipkart's offers/deals will be applicable across Flipkart's Desktop Website, Mobile Apps, as well as Flipkart's all-new mobile website which will ensure high traffic and an even higher conversion rate for the traffic coming through your websites/ blogs/ mobile sites/ mobile apps, thus resulting in higher affiliate earnings. So go all out and promote Flipkart affiliate links not only on your mobile inventory, but also through your desktop websites/ blogs, etc.
NEW! Updated Version of Flipkart Affiliate APIs! (v1.1.0)
Please note that now there are 2 versions of Product Feed APIs and Delta Feed APIs. In Category Feed API response - available variant v0.1.0 corresponds to older version of Product Feed API and Delta Feed API, and v1.1.0 corresponds to new version of Product Feed API and Delta Feed API. For more details about the new features, updates, and enhancements in the new API version (v1.1.0), refer here.
We would highly recommend you to evaluate & shift to the new API version (v1.1.0) of our Product Feeds asap. Though we are supporting both versions currently, however the older version (v0.1.0) will be deprecated after few weeks. So its better to make the shift to the new version at the earliest (also, through the new version you'll be able to get more detailed data like offer details, Special Price details, Specification details in Electronics categories, etc). For details, refer the Flipkart Affiliate APIs developer documentation here.
New Updates on Flipkart Affiliate APIs!
We are glad to inform you regarding the launch of our Delta Feed API which provides the list of products in a specific category that have changed after a specific version (refer Product APIs Reference > Delta Feed API here). This API is in-sync with the capabilities of Product Feed API. Delta Feed API provides two functionalities: (i) Ability to fetch the latest version of a category, and (ii) Ability to fetch only those products in a category that have changed (added/ updated/ deleted) after a specified version. This will hugely benefit our affiliate partners dependent on Product Feed API to update Flipkart product listings on daily basis by: (a) Reducing the number of products to be updated (daily database refresh becomes faster), and (b) Reducing the number of subsequent calls (overall response time is reduced).
A new "inStock" filter, an optional request parameter, has been introduced in both the Product Feed API as well as the Delta Feed API. You may append it in the URLs (append inStock=true with your API request) to fetch only those products which are currently in stock. This will reduce the number of products fetched resulting in less API calls. Usage of this filter can be referred in the API Documentation (refer Product APIs Reference > Product Feed API here).
A new "isAvailable" parameter has been included in the response of both the Product Feed API as well as the Delta Feed API. This parameter can have two values - 'true' or 'false'. The former denotes that the product is available in the Flipkart catalogue, and the latter denotes that the product is not available in the Flipkart catalogue (if isAvailable is false, then the partner should also remove these Flipkart products from their website / app). It is useful in the Delta Feed API to denote whether a product has been deleted or not.
Commission rates for Flipkart 'Android' App installs during May 1-31, 2016 are mentioned below:
Device OS Fallback Install
(Rs per install) Direct Install
(Rs per install)
Android 40 25
For more details, please refer here
App Install campaign on other Mobile OS platforms (iOS & Windows) have been stopped till further notice. Both Fallback & Direct installs on iOS & Windows devices will not be tracked / attributed.
Commission rates for all referral sales / orders on the Flipkart marketplace during May 1-31, 2016 are mentioned below:-
CATEGORY Desktop / Mobile Website orders Mobile App orders #
New Customer*
Existing Customer New Customer*
Existing Customer
Flipkart Gift Card 4% 2% 4% 2%
Books & eLearning 10% 8% 12% 10%
Fashion & Lifestyle Categories (Clothing, Footwear, Fashion Accessories, Watches, Bags-Wallets-Belts, Luggage & Travel, Sunglasses & Eyewear, Sports & Fitness, Jewellery) 12% 8% 15% 12%
Gemstones, Gold & Silver Coins 1% 0.5% 1% 0.5%
Toys & School Supplies 12% 8% 15% 12%
Musical Instruments 12% 8% 15% 12%
Baby Care & Diapers 12% 8% 15% 12%
Fragrance, Beauty & Wellness 12% 8% 15% 12%
Stationery & Office Supplies 12% 8% 15% 12%
Household Supplies 12% 8% 15% 12%
Pet Supplies 12% 8% 15% 12%
Food & Nutrition 12% 8% 15% 12%
Large Sports & Fitness Equipments, Bicycles 6% 4% 8% 6%
Large Appliances (Refer A & B below)
(A) Television, Microwave Oven, Washing Machine 4% 3% 6% 4%
(B) Refrigerator, Air Conditioner 5% 4% 6% 5%
Home Categories (Home & Kitchen Needs, Home Decor & Festive Needs, Home Improvement Tools, Home Furnishing) 12% 8% 15% 12%
Furniture 10% 8% 12% 10%
Flipkart "Premium" Mobile Phones** [Letv (Le 1S/ Le Max), Moto (E/ G/ X/ Turbo), Swipe Elite (Note/ Plus), Creo Mark 1, Lenovo (K5 Plus/ Vibe P1/ Vibe P1m/ K3 Note/ A2010/ A6000/ A6000 Plus/ A7000), Micromax Canvas Xpress (2/ 4G/ Pulse 4G), Micromax Canvas 6 Pro, Samsung Galaxy (S7/ S7 Edge/ J5/ J7/ On5/ On7), Huawei Honor (Bee/ 4C/ 4X, 5X, 6/ 6 Plus/ 7/ Holly, Holly 2 Plus), Nexus (6/ 6P), Asus Zenfone, Xiaomi] 3% 1.5% 4% 3%
All Other Mobile Phones 4% 2% 5% 4%
Wearable Smart Devices 6% 4% 8% 6%
Automation & Robotics 6% 4% 8% 6%
Small Entertainment (iPods, MP3, Video & Audio) 6% 4% 8% 6%
Home & Kitchen Appliances (except Air Coolers, Fan, Water Purifiers, Juicer/Mixer/Grinder) 6% 4% 8% 6%
Air Coolers, Fan, Water Purifiers, Juicer/Mixer/Grinders 8% 6% 10% 8%
Personal Care Appliances 8% 6% 10% 8%
Health Care Appliances 8% 6% 10% 8%
Cameras & Camera Accessories 4% 3% 6% 4%
Laptops & Tablets 4% 3% 6% 4%
Mobile, Computer & Tablet Accessories 4% 3% 6% 4%
Computer Peripherals (except Storage) 4% 3% 6% 4%
Storage (External HDD, Memory Card, Pen Drive) 1% 1% 2% 2%
Music, Movies & TV Shows (CD/DVD/Blu-ray) 4% 3% 6% 4%
Gaming (Consoles, CD/DVD, Accessories) 4% 3% 6% 4%
Software 4% 3% 6% 4%
Automobiles & Auto Accessories 8% 6% 10% 8%
# Affiliate tracking on all Mobile Apps is possible only through Deeplink Affiliate URLs
* New Customer is defined as the 1st order/transaction done by a customer on Flipkart.com in the last 6 months (counting from the date of transaction).
**In case any new Exclusive mobile phone is launched after 1st May 2016, it will be updated on https://affiliate.flipkart.com/commissions
Important Updates!
High Converting Landing Pages
The following Flipkart Offers Zone (http://dl.flipkart.com/dl/offers - this specific url works on both desktop website & mobile app) sections are some of the most high-converting landing pages on Flipkart:
DEALS OF THE DAY (http://dl.flipkart.com/dl/offers/deals-of-the-day) [Flipkart's jaw-dropping "24-hour only" deals starting 12 noon everyday are promoted on this page]
ELECTRONICS Offers (http://dl.flipkart.com/dl/offers/electronics)
HOME & FURNITURE Offers (http://dl.flipkart.com/dl/offers/home-furniture)
FASHION & LIFESTYLE Offers (http://dl.flipkart.com/dl/offers/fashion-and-lifestyle)
AUTO Offers (http://dl.flipkart.com/dl/offers/auto)
BOOKS & MORE Offers (http://dl.flipkart.com/dl/offers/books-and-more)
Technical issue with Flipkart Deeplink Affiliate URLs when using Firefox web browser on Windows 10 Laptop (when Flipkart App is not already installed): This is a known issue. The problem is that Firefox browser (only in case of Windows 10 OS) does not recognize the Flipkart deeplink url if the Flipkart app (for Windows 10) is not already installed in the laptop (it'll give an error). If the Flipkart app is already installed in your Windows 10 OS laptop, then the Flipkart url (when using any browser) will be redirected to the same home/category/product/offer page in the Flipkart app. [P.S. Its a very minuscule proportion (Firefox users on windows 10 laptop wherein Flipkart app is not already installed) - majority of Windows 10 laptop users use MS Edge browser followed by Chrome browser].
Try our newly launched Affiliate Bookmarklet Widget to generate Flipkart affiliate tracking links directly without logging into affiliate dashboard. Know more
Step 1: Login to your affiliate account
Step 2: Navigate to: AFFILIATE TOOLS -> Bookmarklet Widget
Step 3: Follow the instructions there to activate Bookmarklet widget
EARN
API Documentation (Product & Offer Feeds APIs and Reporting APIs): Find out how to tap into Flipkart's marketplace with our APIs for Product & Offer Feeds (available in XML as well as JSON formats). We provide the following type of APIs: Product Feeds, Delta Feeds, All Offers, Deals of the Day (DOTD) Offers, Search Query based on Keywords, Search Query based on Product Id (pid), and Category Feeds (category-wise csv files in zip format). We also provide Order Report API and App Install Report API to help you integrate/import the Orders Report / App Install Report from your affiliate account directly into your system on real-time basis. Please refer the "API Documentation" section (API > API Documentation) in your affiliate account or CLICK HERE to know more about how these APIs work.
NOTE: When to append ?affid=**** or &affid=**** in the affiliate tracking url - As a general rule, ? is allowed to be used only once in any url. If a ? is already present in the link/url, all other parameters that follow after the ? need to be prefixed with &
In case of any queries or assistance, feel free to connect with us at affiliate@flipkart.com
Thanks & Regards,
Flipkart Affiliate Team
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