Automatically change all Amazon affiliates ID links

MrSanti

MrSanti

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A few months ago I joined Amazon affiliates for another website, but I've used the same account for my new project. The problem is that as I didn't sell anything, they cancelled the account. Today I decided to join again, but my affiliate ID is different, so every link has to be changed.

Is there any quick way of changing all my affiliate links? Maybe with a plugin or something like that. Or maybe editing the database (I don't have experience doing it, but I manage my VPS so I could try if It's the only option)
 
Depends on:

- If you are using Amazon short links or the full url
- If you are using a plug-in to redirect to these links for example: domain.com/amazon/product or you have just inserted the Amazon url in the articles
 
built said:
Depends on:

- If you are using Amazon short links or the full url
- If you are using a plug-in to redirect to these links for example: domain.com/amazon/product or you have just inserted the Amazon url in the articles
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I've been using the short links and just inserted the url on buttons.

Do you know a good plug-in to redirect to Amazon? In case I have to change it in the future or if I decide to sell the website.
I guess I would need to manually change all the current links right? Thankfully I don't have that many money articles yet so it shouldn't take me too long if It's the case.
 
MrSanti said:
I've been using the short links and just inserted the url on buttons.

Do you know a good plug-in to redirect to Amazon? In case I have to change it in the future or if I decide to sell the website.
I guess I would need to manually change all the current links right? Thankfully I don't have that many money articles yet so it shouldn't take me too long if It's the case.
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Yeah then the easiest way would be to just do it manually.

You could use AAWP to manage your affiliate links since it has a feature to just change out your tag etc.
 
On one project, where the availability of products goes up and down frequently and I have to switch to a different vendor for the same project, I use my own redirection system. On a new project where I don't intend on linking to anything more than once, I don't bother.

But in both cases I use the long-form link, simply because it exposes the affiliate ID. And when this is the case, you can quickly do a MySQL search and replace to swap ID's or do the same in a text file, etc. Being able to switch in 10 seconds beats it taking hours or days or weeks because we chose to use the short links instead.
 
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