Title: Link format (plugin vs. Amazon-generated)
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Link format (plugin vs. Amazon-generated)

 *  Resolved [windracer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/windracer/)
 * (@windracer)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-format-plugin-vs-amazon-generated/)
 * This seems like a great plugin. I recently joined the Amazon Associates program
   and had a ton of existing Amazon links already on my site. This plugin seemed
   like a much better solution than trying to go back through all those old links
   to add my ID manually (I assume “affiliate” and “associate” are interchangeable
   in this context?).
 * Anyway, I noticed that the link format being generated by the plugin doesn’t 
   necessarily match the format created by Amazon’s site when I generate a link 
   from my Associates home page. For example, the plugin will create:
 * [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1612182364/](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1612182364/){
   my associate id}
 * But Amazon says it should be:
 * [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1612182364/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1612182364&linkCode=as2&tag=](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1612182364/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1612182364&linkCode=as2&tag=){
   my associate id}
 * Will the format being generated by the plugin still be recognized correctly? 
   I’m assuming so but since I’m new to the affiliate/associate thing I wanted to
   make sure.
 * Thanks.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/amazon-affiliate-link-localizer/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/amazon-affiliate-link-localizer/)

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 *  [BU810](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bu810/)
 * (@bu810)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-format-plugin-vs-amazon-generated/#post-3669753)
 * “[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1612182364/](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1612182364/){
   my associate id}”
 * That’s the format I’ve always used on my sites and it has always worked fine.
 * I know what you mean because I’ve also wondered before about those much longer
   URL’s. But all I can tell you is using the form exactly as you are using has 
   always worked for me and I’ve had plenty of clicks and sold lots of products 
   using that form of link.
 * It seems like Amazon is pretty robust and can translate a variety of forms of
   those links properly.
 *  Thread Starter [windracer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/windracer/)
 * (@windracer)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-format-plugin-vs-amazon-generated/#post-3669754)
 * Cool, thanks for the confirmation!
 *  Plugin Author [PeteWilliams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petewilliams/)
 * (@petewilliams)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-format-plugin-vs-amazon-generated/#post-3669755)
 * windracer – the long ugly URLs are full of unneccessary crap which are used to
   identify campaigns and stuff. Of no use to you or your visititors and makes no
   difference to whether the click is tracked or not. The script strips it back 
   to the minimum for neater, shorter URLs that track.
 * Pete
 *  Thread Starter [windracer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/windracer/)
 * (@windracer)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-format-plugin-vs-amazon-generated/#post-3669758)
 * Fantastic, thanks!

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 * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/amazon-affiliate-link-localizer.svg)
 * [Amazon Affiliate Link Localizer](https://wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-affiliate-link-localizer/)
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 * Last reply from: [windracer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/windracer/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-format-plugin-vs-amazon-generated/#post-3669758)
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