Affiliates vs Amazon Link Engine

The Affiliates system allows you to run a successful Affiliate Marketing Program. It comprises a set of the most powerful growth-oriented tools. Designed for Growth A fresh and intuitive dashboard helps your partners to spread the word about your site, products and services easily. Affiliates can share links to any page on the website, using simple tools that are built into its dashboard. Designed to deliver an intuitive experience out of the box, it is ready for virtually any theme, even without customizations. Yet you can refine the design and facilities provided for your affiliates even further, with its flexible template-based dashboard sections. You will find extensive information and detailed instructions in the Documentation. Important features include an intuitive affiliate dashboard, automated affiliate registration and unlimited affiliate management sections. Affiliates can integrate with virtually any platform, including e-commerce, memberships, forms, lead generation, lead tracking and many more. Commissions on referred users are built-in, free and premium integrations with today’s most popular e-commerce and other systems are available. The Affiliates plugin provides an affiliate system for sellers, shops, distributors, blogs, membership sites, microsites for product launches and many more. It allows to quickstart your affiliate program and start growing fast. It also provides a solid framework for developers, who wish to build customized solutions based on a sound data model. With unlimited affiliate program management tools available on the back end, its flexible affiliate dashboard templates, blocks and shortcodes, you can provide your affiliates with a really intuitive experience. Partners get the tools and information about their earnings and performance on the front end. There is everything you need to start an affiliate and growth marketing program. To manage an Affiliate Marketing or Partner Referral Program and track visits to your site with affiliate links, the Affiliates system is the most powerful free solution. The system is used to manage affiliates, create referrals and track visits to your site through affiliate links. Referrals are stored and attributed to an affiliate, for example if clients place orders on your site and you need to credit your affiliates. Free Integrations and Extensions Affiliates Import : Allows to import affiliate accounts in bulk from a text file. This is also useful to migrate to Affiliates, Affiliates Pro or Affiliates Enterprise. Affiliates WooCommerce Light : Run your affiliate program with WooCommerce, referrals are created automatically for your affiliates when they refer sales. Affiliates Events Manager : Grant commissions to affiliates for referred bookings with Events Manager, supports referrals based on coupons, records essential booking data for referred bookings. Affiliates Ninja Forms : Affiliates can register through Ninja Forms forms and form submissions can grant commissions and record referrals. Affiliates Formidable : Affiliates can register through Formidable Forms forms and form submissions can grant commissions and record referrals. Affiliates Contact Form 7 : Lead tracking and store data from submitted Contact Form 7 forms. Tracks form submissions to the referring affiliate and allows to record referrals and commissions. Affiliates BuddyPress : Display affiliate content in the BuddyPress user profile. Affiliates reCAPTCHA : This integrates reCAPTCHA with the affiliate registration form. Additional resources can be found on GitHub. Premium Integrations and Extensions included with Affiliates Pro and Affiliates Enterprise Affiliates Pro provides all features available in the free Affiliates system, a more detailed Dashboard with additional Dashboard Sections, additional features like referral Rates (supports formula-based rates), Banner Management, advanced Notifications, additional Dashboard sections and Shortcodes, advanced commission Rates, affiliate export features, advanced Totals with mass payment files and exports, more integrations and advanced integration features. Affiliates Enterprise provides all features and integrations available in Affiliates Pro and also supports mulitple tiers, campaigns and pixel tracking with image and iframe tracking pixels among other features as well as additional Dashboard sections, blocks and shortcodes. Affiliates Pro and Affiliates Enterprise come with additional features, extensions and integrations. Among these are: E-Commerce and Events Affiliates WooCommerce : Our advanced integration for WooCommerce includes automated status synchronization, recurring referrals and product rates. Affiliates Events Manager The integration records referrals and essential booking data for referred bookings. It allows to grant commissions on bookings with Events Manager. Social