Help me with Amazon Affiliate Program

[NTomokawa]

Make sure you include the affiliate disclosure somewhere easily found: ... is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com

I second this. Financial incentives and affiliations should be clearly disclosed.

 

[amirm]

Is it working?

It is. Amazon approved me and I made $11 from you all.

 

[amirm]

I second this. Financial incentives and affiliations should be clearly disclosed.

Nothing has been implemented yet even though the notice is on top of the Reviews page. If/when I implement it, there will be no doubt about any affiliate links.

 

[samshaver]

Hey @amirm

I was trying to figure out a way that people could create their own links to share to an Amazon product that would still incorporate your affiliate link. I am no expert, but I wonder if adding this onto a link would work.

/&linkId=90d5ba32c12c3c2980eb1eb288a17f4d

It appears that you would be able to check that the created link would be attached to your affiliate account here.

https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/home/tools/linkchecker

I have found that the shortest way to shorten an Amazon link is to find what I’ll call the Amazon Product ID. Which is what is contained within the slashes after the dp in an Amazon link. For example, here is a link to the Topping D70 created by the Amazon mobile app on my iPhone.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SF5TW14/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_.jjmDbMDXGBKP

So, for instance the Amazon Product ID for this Topping D70 would be

B07SF5TW14

Then, you can create a short link to the product by adding

amzn.com/

In front of the Amazon Product ID. So, for this example, the shortened link to this Topping D70 would be

amzn.com/B07SF5TW14

So, my thought would be that adding /&linkId=90d5ba32c12c3c2980eb1eb288a17f4d from the affiliate link you have posted may work.

So, all of that to ask if the following shortened link I created to a Topping D70 would be associated with your affiliate account when checked with the link checker above?!?

amzn.com/B07SF5TW14/&linkId=90d5ba32c12c3c2980eb1eb288a17f4d

As it still directs you to the product page, and not an error page like other combinations I have tried.

 

[amirm]

Hi Sam. Thanks a lot for trying to do this. The link you created unfortunately doesn't pass the check. Here is the link that Amazon created for the D70:

https://www.amazon.com/Topping-AK44972-Balance-Decoder-Control/dp/B07SF5TW14/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_til?tag=audiosciencer-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=e7aed674b72f9e5a2f888b07b0c2737f&creativeASIN=B07SF5TW14

And the link itself: https://www.amazon.com/Topping-AK44...f9e5a2f888b07b0c2737f&creativeASIN=B07SF5TW14

 

[amirm]

At this point, I think I should just create the links and make it available for members. Amazon is getting the sales anyway and we don't get the money to fund more reviews or equipment to purchase for testing.

 

[samshaver]

Hi Sam. Thanks a lot for trying to do this. The link you created unfortunately doesn't pass the check.

Darn! Well, what about this one?!?

amzn.com/B07SF5TW14/tag=audiosciencer-20

 

[samshaver]

we don't get the money to fund more reviews or equipment to purchase for testing.

Wait, so using your affiliate link doesn’t end up helping you/us out?!?

 

[amirm]

Darn! Well, what about this one?!?

amzn.com/B07SF5TW14/tag=audiosciencer-20

It doesn't like that either.

 

[amirm]

Wait, so using your affiliate link doesn’t end up helping you/us out?!?

Oh it does help. It is that when I do reviews, I don't list them so no one is using them currently.

 

[samshaver]

It doesn't like that either.

Well, shoot! Guess we’ll just have to use your links then. Sorry... Wishful thinking.

 

[amirm]

I thought it was simple too. When I get some time I can dig into how it synthesizes the links.

For now, you can use the link I provided and buy anything you like with it. Amazon will give credit just for sending someone there. It doesn't matter what you buy once there (although commission level varies with product category).

 

[JohnPM]

The tag is the key element: https://affiliate-program.amazon.co.uk/help/topic/t5/a21

 

[samshaver]

The tag is the key element: https://affiliate-program.amazon.co.uk/help/topic/t5/a21

Cool! Thanks for that link! So, it looks like I was missing the ref=nosim?

Well, then here’s one last try... does this one work?!?

amzn.com/B07SF5TW14/ref=nosim?tag=audiosciencer-20

 

[amirm]

Well, then here’s one last try... does this one work?!?

amzn.com/B07SF5TW14/ref=nosim?tag=audiosciencer-20

That link by itself didn't work. But i clicked on it, went to Amazon page and that URL worked:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SF5TW14/ref=nosim/ref=cm_sw_su_dp?tag=audiosciencer-20

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SF5TW14/ref=nosim/ref=cm_sw_su_dp?tag=audiosciencer-20

 

[raideater]

If people can buy anything off of your affiliate link, can't you just state that above the affiliate link? It would dispel the idea that you're just endorsing products. Worst case scenario, they'll just think you're sponsored by amazon. It'd give people the option to support you if they don't plan on buying the reviewed product but were going to buy something on amazon anyway. Heck, you could even put an affiliate link in reviews of products that aren't sold on amazon. Just put a similar disclaimer down.

 

[amirm]

If people can buy anything off of your affiliate link, can't you just state that above the affiliate link? It would dispel the idea that you're just endorsing products.

That's my thought although some people are against that idea too (of any relationship with Amazon).

 

[digitalfrost]

I think you should put this link somewhere visible. If you just leave it in this thread, it's gonna get lost eventually. Also, I'm not going to bother looking this link up everytime I order stuff off Amazon. I'd suggest you put in the header or footer of the page and make it visible.

 

[Blumlein 88]

I'd like it more visible. I have ordered a couple times using it. I ordered some things this week and simply forgot to use it.

 

[samshaver]

Hey @amirm

Ok, here’s one more shot...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XFDJS5V?tag=audiosciencer-20

I think that might work, but just for grins, here’s a shortened one

amzn.com/B07XFDJS5V?tag=audiosciencer-20

Please let me know if either of those work.