The Official Amazon Associates Blog

Buy 3 for the Price of 2 Blu-ray promotion

Starting today through May 14, 2008,   Blu-ray fans can stock up on three discs for the price of two at Amazon.com.  Add I, Robot, The Terminator, Ice Age, Sunshine, and many others to your collection now!

To link directly to the Buy 3 for the price of 2 promotion page and earn referral fees on the subsequent qualifying purchases, use the following link format, substituting your Associates ID: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000225131&tag=YOUR_ID_HERE-20

Amazon Kindle is now in stock: Earn 10%

Amazon is excited to announce that Kindle is now in stock and available for shipment. Customers can order today and receive free two-day shipping on Kindle. Associates will earn 10% in referral fees on the Amazon Kindle wireless reading device and Kindle Edition books and newspaper, magazine, and blog subscriptions. With Kindle priced at $399 you can earn $39.90 on each Kindle purchase you refer.

We’ve created a few easy ways for you to promote and earn referral fees on Kindle:

Text Links: To create a text link directly to the Kindle detail page and earn referral fees on the subsequent qualifying purchases, visit our text links page and enter 'www.amazon.com/kindle' in the 'link to any page on Amazon.com' search box to get the HTML.

Widgets: Visit our widgets gallery and select the Kindle Chicklet to promote any Kindle edition content ((books, magazines, newspapers, or blogs) on your site that is available for download on the Kindle Chicklet. This is a great way for you to distribute your content and earn referral fees at the same time.

Banners: Visit our banners page and select from one of our new banners to promote Kindle.

Introducing the Carousel Widget

Today we are announcing the launch of a new widget for Amazon Associates that includes a cool new display format plus multiple product selection options.

The Carousel widget presents products in an interactive 3D display allowing you to select either the Carousel or Ferris Wheel format in multiple sizes that work for your site. There are several ways to create your widget; you can hand-pick specific products to recommend to your viewers or choose to display the latest Bestsellers and New Releases from any Amazon category.

Here’s an example of the widget for you to check out:

 

To get started visit the Carousel widget page, and add it to your site today.

Blu-ray Buy 2 Get 1 Free Promotion

Right now, the Amazon DVD team is offering a special Buy 2 Get 1 Free promotion on select Blu-ray titles through April 18. Now that all major studios have expressed their support for Blu-ray as the ultimate high definition entertainment experience, this is a fantastic opportunity for your customers to start building their Blu-ray libraries with Amazon’s great selection of titles, including “300”, “The Fifth Element”, and “Bladerunner (Five-Disc Complete Collector's Edition).”

In addition, Amazon.com is currently offering an exclusive bundle of the hit movies “National Treasure” and “National Treasure 2 – Book of Secrets” on Blu-ray, now available for pre-order ($39.99). Check out our Blu-ray store to explore the hundreds of titles available on Blu-ray, all at least 30% off.

To link directly to the Buy 2 Get 1 Free promotion page and earn referral fees on the subsequent qualifying purchases, use the following link format, substituting your Associates ID: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000214241&tag=YOUR_ID_HERE-20

Great Spring Shoe Promotions

Just in time for Spring, Amazon has several great shoe promotions to share with you and your customers. Here are the details:

$20 off select women’s shoes
Now through April 6, customers can save $20 when they spend $100 on select women's pumps, flats, and sandals direct from Amazon.com. Customers can save on over 25 brands, including Pour La Victoire, Martinez Valero, Circa Joan & David, and Naughty Monkey.

To link directly to the included shoes page and earn referral fees on the subsequent qualifying purchases use the following link format, substituting your Associates ID: http://www.amazon.com/s/?node=1044764&tag=YOUR_ID_HERE-20&hidden-keywords=febdresspromo&emi=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Buy two, save 20% on select men’s and women’s shoes
Now through March 31st, customers get an extra 20% off when they buy two pairs of men's or women's shoes from select brands direct from Amazon.com. More than 15 brands are included in this offer, such as Diesel, Sugar and Triple 5 Soul. The more they buy, the more they save.

