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This short article explains what Amazon Affiliate Links look like using some examples, and how you can easily create them yourself.
It's easy to identify an Amazon affiliate link once you know what you're looking for, because Amazon Affiliate Links always include a &tag= or &AffiliateTag= parameter in the URL.
Let's take a deeper look with a few examples.
Here's an example of what an Amazon Affiliate Link:
https://amazon.com/gp/product/1400031702?AffiliateTag=associatestag-20
The Amazon link includes a &AffiliateTag= parameter in the URL. Amazon uses this parameter to determine whether a shopper was referred to a product by an affiliate, and to credit the correct affiliate with any purchases made.
Alternatively, the &tag= parameter may be used instead, like this:
https://amazon.com/gp/product/1400031702?tag=associatestag-20
Both parameters have the same purpose — denoting the referring affiliate — and it's redundant to include both.
Despite being simple in these examples, spotting an affiliate tag can be tricky in reality. This is because Amazon typically includes many parameters in their URLs for tracking purposes, so a regular URL might look like this:
Much harder to spot! Your options to spot an affiliate tag hidden in a long link like this are either to look through it carefully, or use a link checker tool like our Amazon Affiliate Link Checker which can look through a long link like this instantly.
Creating an Amazon Affiliate Link manually is as easy as adding &tag=YOUR-TAG (or &AffiliateTag=YOUR-TAG) to the end of a regular Amazon product link. This parameter tells Amazon to credit you for any sales made via your affiliate tag.
For example:
https://amazon.com/gp/product/1400031702?blah... + &tag=associatestag-20
While it's often better to use a tool like Amazon SiteStripe to quickly generate affiliated links, adding the tag manually is a handy skill to have. It's a fast and easy way to convert a regular Amazon link into an affiliate link.
This was a short article covering what Amazon Affiliate links look like, and how you can easily create them yourself. We also covered some helpful tools, like our Amazon Affiliate Link Checker which can instantly check if an Amazon like includes a tag= or AffiliateTag= parameter.
For a more advanced link checking tool, consider Affimon. Affimon automatically scans all the links on your blog, website, YouTube channel or link in bio page. When it detects an Amazon affiliate link, it checks whether an affiliate tag is present, and deep-scans the link to make sure the product is available.