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Hi all. I remember reading in the Amazon Affiliate T&Cs that we are not allowed to use images of the products in our blogs and links. However, I see many links on people's

I actually asked Amazon Support team and they confirmed that we are not allowed to use their product images but we can create our images. If you made three sales, you are eligible to have your API and you can use some plugins like Lasso to retrieve product images.

Thanks, Maria. Good to know, although it seems odd that we can't use the images of the products we are promoting! Maybe they want us to buy all the products and take our own pictures!

You're welcome :)
They have changed the SiteStripe rules in December 2023, meaning that only "Get Link Text" option is available.
Haha, good one, but I will not buy all products, of course :)
You can use some AI tools to generate similar images with the product you want to promote.

Thanks - good idea!

You're welcome :)

right now I'm using the Sitestripe tool to add text links which bring up complete info including images of the product I'm linking.

Really?

This is the reply I received from Amazon Support:
"I am very sorry for the inconvenience, the image + link option is no longer available you have to use API"

Do you have an active API?

No I haven't tried the API yet.

Plug-ins like AAWP will pull in the image for you as a clickable image for non clickable ones I use the images on the product page

OK and is that allowed? I must have completely read that wrong then! Sounds like me! :)

Ah, not sure. I think I have been an Amazon affiliate since 2014, but I don't recall a thing about it. Thanks for the reminder. I've to check out.

Maybe the product images???

John

Yes - it's the product images that seem to be the problem.

you can use the images but only if you get them through the api....
aawp plugin is one way and now there are others...
i have not had any success getting the images through the api in my account - it always comes up with an error...
maybe now promoting products and showing the result of getting the product is the way to go....
as you say it is a bit crazy - but it is their ball and they determine the rules...

Thanks Phil.

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What images do people use for their amazon affiliate links?

What images do people use for their amazon affiliate links?

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Hi all. I remember reading in the Amazon Affiliate T&Cs that we are not allowed to use images of the products in our blogs and links. However, I see many links on people's

I actually asked Amazon Support team and they confirmed that we are not allowed to use their product images but we can create our images. If you made three sales, you are eligible to have your API and you can use some plugins like Lasso to retrieve product images.

Thanks, Maria. Good to know, although it seems odd that we can't use the images of the products we are promoting! Maybe they want us to buy all the products and take our own pictures!

You're welcome :)
They have changed the SiteStripe rules in December 2023, meaning that only "Get Link Text" option is available.
Haha, good one, but I will not buy all products, of course :)
You can use some AI tools to generate similar images with the product you want to promote.

Thanks - good idea!

You're welcome :)

right now I'm using the Sitestripe tool to add text links which bring up complete info including images of the product I'm linking.

Really?

This is the reply I received from Amazon Support:
"I am very sorry for the inconvenience, the image + link option is no longer available you have to use API"

Do you have an active API?

No I haven't tried the API yet.

Plug-ins like AAWP will pull in the image for you as a clickable image for non clickable ones I use the images on the product page

OK and is that allowed? I must have completely read that wrong then! Sounds like me! :)

Ah, not sure. I think I have been an Amazon affiliate since 2014, but I don't recall a thing about it. Thanks for the reminder. I've to check out.

Maybe the product images???

John

Yes - it's the product images that seem to be the problem.

you can use the images but only if you get them through the api....
aawp plugin is one way and now there are others...
i have not had any success getting the images through the api in my account - it always comes up with an error...
maybe now promoting products and showing the result of getting the product is the way to go....
as you say it is a bit crazy - but it is their ball and they determine the rules...

Thanks Phil.

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