Knowing the exclusions prevents wasted effort. Your dashboard shows the current position.
TYPICALLY EXCLUDED
Orders later cancelled, refunded or charged back Amounts settled using rewards or existing credit Self-referral Activity found to breach the programme rules Certain third-party products Administrative fees and charges
OFTEN EXCLUDED OR EARNING AT A REDUCED RATE
Domain registrations and renewals Promotional-priced orders Some add-ons
WHY EXCLUSIONS EXIST
The programme returns a share of margin on revenue that stands. Where there is no margin, or no revenue, there is nothing to share.
EXCLUSIONS CAN CHANGE
What is included and excluded is set by ZillionKingHost and may be adjusted as the company issues updates. Something excluded today may earn later, and the reverse is equally possible.
Check your Rewards dashboard before a large purchase made partly for the rewards, rather than relying on this list.
A GENERAL RULE
If a purchase only makes sense because of the rewards it would earn, it probably does not make sense.