To link directly to the included shoes page and earn referral fees on the subsequent qualifying purchases use the following link format, substituting your Associates ID: http://www.amazon.com/s/?&tag=YOUR_ID_HERE-20&rh=n%3A1045744%7C1044764%2Cp%5F6%3AATVPDKIKX0DER%2Cp%5F4%3ADiesel%7CSugar%7CJump%7CEject%7CTriple%205%20Soul%7Cpiloti%7CLeather%20Island%20by%20Bill%20Lavin%7CAkademiks%7CTennies%7CT.U.K.%7CPenny%20Loves%20Kenny%7CPoetic%20Justice%7CVolatile&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Amazon Baby Britax Sale: Save up to 20%

Don't miss the Britax Sale in Amazon.com/baby. This week only, February 24–March 2, customers can save up to 20% on rarely discounted Britax car seats, strollers and more. Promote this sale on your website and let your customers take advantage of this fantastic offer.

To link directly to the Britax sale page and earn referral fees on the subsequent qualifying purchases use the following link format, substituting your Associates ID:

http://www.amazon.com/s/?node=165796011&tag=YOUR_ID_HERE-20&keywords=Britax

Add the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Video to your site today

Starting today, Amazon Unbox has the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Video exclusively, for free download through February 25 leading up to the release date of the printed issue. Use the Unbox Preview Player to add previews of top selling film and TV hits to your site plus earn a referral fee for every Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue or subscription you sell.

Associates are eligible to earn 10%, 1.5% above the highest earnings tier, on all Unbox digital video referrals (up to $1.50 per item). There is no limit to the number of items on which referral fees are earned.
To get started, follow these quick and easy steps:

1. add the unbox video widget to your site
2. Select "specificy videos" in the "add content" section
3. type "Sports Illustrated" into the "Search Amazon Unbox" field

New features for Widgets Users

The Amazon Widgets team is thrilled to announce many new features that will make your widgets even more fun and effective! Since the launch of Amazon Widgets last September, we’ve been overwhelmed by your response. Associates have created over 200,000 unique widgets which have been displayed over 800 million times!

Many of you came back with great suggestions and we’ve picked the most requested features and implemented them in this release. Some of these new features include:

1. Shuffle Products – While building ‘My Favorites’ and ‘Slideshow’ widgets, you can now select the Shuffle Products option to show your products in random order each time the widget is displayed. You can also go to ‘My Widgets’ and enable this option in previously saved widgets;

2. Default Search Term –With the new ‘Use default search term’ option in the Search widget, you can specify a search term that will be used to populate the Search widget when it is first displayed. Remember, you can always add a default search term to previously saved widgets by going to ‘My Widgets’ and editing your saved Search widgets;

3. Delete Widgets – Is your ‘My Widgets’ page cluttered with widgets that you no longer use? Use the ‘delete’ icon besides each widget on the ‘My Widgets’ page to permanently delete unused widgets;

4. Tracking Ids – Monitoring your widgets with custom Tracking Ids has never been easier. You can now easily change the tracking id associated with each widget by locating the widget on ‘My Widgets’ and clicking the ‘change’ link in the Tracking Id column.

To start using these great new features and build more widgets, go to http://widgets.amazon.com or log in to Associates Central and click ‘Build Links/Widgets’ under the Tools menu.

As always, we’d love to hear your feedback and what features you’d like to see added in the future.

-The Amazon Widgets Team

NBC’s “Lipstick Jungle” Available for Download Exclusively on Amazon Unbox

The Associates program is excited to announce that Amazon Unbox has the hot new show from NBC, Lipstick Jungle, for free download for the whole week prior to its TV broadcast helping to drive traffic and referral fees on your site.  Use the Unbox Preview Player to add previews of top selling film and TV hits to your site.

Associates are eligible to earn 10%, 1.5% above the highest earnings tier, on all Unbox referrals (up to $1.50 per item). There is no limit to the number of items on which referral fees are earned.

To get started, follow these quick and easy steps:
1. add the unbox video widget to your site
2. Select "specificy videos" in the "add content" section
3. type "lipstick jungle" into the "Search Amazon Unbox" field

Last Week's Performance Issues

Last week some of you experienced performance issues with our links and widgets. We apologize for this inconvenience and are rolling out a series of changes that will allow us to detect any subsequent performance issues in a more timely fashion. We appreciate your feedback on this issue and will update you with any further performance issues. Please continue to use the discussion boards to ask questions or advice from other associates and we’ll chime in to address bigger issues as they come up.

-The Associates Team