How to Get Paid by Amazon Affiliates in Latin America with Global66

Table of Contents

• The real problem: Amazon pays well, but not to your local bank
• What Global66 actually gives you
• Setting it up step by step
• The warnings they won't give you on other blogs
• And the alternatives?
• What really matters

The real problem: Amazon pays well, but not to your local bank

Amazon Associates offers three payment methods: bank transfer, gift card and check. The catch is in the first one.

Direct deposit only works if you have a bank account denominated in dollars, pounds or euros, which covers the United States, the United Kingdom, the eurozone and several EEA countries: about 52 countries in total. Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina and Ecuador are not on that list. And six programs —India, Brazil, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and China— require a bank account in that specific country, which leaves out non-residents.

If you don't have a dollar, euro or pound account, you're left with two paths, and neither is good:

Amazon gift card. Paid out from 10 USD, and if you're owed less, the amount rolls over to the next month. It works, but you turn your work into store credit to buy things on Amazon. That's not money.

Physical check. The minimum is 100 USD. It also has to arrive by mail to your country, and then you need to find a bank that will deposit it, charging you a fee and making you wait weeks for it to clear. In Colombia this is, in practice, a headache.

So the right question isn't "how do I get paid by Amazon?". It's: how do I get a dollar account with a routing number without traveling to the United States?

What Global66 actually gives you

Global66 is a Latin American fintech for international transfers. What's relevant for this case is one specific feature: the dollar account comes with local US bank details.

Since 2024, the platform lets individuals and businesses hold an IBAN and routing number on their global dollar and euro accounts, to receive and send money as if it were a local transfer from the United States, Europe and the United Kingdom, without opening bank accounts in those countries.

In plain English: you get a US account number and routing number, in your name, and that's exactly what the Amazon form asks for. Global66 says payments arrive in less than 48 hours and that you can hold your currency without restrictions.

The second advantage is that it doesn't force you to convert. You can receive payments from platforms like Airbnb, PayPal, Deel, Freelancer and Payoneer without them being automatically converted to your local currency, so you decide when to switch to pesos and at what rate. For anyone getting paid in dollars from a country with a volatile currency, that decision is worth more than any fee.

Setting it up step by step

1. Open and verify your Global66 account. It's 100% online and you need your ID document. Activate the dollar account and look in the app for the section showing your USD receiving details. There you'll find the account number, the routing number and the correspondent bank's name.

2. Go to Amazon Associates Central. Hover over your email in the top right corner, go to "Account Settings", and under "Payment and Tax Information" select "Change Payment Method". There, check "Pay Me By Direct Deposit" and the fields will appear.

3. Choose the United States as the bank country and fill in the fields with your Global66 details.

4. Watch out for these three fields, where almost everyone gets it wrong:

• Account type: choose Checking. These dollar accounts with ACH details are issued as checking accounts, not savings. Verify it in the app anyway.
• Routing number / ABA: they're the same thing. The "ABA routing number" is that nine-digit code that identifies the bank. If your provider shows you one routing number for ACH and another for wire, this field takes the ACH one.
• Account holder name: it must match exactly the name registered on your Global66 account and your Amazon account. One extra or missing middle name can make the deposit bounce.

5. Complete the tax interview. This step isn't optional and many people skip it. The IRS requires Amazon to withhold up to 30% from non-US affiliates earning commissions in the US, unless they submit a complete W-8BEN. It's done from the same Associates Central, under "View/Provide Tax Information" → "Take Interview". It takes ten minutes and it determines whether you get 100% or 70% of what you earned.

6. Lower your threshold. The direct deposit threshold is 10 USD and can't be changed, so as soon as you switch to bank transfer you start getting paid much sooner than with a check.

A useful fact: Amazon doesn't charge fees for the international payment to your bank account.

The warnings they won't give you on other blogs

This is where I have to be honest with you, because this type of article usually ends with "sign up with my link" and leaves out the uncomfortable part.

There's no official confirmation from Amazon about Global66. The method works because the routing number is real and the deposit is an ordinary ACH transfer. The best-documented case is Payoneer, whose US virtual account with a real routing number Amazon accepts as a standard direct deposit destination. Global66 is newer at this and has fewer public cases. Translation: test it with your first small payment before moving your whole flow there.

The bank details change with the provider. These accounts rely on partner banks in the US, and those partners change. If one day your deposit bounces with no explanation, the first thing to check is whether your receiving details are still the same in the app.

It's not a traditional bank. Your money isn't in a bank account in your name at a US bank, but on a platform that operates through financial partners. It's legal and regulated, but the protection isn't the same as an insured bank deposit. Don't use it as the vault for your life savings.

Timing sometimes stretches. From my own experience, most operations are fast, but there are days when a payment takes longer than promised. If you have an expense tied to that money, don't schedule it to the exact day.

That income gets declared. Getting paid in dollars abroad doesn't make it invisible. If you're a Colombian tax resident, your worldwide-source income goes on your income tax return. I'm not an accountant and this isn't tax advice: if you start invoicing seriously, sit down with one. It's cheaper than a notice from the tax authority.

And the alternatives?

Payoneer is the option with the most track record with Amazon and the one I'd recommend if your absolute priority is that it just works, no surprises. In exchange, its withdrawal fees and exchange rate tend to be less friendly.

Wise also gives you dollar bank details and has a reputation for transparent rates, though USD account availability varies depending on your country of residence.

Global66 plays well when, on top of getting paid, you want to operate from Latin America: converting to your local currency, holding a dollar balance, using the card. It's less of a "gateway" and more of an "operating account".

There's no single answer. There's a criterion: the best account is the one that lets you receive, hold and convert without every step taking a bite out of you.

What really matters

Amazon not depositing to your local bank stopped being a barrier a while ago. It's a twenty-minute process that separates those who collect their commissions from those who let them pile up in gift cards waiting for the right moment to buy something on Amazon.

If your blog or channel is already generating commissions, that money deserves to land in a real account. And if it isn't yet, solving this now removes one excuse for later.

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If you want to try Global66, you can open your account with my referral link. It's a referral link: it costs you nothing extra and it helps me keep the blog running. Check the current terms and benefits inside the app when you sign up, because promotions change.

This article is informational and doesn't constitute financial or tax advice. Fees, coverage and conditions on each platform change: always confirm on the official source before deciding.