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Current Version: Amazon Affiliate Link Localizer 1.3
Last Updated: 27/11/2009
Description
This plugin not only automatically changes any Amazon link on your site to use your affiliate ID, but it also changes the link to point to the user’s local Amazon store.
So if your visitor is visiting from the UK they’ll get a link to Amazon.co.uk, if they’re visiting from the US they’ll get a link to the same product on Amazon.com.
All you have to do is provide all your affiliate IDs!
Non-Wordpress version
If you want to achieve the same result on a non-Wordpress site, you can simply install the pure JavaScript version.
See also: Greasemonkey Script
As an Amazon user, you may also be interested in my Amazon Link Localizer Greasemonkey Script which automatically converts links to international Amazon sites into links to your local Amazon site.
So if I link to a product on Amazon.co.uk, and you are a US visitor, you will get a link to that same product on Amazon.com instead.
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Disclosure
If you do not insert your own affiliate IDs the script will use mine. Hopefully this will help fund my book addiction!
Hi Pete,
Great idea.
Just a quick question: does your plug-in work with other Amazon plug-ins like Amazon Showcase or Amazon Widgets Shortcodes?
I’ve not tested it, but it should do!
Give it a go and let us know!
Hi Pete! – love the idea, I started to create multilingual sites and your plugin might be a great help.
Maybe you have an idea how to solve a little problem that I ran into:
many titles are not available from all Amazon stores. In those cases your script still converts the link, which leads to a nasty 404 when the visitor clicks it, since lets say amazon.de does not know that particular ASIN… any chance to circumvent that or include a check if the ASIN exists at the target store?
cheers, big thanks for the plugin, and all best
Martin
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I have tested your plugin and it works great for a single product page, But it is not working when I try to link to an artist’s page. Is there a way to use your plugin to pages besides individual products. Thanks
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Martin – Version 1.3 has resolved this issue. The plugin now checks to see if your local Amazon store sells the product and only redirects link if it does.
AF – This has also been resolved in version 1.3. Any links to Amazon will now be affiliated, not just direct product ones.
Does this work with the latest version of Wordpress (2.9.1)?
The plug-in seems to do what I want but when I go to install it, it seems to only support up to 2.8.6
Hi.. I am just wondering a few things about this plugin, like (is there a rule) do you need to put the original link as a link from amazon.com (and it will convert it into .ca or uk or other sites) or can you put in a link from amazon.ca and it wil also convert it to an amazon.com link?
Secondly, amazon.ca doesn’t have things like clothing or toys, if I put in an amazon.com link for clothing or toys, what will happen if someone clicks on the link, do they still go to amazon.com or what? Thanks very much
awesome plugin, thanks for your efforts (-:
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Been looking for something like this all day. Got it working on one of my blog. Thanks for the plugin work perfectly.
@GGS – The original link can be to whatever store you like and the script will redirect it to the visitor’s local one. If a local site does not sell the product you are linking to, it will keep it pointing to the original store, but will add your affiliate ID.
@Nick P – Yes, it works fine.
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