The Official Amazon Associates Blog

Celebrate Faith with Christian Books at Amazon.com

Amazon has several new features in Christian Books to share with you and your customers.  Visit the store to see all we have to offer, and check out a few of the latest highlights:

Save 45% on The Shack:  Read customer and editorial reviews, search inside the book, and save 45% on William Young’s bestselling novel The Shack.  Customers can also browse other top selling Christian titles available at great prices. 

Meet Rob Bell:  Visit the Rob Bell Store to pre-order his new books and DVDs, watch video clips from his popular NOOMA series, and learn more about this author and pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church.

Browse Christian Book Award Winners:   Discover this year’s ECPA Christian Book Award and Christy Award winners in our featured booklists.  Sixteen award winning titles are available for 2008, including The Word of Promise: New Testament Audio Bible, which won the distinctive honor of Christian Book of the Year.

To link directly to Christian Books and earn referral fees, just use the following link format and replace "YOUR_ID_HERE-20" with your Associates ID:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/?node=12290&tag=YOUR_ID_HERE-20

Introducing Widget Source

Amazon Associates is excited to announce the launch of Widget Source - a new way to create Amazon Widgets in-code.

Until now, the only way for you to create a widget was using the WYSIWYG widget editor. Instead of manually building a large number of widgets tailor-made for each page on your site, with Widget Source you can programmatically place customized widgets throughout your site using simple Javascript code.

Websites with dynamic content can use Widget Source to create highly customized widgets on-the-fly. For example, a web page author can use Widget Source to create a sidebar Carousel widget, and then dynamically change the list of products displayed in the widget depending on the contents of each web page. Showcasing highly relevant products in attractive widget displays has shown to increase user engagement, resulting in higher conversion rates for you.

Widget Source also offers new ways to add and display products. For example, here is a Carousel that showcases search results for the phrase “Wii gear” from the Video Games category:

Learn more and get started.

Blu-ray up to 50% off Sale

Starting today through August 29, Blu-ray fans can take advantage of the up to 50% off sale on select Blu-ray titles while supplies last.  This is a great opportunity for your customers to build their Blu-ray libraries from Amazon’s great selection of titles including No Country for Old Men, The Bank Job and The Prestige. Also explore hundreds of titles available in our Blu-ray store, all at least 30% off.

To link directly to the Blu-ray up to 50% off sale page and earn referral fees on the subsequent qualifying purchases, use the following link format, replacing "YOUR_ID_HERE-20" with your Associates ID:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000265211&tag=YOUR_ID_HERE-20

Take advantage of this limited time promotion, but please be sure to remove the links at or before 11:59:59 pm Pacific on Friday, August 29, when the promotion expires.

Amazon Green Eco-friendly Cleaning Supplies and ENERGY STAR-qualified Office Electronics

Last week Amazon announced the launch of the Amazon Green store.  Now we've added even more banners to display to your readers, including Eco-friendly Cleaning Supplies and ENERGY STAR-qualified Office Electronics like those shown here:

With hundreds of green items to choose from, Amazon Green makes it easy for customers to find what they’re looking for.

There are multiple ways to link to promote Amazon Green on your site:

•   To create a text link directly to the Amazon Green homepage and earn referral fees on the subsequent purchase, visit our text links page and enter 'www.amazon.com/green' in the 'link to any page on Amazon.com' search box to get the HTML

•    Visit our banners page and select from one of four Amazon Green themes

Get an extra 20% off already-reduced shoes and handbags

Now through August 25, customers can get an extra 20% off already-reduced shoes and handbags sold direct from Amazon.com. That’s up to 75% off original prices. Help customers take advantage of this discount on shoes for women, men, and children, as well as handbags.  Choose from great brands like Nine West, adidas, Clarks, Birkenstock, New Balance, and more!

There are multiple ways to link to promote Amazon Shoes on your site:

• To create a text link directly to the Amazon Shoes homepage and earn referral fees on the subsequent purchase, use the following link format, replacing "YOUR_ID_HERE-20" with your Associates ID:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/?node=672123011&tag="YOUR_ID_HERE-20"

• Visit our banners page and select from several banners including those shown below:

Take advantage of this limited time promotion, but please be sure to remove the links at or before 11:59:59 pm Pacific on Monday, August 25, when the promotion expires.

Say Hello to Amazon Green

Help shoppers discover the benefits of going Green. Visit our banners page and secure custom marketing collateral today.

