=== Plugin Name === Contributors: AwesomeAffiliatePlugins Donate link: Tags: Amazon Affiliate, Amazon Affiliate Link Localization, Global Amazon Link, Amazon Link Engine, Easy Azon, GeniusLink, Viglink, Skimlinks, Auto Affiliate Link, Easyazon, Amazon Affiliate Link Globalizer, Auto Affiliate Links, Amazon Link Engine Requires at least: 3.0.1 Tested up to: 4.5.2 Stable tag: 2.0.2 License: GPLv2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Automatically convert all Amazon links into a global affiliate link, and direct visitors to their local Amazon stores. ALWAYS FREE, NO SIGNUP NEEDED. == Description == BestAzon will **localize all your Amazon links**, and add your affiliate IDs to the links. All features are for **free**, and work out of the box, **no signups** needed! That means a better experience for your visitors, and more commission income for you. **What makes BestAzon the ideal plugin for any site using Amazon Affiliate Links** 1. **Free:** Is free, will always be free – no feature will ever be locked. No bait and switch here! 2. **Automatic Amazon Link Localization:** Automatically converts any Amazon link to a global link that will redirect the visitor to the Amazon Website in that country. Thus, you do not lose commission on such visitors. You'll see an immediate bump in your Amazon commissions upon installing BestAzon. 3. **No registration needed:** No need to register on another website or API – the plugin does what it’s supposed to out of box without making you jump hoops and asking for your information. 4. **Covers all Amazon Stores:** Supports all Amazon stores worldwide 5. **Works for all Amazon Links:** Works for product pages, search pages, category pages and homepages. Works for long url (Amazon....) as well as short URL (amzn.to). Even works for Amazon links which are redirected through another link redirecting service (such as prettylinks, or bitly). 6. **Automatic Affiliate Linking:** Automatically converts any Amazon link to an affiliate link with your affiliate ID for the country the visitor is from. 7. **Flexible:** Tons of additional options for advanced users. BestAzon provides everything (and more) that other plugins try to charge you for through “Pro” versions. == Installation == This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working. 1. Upload the plugin files to the '/wp-content/plugins/BestAzon' directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. 2. Activate the BestAzon plugin through the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress 3. After installation go to the Settings->BestAzon screen to configure the plugin. At the minimum, you should enter the Amazon Affiliate ID for your primary market (i.e. country from which you get most visitors from) and any other Affiliate IDs you may have for other markets That’s it… check your Amazon Earning Reports regularly and enjoy the extra commission flowing in! == Frequently Asked Questions == = Is it BestAzon really free? = **Yes, it is free, and will always remain free.** :-) With BestAzon – you keep what’s yours. Affiliate commission from any visitor across the globe as long as you are registered with the Amazon affiliate program for that country. No fine prints here. = How do I find my Amazon Affiliate IDs? = Go to the Amazon Affiliate website for the programs you are registered into. The Links can be found [here]( http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSECommerceService/latest/DG/becomingAssociate.html) Click on your username on the top and go to the option “Manage your tracking IDs” = That’s all great – but why is BestAzon Free? = We get your skepticism! There is no free lunch - correct? Wrong! :-) We are able to provide this service for free because of the way we designed this plugin. We have leveraged open source, free community supported tools to develop and provide this service, so we don't have the overheads many of other plugins do. You can read more about that on our support site. The service does cost us however. So there are two ways in which we hope to recover that 1. You can **choose** to donate a % of your Amazon traffic to us (default is 0%, and max we accept is 5%). This is always optional and we won't judge you if you decide not to donate the traffic to us. If you do, a big THANK YOU! 2. Any visitor that comes from a country that you do not have Amazon Affiliate ID for, we will use a default Affiliate ID. ** This does not cost you a thing **. If you ever register with the Amazon Associate program in that country, we will use your tags instead of our. = Does it work with short URLs as well (amzn.to) or just with long URL? = From Version 1.8.0 onwards, we have added support for shrot URLs too. So both - long URLs with full Amazon link, as well as short URLs (amzn.to) will get converted to a global/localized Amazon store link. Infact, this service even works with Amazon links that are redirected from other non-amazon URLs (e.g. bitly links, or links using Prettylink plugin). As long as you enter the URL slugs in the setting, those URLs will be followed to find out if they are Amazon links and if yes, they will be converted to a globalized link. = How does BestAzon compare with other Amazon plugins? = Really, you should find it out for yourself! As of June 2016, there is no working plugin that provides automatic Amazon link localization AND automatic AMazon link affilation for Free except for BestAzon. There are plugins that claim automatic link localization, but don't allow for you to place your affiliate links without upgrading to a Pro version. That defeats the entire purpose of putting Amazon links on your website in the first place! Then there are plugins that charge you a mandatory commission upto 25% for localzing your Amazon links. And then there is the fact that BestAzon has the most advanced algorithm for matching Amazon links across the global stores. Your product pages are redirected to product pages, search pages to search, category pages to category and so on... most other plugins provide rudimentary matching algorithm that does not work nearly as well. BestAzon has no fine prints - automatic link localization, and automatic link affiliation. All for **FREE** = Does BestAzon Always Work? = BestAzon detects visitor's location through their IP address. It works as expected more than 99% of times. BestAzon uses service that is always improving. However, there are cases when it may not work as expected in case the visitor uses a proxy service to route the traffic, or if the visitor IP is not available in the database we use. This is not all that common... so really, don't worry about that. If you tried the plugin and it did not redirect you as expected, try using another device/network. In almost all cases, if BestAzon is unable to accurately determine the country, none of other plugins will be able to. This Plugin will not convert any Amazon links with a subdomain (e.g. astore.amazon.com, or read.amazon.com). This is by design because such links are for a specific geography only and there is no point in localizing those. = I need help with BestAzon – where can I find that? = Glad you asked! We provide full support for this plugin. Please visit our [support website](http://Support.BestAzonPlugin.com) to raise a service ticket. Please note that that is the only official platform to get support. We cannot and do not monitor other forums or platforms for any support needs. == Screenshots == 1. The setting page is available under Dashboard -> Settings -> BestAzon 2. The setting page is super simple – add in the Amazon Affiliate ID you want to use for the various Amazon Affiliate programs (by countries) 3. You can also enter advanced options if you want – whether the links should open in a new window, and add custom CSS classes to the links so that you can format them as you want. 4. Once you do, we convert all your Amazon links to a global link 5. The visitor is automatically redirected to the Amazon store in their country with your affiliate ID 6. And this works across Product Pages, Search Pages, Category Pages and any other page on Amazon, == Changelog == = 1.0.0 = * First release = 1.1.0 = * Minor bug fixes for UK, MX and JP = 1.1.0 = * Minor bug fixes and enhancements (footer credit, default country handling and installation tracking) = 2.0.0 = * Support for Amzn.to links * Suport for Amazon links that are redirected (e.g. from bitly or Prettylinks) * Option to hide the redirect URL from browser bar by loading redirect URL on click * Exclusion of Amazon links with Subdomains (astore, read etc) = 2.0.1 = * Bug fix (no redirection happening in case default new window setting was chosen == Upgrade Notice == = 1.0.0 = This is the first version of always free BestAzon plugin – the only free wordpress plugin to localize Amazon links. = 1.1.0 = Please update BestAzon for important upgrades in the way some geos are handled = 1.8.0 = Added support for short URL (amzn.to) = 2.0.0 = Major upgrades to the plugin including support for short links, redirected Amazon links, as well as option to hide the redirect link usng on-click URL load feature.