Affiliate marketing is a constant source of income for many blogs. The Amazon affiliate program is one of the largest and most popular programs on the market. Due to the large number of products available, there is always something you can recommend and earn a commission. Did you know that Amazon also offers a short URL service? In this article, we will show you how to easily create Amazon affiliate short links in WordPress.
By default, an Amazon affiliate link is a long URL containing strings and IDs.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470560541/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0470560541&linkCode=as2&tag=wpb09-20
This link is long and hard to see. It also increases your chances of accidentally typing and breaking the URL.
One possible solution is to cloak affiliate links in WordPress by using a plugin like ThirstyAffiliates. Using an affiliate link manager allows you to redirect users while using your own custom short URLs like this:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/prowp
The problem with using a hidden URL is that users don't know where they will be taken when they click on that link. You may want to show users that they will be redirected to the Amazon website, as Amazon is a trusted brand.
This could potentially increase your earnings, especially if you recommend Amazon products.
Amazon comes with its own short URL option that allows affiliates to easily transform any Amazon link into a short URL using the amzn.com domain name.
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There are two types of short URLs that you can create for your Amazon affiliate links. The first uses the domain name Amazon.com.
You need to simply add /dp/yourproduct/? Tag =youraffiliatetag.
Take a look at this example:
http://amazon.com/dp/0470560541/?tag=wpb09-20
You can create an even shorter URL using the domain name amzn.com. Simply remove the /dp/ prefix and add your product ID with your affiliate tag.
http://amzn.com/0470560541/?tag=wpb09-20
That's it, we hope this article helped you to easily create Amazon affiliate short links in WordPress. You may also want to see our list of the 10 best WordPress affiliate marketing tools and plugins.
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