With hundreds of green items to choose from, Amazon Green makes it easy for customers to find what they’re looking for. We offer banners for products in four Amazon Green themes, including:

1.    The Amazon Green program homepage
2.    Eco-Friendly Cleaning Supplies
3.    ENERGY STAR-qualified Office Electronics
4.    ENERGY STAR-qualified Lighting

There are multiple ways to link to promote Amazon Green on your site:
•    To create a text link directly to the Amazon Green homepage and earn referral fees on the subsequent purchase, visit our text links page and enter 'www.amazon.com/green' in the 'link to any page on Amazon.com' search box to get the HTML.
•    Visit our banners page and select from one of four Amazon Green themes, including those shown below:

Save up to $20 with Bill me Later

Now thru 8.31.08, your readers can save on a variety of categories when they pay with Bill Me Later®. Bill me Later is the fast and convenient way to buy without using your credit card. Let your readers know to choose Bill Me
Later® at checkout and enter the following promo codes to receive savings in select categories:

Baby: Save $10 when you spend $50. Use promo code: BMLBABY1
Sports & Outdoors: Save $10 when you spend $50. Use promo code: BMLSPORT
Tools: Save $10 when you spend $50.Use promo code: BMLTOOLS
Home & Garden: Save $20 when you spend $100. Use promo Code: BMLHOME1
Toys: Save 20%. Maximum discount of $20. Use promo code: BMLTOYS1
Automotive: Save $10 when you spend $50 or $20 when you spend $100. Use promo code: BMLAUTO1
Consumer Electronics: Save $10 when you spend $50, save $20 when you spend $100. Use promo code: BMLDEALS
Music: Save $10 when you spend $50, save $20 when you spend $100. Use promo code: BMLMUSIC
DVDs: Save $10 when you spend $50, save $20 when you spend $100. Use promo code:BMLDVDS1
Video Games: Save $10 when you spend $50, save $20 when you spend $100 on Video
Games. Use promo code: BMLGAMES

Take advantage of this limited time promotion, but please be sure to remove the links at or before 11:59:59 pm Pacific on Sunday, August 31, when the promotion expires.

Offers are subject to credit approval. Offers limited to items sold by Amazon.com. One per customer. Offer valid only for purchases made between August 11, 2008 and August
31, 2008.

Click here to learn more.

Spend $25 on Apparel or Shoes and get free shipping! Also, included with that purchase is a 1-year subscription to Lucky, GQ or Teen Vogue (a $12 value).

From August 4th to August 27th with Apparel or Shoes purchases of $25 or more, customers can get a one-year magazine subscription to Lucky, GQ, or Teen Vogue. Additionally, customers will find savings of up to 50% off original prices and FREE shipping from select merchants.

Amazon.com makes it easy to refresh your wardrobe with the latest dress, casual, athletic, and business attire from your favorite brands, including GUESS, Armani Exchange, The Children’s Place, and more. Find a new pair of Levi’s jeans, get basics from Bare Necessities, or add casual, athletic style to your life with adidas and Puma--all in one place.

Build Links

To link directly to the Apparel promotion pages and earn referral fees on the subsequent qualifying purchases, use the following link format, replacing "YOUR_ID_HERE-20" with your Associates ID:

Juniors/Young Men’s:  

http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/?

node=1084666&tag=YOUR_ID_HERE-20

Women: http://www.amazon.com/Women-Apparel/b/ref=sv_a_0?

ie=UTF8&node=1040660&tag=YOUR_ID_HERE-20

Men: http://www.amazon.com/Men-Apparel/b/ref=sv_a_1?

ie=UTF8&node=1040658&tag=YOUR_ID_HERE-20

Kids: http://www.amazon.com/Kids-Baby-Apparel/b/ref=sv_a_3?

ie=UTF8&node=1040662&tag=YOUR_ID_HERE-20

 

Take advantage of this limited time promotion, but please be sure to remove the links at or before 11:59:59 pm Pacific on Wednesday, August 27, when the promotion expires.

See offer/refund details.

Introducing the Page Recommender Widget

Recently we announced a new Amazon Associates widget: the Page Recommender Widget. The Page Recommender Widget displays links to other pages on your site and links to Amazon products – both tailored to each individual visitor's interests using the same world-class recommendations technology that powers recommendations on Amazon's own site. Visitors will spend more time on your site as they discover new content that is relevant to them. In addition, you will earn referral fees based upon our highly targeted product recommendations.

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

To get started using the Page Recommender Widget, click here and add it to your site today.

Earn $12 for each new Amazon Prime Free Trial Member

Associates can now earn $12 for each new Amazon Prime Free Trial member referred through October 31.  Amazon Prime is a popular Amazon.com program that gives its members unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping on millions of eligible items.  All new members are offered a free trial, allowing them to experience the convenience of shopping with Amazon Prime benefits for an entire month at no charge.

Amazon Prime members enjoy the following benefits:

1.    Unlimited FREE Two-Day Shipping on millions of Amazon.com Items
2.    Overnight Shipping upgrades for only $3.99 per item
3.    Shopping with no minimum order size
4.    Ability to share benefits with up to 4 household members
5.    1 Month Free Trial

There are two ways to promote Amazon Prime as part of this program.
1.    Build a link to the Amazon Prime page, using the link below as your template (just replace your Associate ID): http://www.amazon.com/gp/subs/primeclub/signup/extmain.html?
ref=prime_assoc_bt&tag=YourIDHere-20
2.    Place an Amazon Prime banner graphic on your website including ones shown here: