In this tutorial, we will learn how to easily create short amazon affiliate links in WordPress.
Why Use Short Affiliate Links for Amazon?
By default an Amazon affiliate link is a long URL containing strings and IDs.
This link is lengthy, and it is hard to look at. It also increases your chances of accidentally making a typo and breaking the URL.
One possible solution is to cloak affiliate links in WordPress by using a plugin like ThirstyAffiliates. Using an affiliate link manager allows you to redirect users while using your own custom short URLs like this:
http://www.example.com/refer/prowp
The problem with using a cloacked URL is that users do not know where they will be taken when they click on that link. You may want to show users that they will be redirected to Amazon’s website, because Amazon is a trusted brand name.
This could potentially increase your earnings, particularly if you most recommend products from Amazon.
Amazon comes with its own short URL option that allows affiliates to easily transform any Amazon link into a short URL using amzn.com domain name.
Creating Short Amazon Affiliate Links
There are two type of short URLs that you can create for your Amazon affiliate links. The first one uses Amazon.com domain name.
You need to simply add /dp/yourproductid/?tag=youraffiliatetag.
Take a look at this example:
http://amazon.com/dp/0470560541/?tag=aff0-link
You can create an even shorter URL by using amzn.com domain name. Simply remove the /dp/ prefix and add your product id with your affiliate tag.
http://amzn.com/0470560541/?tag=aff0-link
That’s all, we hope this tutorial helped you easily create short amazon affiliate links in WordPress.