Sharing Platforms … make it even easier for affiliates to share their links Affiliates AddToAny : This integration with AddToAny converts URLs to share into affiliate links automatically for affiliates who are logged in. Advertising Affiliates Pay per Click : Pay affiliate commissions based on clicks or visits to affiliate links. Forms Affiliates Ninja Forms : Affiliates can register through Ninja Forms forms and form submissions can grant commissions and record referrals. Used with Affiliates Pro or Affiliates Enterprise, this integration opens up additional features and integrates seemlessly with our premium versions. Affiliates Formidable : Affiliates can register through forms handled with Formidable Forms, record and track form submissions to pay affiliate partners commissions on leads or successful purchases. Used with Affiliates Pro or Affiliates Enterprise, this integration opens up additional features and integrates seemlessly with our premium versions. Affiliates Gravity Forms : This extension allows to record referrals for form submissions and to create affiliate accounts for new users based on Gravity Forms. Affiliates Contact Form 7 : Lead tracking and store data from submitted Contact Form 7 forms. Tracks form submissions to the referring affiliate and allows to record referrals and commissions. Used with Affiliates Pro or Affiliates Enterprise it unlocks advanced features. Premium Extensions available separately Affiliates Coupons to create WooCommerce coupons for affiliates automatically and in bulk. Affiliates Users to automatically create affiliate accounts for new users Affiliates by Username which allows affiliate links to indicate usernames in addition to the affiliate IDs Affiliates Permanent : This extension is useful if you want to grant your affiliates commissions on all purchases made by customers they refer. Affiliates Products which handles WooCommerce product commissions for product partners and affiliates on product sales Features Affiliates Dashboard Fully integrates affiliate login, registration, statistictal overview, affiliate links and profile in a setup-free dashboard. Available as block and shortcode and highly customizable using templates. Individual dashboard sections are also available as blocks and shortcodes and can be customized using templates. Real-time reporting Referrals and affiliate link statistics are recorded and available instantly, as transactions are processed. Integration with virtually any E-Commerce platform. Traffic Statistics Records browseable traffic statistics with source and landing page, user agent and related referrals per affiliate. Unlimited Affiliates Simply have as many affiliates as you can get. Easy affiliate recruitment Affiliates can sign up automatically and can also be added manually with or without user accounts. Affiliate approval and notifications Affiliates can be approved manually or automatically and notifications are sent that inform them and the administrator of their status. API Affiliates provides an API which makes it easily integratable with virtually any E-Commerce and Membership system. Quick & Easy Installation Upload/install and activate the plugin from your WordPress Dashboard. Feedback is welcome Do you have feature requests or want to provide feedback? Please get in touch, the Affiliates plugins evolve with your needs. Free or Premium The Affiliates plugin is free and Open Source. If you want to use it, simply install it from your WordPress Dashboard or download it from WordPress.org. Affiliates Pro and Affiliates Enterprise are premium releases with additional features. Your support of our work helps to make all versions even more awesome. Thank you! Documentation You will find extensive information and detailed instructions on the Documentation pages. Social Please follow @itthinx on Twitter for updates on this and other plugins. Support For more immediate and preferential support, we kindly ask you to obtain Affiliates Pro or Affiliates Enterprise. If you need help or want to ask a question about the free version, please leave a comment on the Affiliates plugin page on our site, or post a topic in the Support section. Feedback is welcome! If you need help, have problems, want to leave feedback or want to provide constructive criticism, please leave a comment on the Affiliates plugin page. Please work with us to try to solve problems before you rate this plugin less than 5 stars or say it doesn’t work. There goes a lot of work into providing you with free quality plugins! We appreciate your feedback and are happy to help. Thanks! What this plugin is not It is not intended to keep track of links to other sites that you as a member of an affiliate program may have. We suggest you have a look at the Affiliate plugin if you’re interested in that. Translations If you want to add a translation, please review Affiliates Translations. Many thanks to those who have contributed translations: Dutch by Kathleen den Dekker from The Dog Company, French by Johan Walter from Massage Factory, Hebrew by Yair from temoni.org, Italian by Alessandro Bergamin from VoglioClienti.it and Roberto Castaldo from InArte, Indonesian by Ganis Irawan from Bisnis Internet 101, Lithuanian by Vincent G from Host1Free, Polish by BizExpert, Portuguese by Carlos Gouveia from iNovve, Slovak by Cr3o from životné poistenie, Spanish by David Perez from Closemarketing, Ukranian by Michael Yunat from GetVoIP

