Amazon Affiliate Sites

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  locustek · Member · Jun 29, 2016 at 10:09 pm

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  Hi,

  I am considering making many Amazon affiliate websites and would appreciate help in that process. Specifically, I’d like to know if my websites checkout options can link to Amazon without the customer visiting my affiliate website being routed to Amazon or their checkout page. In other words, I’d like my affiliate websites to produce sales on Amazon without those visiting my websites and purchasing products knowing they are buying from Amazon. Is this possible?

  Sincerely,

  Jonathan

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  timethief · Member · Jun 30, 2016 at 1:54 am

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  Please read http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/ The Amazon widget code will not work on a WordPress.COM hosted blog.

  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.

  Please read what Staff said at https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-it-allowed-to-link-to-amazon?replies=6#post-2359341

  The only advertising program at WordPress.com is called WordAds and it’s for blogs on their own domains, that have enough traffic to be accepted into the WordAds program.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
  http://en.wordpress.com/apply-for-wordads/

  NOTE: A self-hosted WordPress site might be right for you. WordPress.org offers free software that you can install on a web server. You can upload and install themes and plugins, run ads, conduct ecommerce and edit the database. http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/ See: Moving to Self-Hosted WordPress
  https://move.wordpress.com/

  WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support documentation and separate support forums. Read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right-hand corner of the page that opens, so you can post to the support forums there.
  Resetting your WordPress.ORG password http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password
  WordPress.org support docs are at https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page