How can I post my Amazon Associates links to my WordPress.com blog?

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  shawnswoo · Member · Mar 20, 2013 at 2:38 pm

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  I read in this thread: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/affiliate-link?replies=89 that Amazon Associates links are okay on real blogs. Mine is a real blog, and occasionally I write book reviews and would like to include links to the books in Amazon through my Amazon Associates Account. Unfortunately, the html code that I copied and pasted from the Amazon Associates page seems to get stripped out every time I save the post. Below is an example of the code I copy and pasted into the post. How can I post my Amazon Associates links to my WordPress.com blog without violating WordPress terms and policy?

  Building a Discipling Culture<img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=scaryarn-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B005HQDUK4" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Mar 20, 2013 at 3:48 pm

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  Hi there – you’ll need to choose Amazon’s HTML-only link option.

  In order to properly see the code you’re trying to add, could you please paste it in a Pastebin and provide a link here? If the code has any JavaScript in it then it will be stripped out.

  Thanks!

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  shawnswoo · Member · Mar 21, 2013 at 4:37 pm

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  Hi, I tried posting it to Pastebin.

  http://pastebin.com/aky8NgpB

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  shawnswoo · Member · Mar 21, 2013 at 4:38 pm

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  How do I select the HTML-only link option? I don’t see it on the Amazon Associates page. Thank you for your help!

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Mar 21, 2013 at 6:15 pm

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  Thanks for this. The code you posted is already HTML only, so it should work.

  When you paste the code into your post window, are you clicking the Text tab first, to make sure the code is being added in the HTML view? It’ll look something like this screenshot:

  http://cl.ly/image/0V1S0n1J1T1f

  If you’re not clicking the Text tab and accidentally pasting the code in Visual mode, it won’t work. Let me know if this helps!

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  shawnswoo · Member · Mar 22, 2013 at 1:51 am

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  Thank you so much! That solved it! :)

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Mar 22, 2013 at 1:48 pm

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  Excellent, glad to hear it!