--- title: "Amazon Associates vs impact.com: Which is searched more in New Zealand?" description: "Is Amazon Associates or impact.com more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Affiliate networks set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/amazon-associates-vs-impact-com" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Amazon Associates vs impact.com: Which is searched more in New Zealand? Is Amazon Associates or impact.com more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Affiliate networks set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time. ## Key facts - **Compared**: Amazon Associates and impact.com - **Competitive set**: Affiliate networks - **Market**: New Zealand - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Amazon Associates Share of Search**: 47.4% - **impact.com Share of Search**: 2.6% ## Is Amazon Associates or impact.com more popular in search? - In September 2026, Amazon Associates had more branded searches than impact.com among affiliate networks in New Zealand. Amazon Associates had about 370 branded searches, while impact.com had 20. Amazon Associates made up 47.4% of all affiliate network searches we track, and impact.com accounted for 2.6%. - Amazon Associates was ahead of impact.com in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Amazon Associates’ share of searches among affiliate networks in New Zealand moved from 61.7% to 47.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 580 to 370. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, impact.com’s share of searches among affiliate networks in New Zealand moved from 2.1% to 2.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 20. ## Top affiliate networks in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, impact.com appeared in all five answers. Amazon Associates was mentioned in three out of five: in two of the three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. impact.com was listed before Amazon Associates in four out of five answers. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Awin | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Commission Factory | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | impact.com | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | PartnerStack | 4th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Amazon Associates | 5th | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | Rakuten Advertising | 6th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | Partnerize | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about affiliate networks - Asked ChatGPT "Which affiliate network should I use in New Zealand?": 1. Commission Factory, 2. Awin, 3. impact.com, 4. Amazon Associates, 5. PartnerStack - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best affiliate networks in New Zealand?": 1. Commission Factory, 2. Awin, 3. impact.com, 4. Amazon Associates, 5. PartnerStack - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best affiliate network in New Zealand for online brands?": 1. Commission Factory, 2. Awin, 3. impact.com - Searched Google, AI Overview "best affiliate network": 1. Awin, 2. Amazon Associates, 3. PartnerStack, 4. impact.com, 5. Rakuten Advertising - Searched Google, AI Overview "affiliate programme software": 1. PartnerStack, 2. impact.com Not named in any answer: Partnerize. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in New Zealand on October 20, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for New Zealand affiliate networks in September 2026? - In September 2026, impact.com overtook Rakuten Advertising to rank 6th among affiliate networks in New Zealand, with 2.6% of the searches. - In September 2026, Amazon Associates lost share of searches among affiliate networks in New Zealand, from 59.6% to 47.4%. ## Month by month | Month | Amazon Associates estimated searches | Amazon Associates Share of Search | Amazon Associates rank | impact.com estimated searches | impact.com Share of Search | impact.com rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 580 | 61.7% | 1 | 20 | 2.1% | 5 | | Nov 2025 | 650 | 65.7% | 1 | 30 | 3% | 5 | | Dec 2025 | 580 | 66.7% | 1 | 20 | 2.3% | 5 | | Jan 2026 | 980 | 68.5% | 1 | 30 | 2.1% | 6 | | Feb 2026 | 800 | 65.6% | 1 | 20 | 1.6% | 6 | | Mar 2026 | 740 | 65.5% | 1 | 20 | 1.8% | 6 | | Apr 2026 | 800 | 70.2% | 1 | 30 | 2.6% | 6 | | May 2026 | 580 | 60.4% | 1 | 30 | 3.1% | 6 | | Jun 2026 | 600 | 66.7% | 1 | 20 | 2.2% | 5 | | Jul 2026 | 600 | 65.2% | 1 | 30 | 3.3% | 5 | | Aug 2026 | 560 | 59.6% | 1 | 10 | 1.1% | 7 | | Sep 2026 | 370 | 47.4% | 1 | 20 | 2.6% | 6 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Amazon Associates’ and impact.com’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading. - **Amazon Associates**: Measured on the search terms “amazon affiliate program” and “amazon associates”, summed into one figure. - **impact.com**: Measured on the search terms “impact com”, “impact com affiliate”, “impact radius” and “impactcom”, summed into one figure. - [Amazon Associates profile](/demand/nz/brands/amazon-associates) - [impact.com profile](/demand/nz/brands/impact-com) - [All affiliate networks in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-affiliate-networks): The set both shares are measured inside, 7 brands. ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Amazon Associates or impact.com more popular in search? In September 2026, Amazon Associates had more branded searches than impact.com among affiliate networks in New Zealand. Amazon Associates had about 370 branded searches, while impact.com had 20. Amazon Associates made up 47.4% of all affiliate network searches we track, and impact.com accounted for 2.6%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Amazon Associates vs impact.com: Which is searched more in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/amazon-associates-vs-impact-com This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/amazon-associates-vs-impact-com. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.