How to Easily Create Short Amazon Affiliate Links in WordPress

Affiliate marketing is a steady source of income for many blogs, including ours. And Amazon’s affiliate program is one of the largest and most popular programs for bloggers.

However, long Amazon affiliate links can look ugly and untrustworthy to visitors. On the other hand, clean, short links not only look better but are also easier to share and manage.

In our years of experience with affiliate marketing, we have found that short and attractive affiliate links lead to more conversions.

That’s why in this guide, we’ll show you how to easily create short Amazon affiliate links in WordPress.

Why Use Short Affiliate Links for Amazon?

By default, an Amazon affiliate link is a long URL containing strings and IDs like this:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470560541/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0470560541&linkCode=as2&tag=wpb09-20

This link is lengthy, and it is hard to look at. It also increases your chances of accidentally making a typo and breaking the URL.

One possible solution is to cloak affiliate links in WordPress using a plugin like ThirstyAffiliates. Using an affiliate link manager allows you to redirect users while using your own custom short URLs like this:

https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/prowp

The problem with using a cloaked URL is that users do not know where they will be taken when they click on that link.

Meanwhile, you may want to show users that they will be redirected to Amazon’s website because Amazon is a trusted brand name. This could potentially increase your earnings, particularly if you mostly recommend products from Amazon.

Thankfully, Amazon comes with its own short URL option that allows affiliates to easily transform any Amazon link into a short URL using the ‘amzn.com’ domain name.

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Creating Short Amazon Affiliate Links

There are two types of short URLs that you can create for your Amazon affiliate links. The first one uses the ‘Amazon.com’ domain name.

You simply need to add ‘/dp/yourproductid/?tag=youraffiliatetag.’

Take a look at this example:

http://amazon.com/dp/0470560541/?tag=wpb09-20

You can create an even shorter URL by using the ‘amzn.com’ domain name. Simply remove the /dp/ prefix and add your product ID with your affiliate tag, like so:

http://amzn.com/0470560541/?tag=wpb09-20

Bonus Tip: Building an Amazon Affiliate Store in WordPress

An Amazon affiliate store is a website that promotes Amazon products using unique affiliate referral links.

Unlike running your own online store, you don’t need to manage inventory, orders, or shipping. Amazon handles these aspects, allowing you to focus on promoting affiliate links.

Plus, with access to over 75 million products on Amazon, you can find items that match your site’s niche, whether it’s food, photography, lifestyle, or something else.

For more on this topic, you can see our guide on how to build an Amazon affiliate store using WordPress.

That’s all! We hope this article helped you easily create short Amazon affiliate links in WordPress. Next, you may also want to see our guide on how to write affiliate product reviews or our list of the best affiliate tracking and management software for WordPress.

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