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  altedokhan · Member · Dec 21, 2015 at 8:27 pm

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  Hello!

  I have a problem. I get associate status with Amazon, and wanted to put a search bar to my site as widget. They give me a script to insert in, but I cannot find out where to insert it. Can anyone help me?

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Dec 21, 2015 at 10:23 pm

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  Hi there,

  Amazon widget code will not work on a WordPress.com hosted blog.

  We do most allow affiliate links on WordPress.com, including from Amazon.com as long as your blog’s primary purpose is to create original content, and not merely to send traffic to these sites. Also, you will not be able to use the Amazon widget or banners on a WordPress.com sites.

  For more information, please visit our support site:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/

  Let me know if you have any questions.

  Thanks!

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  babybago · Member · Dec 30, 2015 at 8:18 pm

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  I’d like to further inquire on this point. I have a book that I wrote I’d like to link to on my sidebar. Are you saying that because my blog is on a wordpress.com site, I cannot embed the affiliate link?
  If that is the case, can I create a widget to link to the book on my sidebar that doesn’t involve the affiliate marketing?
  Thanks for help!

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Dec 30, 2015 at 10:12 pm

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  Hi there @babybago,

  Affiliate marketing blogs: Blogs with the primary purpose of driving traffic to affiliate programs and get-rich-quick schemes (“Make six figures from home!!”, “20 easy steps to top profits!!”, etc). This includes multi-level marketing (MLM) blogs and pyramid schemes. To be clear, people writing their own original book, movie or game reviews and linking them to Amazon, or people linking to their own products on Etsy do NOT fall into this category.

  From: https://en.wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/

  So, in your case, you can add an affiliate link to Amazon since it is a product you created.

  Let me know if you have any other questions.

  Thanks!

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  timethief · Member · Dec 30, 2015 at 10:16 pm

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  Bloggers at WordPress.com with their own books on Amazon can use a plain HTML affiliate link code from Amazon that 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.

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Dec 30, 2015 at 10:18 pm

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  Yep, what @Timethief said. Feel free to use an image link as well. =)

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  timethief · Member · Dec 30, 2015 at 10:21 pm

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  staff-doublebassd
  Hey there. I trust you had a merry Christmas and will also have a Happy New year. :) (No response expected.)

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Dec 30, 2015 at 10:24 pm

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  @Timethief

  I did indeed – thank you! I hope you had a merry Christmas as well and that you will have an enjoyable New Year!

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  timethief · Member · Dec 30, 2015 at 10:31 pm

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  staff-doublebassd
  I had a great Christmas and intend to have a great New Year too. Hubby and I are closing the front gate on New Year’s Eve and pretending we went away. It should be a perfect night for just the two of us. :)

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Dec 30, 2015 at 10:38 pm

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  @TT –

  Nice! Looking forward to 2016! =)

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  timethief · Member · Dec 30, 2015 at 10:39 pm

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  Me too =)

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  babybago · Member · Dec 31, 2015 at 2:07 am

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  Thanks you two.
  Now, when I try to put in the copied HTML code into the Text Widget, it shows up on the live page as HTML code. No link, no picture, just code.

  Is there a step by step guide for getting this added?

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  blessingsandvanillalatte · Member · Dec 31, 2015 at 2:41 am

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  I am glad to see this. I also wrote a few books and was wondering if I could put affiliate links to the books on Amazon. This is great to know!

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  timethief · Member · Dec 31, 2015 at 2:48 am

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  Although the Amazon widget code will not work on a WordPress.COM hosted blog, posting of some affiliate text links is possible, provided the blog is an actual blog and not just a storefront. Please read > http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/ closely.

  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.

  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.

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  babybago · Member · Dec 31, 2015 at 2:55 am

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  AHA! So the difference is, I can link to it within a blog post, but not as an advert on my sidebar. Now I think I get it.
  Thanks so much for the help.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 31, 2015 at 2:59 am

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  You’re welcome.

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  babybago · Member · Dec 31, 2015 at 3:01 am

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  Still not working…oh well, I just want to link to my book. I’ve read all the rules, I’m running a blog, not a money making scheme.