[Amazon Guidelines] Is Showing Price This Way Okay ?

knopper · Oct 21, 2018

Hey Guys,

I've a query regarding Amazon Aff site guidelines.
Can i have use text similar to the one below in the product review or showing it in the pros & cons

this is the best laptop under 500$

I know mentioning exact price of a product is against their policy, what about average pricing.

Thanks in advance

JamaicanMoose · Oct 21, 2018

I've never had a problem doing that.

davids355 · Oct 21, 2018

I believe that’s fine, I’ve not had any issues either.

Only mention of specific price is against their tos as far as I know.

littlewebdragon · Oct 21, 2018

davids355 said:
I believe that’s fine, I’ve not had any issues either.

Only mention of specific price is against their tos as far as I know.

Even that is fine if you use their API and mention exact date and time of last update from API call when price was picked up.

seocrab · Oct 21, 2018

I would recommend pulling in the price of all products using Amazon's API in an article like that "best X under $X" to comply with this term:

your Site may only show prices and availability if: (a) we serve the link in which that price and availability data are displayed, or (b) you obtain Product pricing and availability data via PA API and you comply with the requirements regarding use of PA API in the License[/URL].

source:https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/help/operating/policies/

technically, with a "best X under $X" article, you are showing a price range, which is still a price.

I haven't personally had any bans but have heard anecdotal evidence of affiliate accounts being penalised for using vague prices even in "under $X" articles or using $/$$/$$$ to denote price bands.

knopper · Oct 21, 2018

Thank You all for your responses.
I've seen a website which is showing button with pricing, the price is fetched from Amazon API.

Can anyone tell me how exactly to use the API on a wordpress site. Are there any plugins available?

littlewebdragon · Oct 21, 2018

knopper said:
Thank You all for your responses.
I've seen a website which is showing button with pricing, the price is fetched from Amazon API.

Can anyone tell me how exactly to use the API on a wordpress site. Are there any plugins available?

There is official Amazon plugin, I think it's "Amazon Associates – Official Link Builder"

There are also few that Amazon recommends:
https://amazon-affiliate.eu/en/amazon-affiliate-plugins-comparison/

There is also .com version of this can't find it, but you'll be able to find more info based on that.

seocrab · Oct 21, 2018

Amazon has it's own official WordPress plugin:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-associates-link-builder/

or something premium like AAWP offers more features.

If you just need to add the price to jump through a hoop, just generate a widget directly from your affiliate account dashboard on Amazon.

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