Automatic internationalization

With geni.us we can create an internationally functional affiliate link very quickly.
First we have to provide all our tracking IDs of the various affiliate programs once.

Next, we can create our first link for a product. For this it is sufficient to enter a normal Amazon link (not necessarily an affiliate link) in the portal. geni.us will now use this link to search for the matching product and products at all Amazon marketplaces we have set up.

geni.us now creates a short link for its own service and stores the different marketplaces as dynamic forwarding targets.

The shortlink then looks like this, for example: https://geni.us/WjaEcr (Amazon Affiliate Link)

Depending on the country a potential visitor comes from, geni.us will now forward the link to the internationalized marketplace that suits him. This ensures that really every link call also leads to monetization.

Simple central administration

However, the international monetization on the different marketplaces is not the only advantage of geni.us. For example, if you provide links to products on different channels, you spend a lot of time keeping every single link up to date and may have to replace the links on hundreds of videos on YouTube individually.
With geni.us , these “maintenance tasks” are reduced to a minimum because the geni.us short code remains the same everywhere. In the geni.us link portal, the product stored on the link is only changed once. That’ it.

A “Bad-Link-Checker” also informs us if a linked product is no longer available on one of the marketplaces.

Monetization of all website links through a script for WordPress

Particularly useful is the possibility to have all outgoing Amazon links of a WordPress page automatically internationalized by geni.us. For this purpose, the official geni.us plugin “Amazon Link Engine” can be used.
https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-link-engine/

The nicest thing is that this plugin also automatically adjusts the outgoing link of popular WordPress plugins like AAWP. So I don’t need to care about internationalization and Geo-IP in these plugins anymore.

An AAWP product is embedded as usual and the outgoing link runs automatically through geni.us:

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Amazon

Does geni.us comply with the Amazon guidelines?

If you believe the manufacturer, yes. I myself have not had any bad experiences yet.

My biggest concern was that Amazon actually prohibits short linking of Amazon affiliate links in my opinion. And geni.us does nothing else, does it?

If you take a closer look at the terms and conditions, you will see that shortlinking is only forbidden if it makes it unrecognizable that the link will lead to Amazon. And exactly this can be achieved by simply placing a note à la “(Amazon Affiliate Link)” behind the link.

According to the manufacturer, Amazon itself has confirmed and approved the product.
Details can be found here: https://www.geni.us/amazon-safe

How much for the fun?

The service can be tested free of charge for 14 days.

For up to 2000 clicks per month the service costs $5 per month. Each additional 1000 clicks cost $2 more. So I think that these costs scale very well with the clicks generated and the pricing is definitely fair.

The account can be terminated at any time without a minimum contract period.

Der Beitrag Centrally manage and internationalize Amazon Affiliate Links erschien zuerst auf Pixelfriedhof.

On 22nd January 2020, Amazon stated in an email, that Product Advertising API 4.0 will shut down on March 9th 2020. From that day on, all plugins using PA API 4.0 won’t be able to connect to Amazon PA services and need to be migrated to PA API 5.0.
Instantly I searched if there was an update available to AmazonWS plugin. While searching for the update, I found the sad message, that the AmazonWS plugin wouldn’t be maintained from now on.

I’ve used Fiona Coulters plugin since three years from now in paid and free editions. I was very sad to hear, that she wouldn’t be able to maintain the plugins due to an illness in the future. Although I don’t know her personally, except for some support cases,, her faith touched me. Maybe it was tocuhing because of her closure-note on her webpage, maybe because she is a web developer just like me. Anyway, first of all I would like to thank her for the work she has put into all her plugins and into the Joomla project itself.

What are the alternatives to AmazonWS?

 At the moment I think, there is only one option that is also approved by the Joomla Extension Directory:

• You could go for extnbkrs plugin EB Display Amazon Productsfor 19.99$.

Nearly the same functionality with EB Display Amazon Products

I wrote some mails with the guys from extnbkrs to make them aware of the AmazonWS dilemma and asked them a few questions:

Question: Will “EB Display Amazon Products” plugin support PA API 5.0? 
Answer: Yes, it is fully compatible with PA API v 5.0.

Question: Dioes “EB Display Amazon Products” support using ASINS and ISBN codes in Joomla shortcodes?
Answer: Yes, it does.
Why? This makes migration from AmazonWS to EB’s solution more easy, as I could just update all my articles with new shortcodes via database script, without having to re-enter every ASIN or ISBN. I’ll post the database update script here when it’s ready.

Internationalization via geni.us link service

If you want to automatically forward the outgoing links to the right international marketplace for the respective website visitor, the geni.us service is highly recommended:

All outgoing Amazon links of a website can be automatically internationalized by geni.us. For this we can embed the official geni.us JS-Script.

The nice thing is that this script automatically adjusts all outbound links (text links, plugin links, etc.). So I don’t need to care about internationalization and topics like Geo-IP in these plugins myself.

Der Beitrag Migrating from AmazonWS to another Amazon Affiliate plugin for Joomla erschien zuerst auf Pixelfriedhof.