{"id":130,"date":"2012-07-03T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ml2solutions.com\/blog\/?p=130"},"modified":"2021-05-02T17:10:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T00:10:01","slug":"setup-amazon-associates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ml2solutions.com\/websites\/setup-amazon-associates\/","title":{"rendered":"Setup Amazon Associates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to setup an <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliate-program.amazon.com\/\">Amazon Associates<\/a> account as another possible revenue source.<\/p>\n<p>The setup was straightforward though I used a non-personal email address to keep my personal Amazon account separate.<\/p>\n<p>The first thing I learned was how to create a product link.&nbsp; When you are logged into Amazon, a new toolbar on the website is visible.&nbsp; If you click on the \u201cLink to this page\u201d button, it creates the necessary HTML text.&nbsp; I like the text-only to put in blog posts.<\/p>\n<p>The next thing I explored were widgets.&nbsp; I created a couple of Deals Widgets for the blog.&nbsp; I also created a My Favorites and added a couple of products.&nbsp; I also added that to the blog.&nbsp; I just used a WordPress text widget and pasted&nbsp;the HTML text from Amazon.&nbsp; It was all very easy.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an article about more ideas on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carefulcents.com\/make-money-on-amazon\/\">ways to make money on Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to setup an Amazon Associates account as another possible revenue source. 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