Amazon Affiliate Links Not Working

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  cdowin · Member · May 1, 2015 at 12:19 pm

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  I’m having trouble getting an image to display from an Amazon affiliate link. I grabbed the following link directly from Amazon and pasted it into a brand new blank post:

  <img border=”0″ src=”http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B00HZFDNLG&Format=_SL250_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thenomalife-20″ ><img src=”http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thenomalife-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00HZFDNLG” width=”1″ height=”1″ border=”0″ alt=”” style=”border:none !important; margin:0px !important;” />

  The link URL found in the <img> tag is valid and leads to a picture hosted by Amazon.

  http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B00HZFDNLG&Format=_SL250_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thenomalife-20

  Any advice?

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  timethief · Member · May 12, 2015 at 8:20 pm

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  We can use text links only. http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/

  1. WordPress.com allows bloggers to insert text affiliate links within post and page content to most third-party affiliate programs, provided they are not the primary content of the site in question.

  2. Image affiliate links in posts and pages and any banners, affiliate links in sidebar or footer widget areas, are still considered to be advertising and are not allowed on WordPress.com blogs.

  Bloggers at WordPress.com with their own books on Amazon can use a plain HTML affiliate link code from Amazon and then used that to link an image (book cover or Buy at Amazon button). See here https://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/images-the-three-link-options/ and note “Custom URL” to link to your book’s cover.

  Affiliate marketing banners and any and all advertising outside of WordAds at WordPress.com are not allowed. No blogger initiated advertising is allowed on WordPress.com blogs. The only advertising program at WordPress.com is called WordAds and it’s for blogs on their own domains.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
  http://en.wordpress.com/apply-for-wordads/
  http://support.wordpress.com/advertising/

  Here’s what gets a blog suspended:
  http://wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/suspended-blogs/
  http://en.wordpress.com/tos/