Bad news for Smartbuy and other Amazon Affiliate Purchases!!!

[Rishi Singh]

My amazon purchases through smartbuy was not going through on my HDFC Infinia so I called the Concierge team to get this checked and they told me that amazon has pulled out from all affiliate programs of all banks and I wont be able to make any more purchases on Amazon via Smartbuy.
Moreover they said that it will be announced officially on 1st July.
This is really a blow to all the credit card holders who used affiliate links to get discount especially infinia card holders who got 16.67% points.

Can anyone else confirm this??

 

[devmallya]

Just listened to the call attached above - it feels to me that while random/lucky transactions are going through for now, it'll pretty much stop on 1st July for sure - they'll remove the link + redirection to Amazon from Smartbuy. Rishi's right - the concierge seems to be reading from some circular or notice and not just reciting that statement. If it still works for you, enjoy it while it lasts 🙂

 

[prof Moriarty]

Are they also going to remove amazon gv from insta voucher section ??

 

[devmallya]

Are they also going to remove amazon gv from insta voucher section ??

Don't think so. That's a separate thing through Gyftr

 

[pranavcool]

gv will be there as hdfc loaded that extra 2.5% on to you

 

[Abhishek012]

Smartbuy Amazon soon over -

 

[Harry1]

Smartbuy Amazon soon over -
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So that wasn't just rumours.

 

[Abhishek012]

So that wasn't just rumours.

Yes.

Amazon.in benefits of 5X Reward Points / 5% CashBack on SmartBuy end soon! Users can avail of existing benefits till 30th June '22. Effective 1st July '22, Amazon.in benefits will no longer be available via SmartBuy.

 

[Harry1]

Yes.

Amazon.in benefits of 5X Reward Points / 5% CashBack on SmartBuy end soon! Users can avail of existing benefits till 30th June '22. Effective 1st July '22, Amazon.in benefits will no longer be available via SmartBuy.

How will I buy my new phone now😅. Was hoping for some good offer (10-20k on 70k phone).

Hope axis will get something similar to their Holi sale. Got the iPhone 12 at 42% discount effectively.

 

[TechnoFinoTechnoFino is verified member.]

it's official. Amazon going away from smartbuy portal from July 1, 2022

 

[dav33]

it's official. Amazon going away from smartbuy portal from July 1, 2022

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now i am thinking whether it will be really useful to upgrade from DCB LTF to paid Infinia. 🥲

 

[dav33]

How will I buy my new phone now😅. Was hoping for some good offer (10-20k on 70k phone).

Hope axis will get something similar to their Holi sale. Got the iPhone 12 at 42% discount effectively.

also this will make amazon pay icici more rewarding than infinia/ dcb from now on for amazon purchase.
was thinking to buy apple watch. will i get 5x rewards if i buy it now on emi.