Well you need Site Stripe - that's the first thing :) You need to go into your account settings to grab that. So from Amazon where you can view products etc look on the top right hand corner of your screen for "earnings" and click on it. You will probably need to log in again, then look on the top right hands side of the screen for your email address and click on the little down arrow on the right hand side of your email address. From the drop down menu choose "account settings"
Then click on the option "associates sitestripe options" which will be under the heading Account Information.

Then you will see an option to enable sitestripe and which link options you can enable :) Let me know if you get stuck! I would create a video for you but I can't right now. I will do one on Monday!

Oh I missed your comment from a few weeks ago, sorry Angela! I hope you are managing with Amazon and the affiliate links ok?

Hi Cynthia

You may have an amazon account for being a buyer - it is basically the same account. So log into your account and apply to be an affiliate. Make sure you have some website traffic because you have I think 3 months to make sales from the time you apply or your account gets canceled.

If you don't have an account with them maybe just contact them and try to sort it out, I wouldn't have a clue what the issue is.

Hello Lynn
Thanks soooo:) much and replying, so quickly. I do buy product from them quite a bit and I have Amazon Prime. Thanks for the information, it was very helpful I won't sign up until I finish my website.
Cynthia

Hi just jumping in on your comment about you not signing up until you ate finished your site, is that because they give you 180 days to make sales or they deactivate you.? That's my concern now

I am so happy to help you figure that out Marla :)

I'm glad to help you with that Jeff - get those changed before Amazon notices! Old tracking links? Do you mean tracking codes?

Hello Lynne
Maybe they are tracking codes, you did a training not long ago showing how to make them and I have some made which are not needed and I don't know if I need to delete them or not?

I have a store on my websites and one is with Amazon products, but it is with the store front theme and woo commerce and the product image I had to right click and save to my computer to use because you can't use code and that was what the tutorial told me to do but it sounded like I am not allowed to do that from your training so how can I add product images without using code for my Amazon products?

I know I am asking a lot from you,
Jeff

Hi Jeff

I am not familiar with how to add images for a woocommerce store. I thought that the best way to do that was through using a plugin? I'm not the best person to ask when it comes to that though!

I've just had a look at the tracking codes and I can't see how to delete or edit them so I think once they are there they can't be deleted or edited?

Hello Lynne
The Woo Commerce Product image is much like your post image when writing your posts, but I can't add my product image in code I need to be able to add it from my computer images or my media library unless you know a way around this?

The Woo Commerce tutorial suggests copy and saving your product images from Amazon or doing a screenshot, I don't know if a screenshot is allowed by Amazon or not?

Maybe I will have to just use a generic image to represent the product, that is the only thing I have been able to come up with so far.

So I have twenty products in my gift shop with Amazon product images,

Jeff

Yes I am familiar with Woocommerce - I had an online store of my own selling my own products... I just don't know how you would go about it since downloading the images from Amazon and I am sure also taking a screenshot is against their terms....

Maybe post a blog about it and ask someone that has experience with this to give you some guidance?

Thank You Lynne
Everyone I talk to with a Woo Commerce store are doing the same thing as I am saving images from Amazon for their product image. That is what the Woo Commerce tutorial instructs you to do, but they suggest using a screenshot but I don't see how that is any different.

Amazon told me the can't give me permission because the images belong to the companies not them, I will figure something out.

Jeff

What a fix! Has Amazon told you what you can do?

Amazon only told me they can not give me permission to use the images
of their products because they don't own the images.

Maybe I can find generic images of similar products on pixabay or google to represent
my product on each page?

Jeff

I'm really not sure that is the way to go, it would be misleading since you won't be able to find an exact image of the product.

No problem having 10 links but you MUST have a reasonable word count on the page or you would be penalized by google.

You could get away with about 200 words per product description but that is going to end up as a 2,000 word post.
Could you manage that?
Robert-A

Thank you, it was making my hurt honestly and yes I can do that, I am pretty sure i am at least 200 words per as is and I am not done adding some of the little things i want to go back and do but i was getting discouraged with the lay out thinking I could only have 2 links so thanks again

No probs Christina, but remember no less than 200 words per product description/review.
Onwards and upwards and have a great Friday.
Robert

Yes , thanks so much and you too . I am going through them all this week to triple check before I start adding affiliate links ... I am already getting traffic and I sure don’t want to mess that up but at the same time I need pictures and this both adds the pics I need and lays the ground work to make money .

You will get there in the end but take it easy.
You might know the story about the tortoise and the hare - slow but sure wins the race - so don't rush it.
Robert

Well to be honest I was wasn’t expecting to put affiliate links on it so soon , thought I would take at least 3 months to build the content up but I also wasn’t expecting google to start indexing things and for me to have traffic so quick ( I learned how to stop that next time) but as it stands it’s a beautiful organized list in a niche that severely lacked organization ( I know because I love it and it’s been frustrating me for years ) and it’s sitting there with no pictures and no links to show/ buy the product which honestly would I irritate me in the other end . If you know of anyt other way to fix that issue please let me know because I’m super worried about putting affiliates on it so soon but I can’t find specific product pictures anywhere . These are my product pages they need pics and links .... after I get the first 10 up I plan on doing at least 50 articles with no affiliate links , just linking those articles ....

what pics/images do you need?
I will probs be able to point you in the right direction and there are lots of sites with free images and in fact I published a blog on sources a while ago.
I will be signing off for the night soon.
Robert

They are specific types of games ..... all I have managed to find is generic images and that doesn’t work at all . I need the image to match the product .

I’ll look for for that blog on it here too .... I I did the training on it here and that didn’t help for this particular need .

No need to look, here it is Where To Find Free Images What specific games do you mean?

I know I could find them when I know what I'm looking for.
I'm off now so catch you tomorrow if you're still stuck.
Robert

And it looks like Robert sorted you out with all your questions, thanks Robert :)

Thanks yes, he helped a great deal.

Great :) So I can relax LOL

No probs Lynne and always happy to help if and when I can and can find the time of course - busy busy busy most days.
Hope you are having a great Saturday.
Robert

It's a pleasure :)

I'm glad to hear it :)

Yes you must add it!

Then you will see its in the wrong place - delete it and try again. It does take some practice to understand what you are looking at when you are looking at code but it gets easier with time.

Great - thanks!

I am so happy to help Gillian :) There are so many little things. I made the same mistakes.