Boost sales and affiliate commissions by converting all your Amazon links into localized links that bring each shopper to the best Amazon store and product for their region in the world. Amazon Link Engine is trusted by thousands of Amazon associates who have been using it to maximize their revenue for years. The Amazon Link Engine is a tool by Geniuslink. By signing up for Geniuslink and syncing the Amazon Link Engine to your Geniuslink account, you can also attach your Associates IDs to earn international affiliate commissions from your traffic. Note: You are not required to have a Geniuslink account, to use this plugin. However, if you would like to earn international affiliate commissions, you must sign up for a Geniuslink Account. Try it out for free and check out pricing for the Geniuslink service on our website. How does the Amazon Link Engine plugin work? As soon as the plugin is installed, your Amazon links are instantly localized every time a user loads the page. Even if you add new links to your WordPress site, each will be automatically converted without any additional work from you. Nothing else is needed on your part. How do I earn international commissions from my links? To earn international affiliate commissions, you must create a Geniuslink account, and connect it to your plugin with your API keys (detailed instructions can be found in the FAQ). Once signed up, add and manage your Associates IDs for each of the Amazon affiliate programs you’ve signed up for within the Geniuslink Dashboard. Once your IDs are added, the Amazon Link Engine will automatically add the correct Associates ID per country for each click. Note: The Amazon Link Engine WordPress plugin is free to use and will always localize your links without a paid account. However, in order to earn international affiliate commissions and take advantage of the in-depth reporting, you must have a Geniuslink account. By default, Geniuslink’s Associates IDs will be used until you have connected your account and added your own via the Geniuslink Dashboard. How is Geniuslink different? Most link “localization” plugins only translate a link for an international click when the same product ID exists in both storefronts. However, oftentimes the same item in different storefronts has a completely different product ID, and even if the ID is the same, the product may be an overpriced “import” item or may never be in stock. The Amazon Link Engine and Geniuslink match on more than just the product ID to ensure every click gets to the best possible destination. So instead of sending your users to blank search results, we guarantee the best possible user experience. In addition, connecting your Geniuslink account to the Amazon Link Engine, gives you access to comprehensive reporting on clicks and commissions that no other plugin can offer. These reports allow you to review your link’s performance across many metrics including product type, referrer, browser, device, operating system, destination storefront, and geography. Is it safe to use this plugin and Geniuslink with the Amazon Associates program? Yes! Geniuslink is safe to use with the Amazon Associate program, and has been trusted by thousands of Amazon associates for years. Just be sure to follow the program guidelines and do not use your links to deceive your visitors. Note that you can also enable our “on-click” method in the plugin advanced settings, which preserves your raw Amazon links until the moment they are clicked. Some users prefer this method because the Amazon Associates Program has additional guidelines for using “short links”, and by using this option your links are shown in their original form. Key Features: Pick which Geniuslink group this plugin syncs to. Setup the plugin on multiple WordPress sites and track clicks separately, or set up a specific group just for your WordPress site traffic. Instructions can be found under “How do I change the default group?” in the FAQ Already have Affiliated links on your site? The ALE will now honor these existing Associates IDs within your links. You can also choose to overwrite them with the ID within your Geniuslink account if you prefer. Learn more under “Will the ALE honor existing Associates IDs?” in the FAQ Automatic localization and translation of all Amazon product links based off a visitor’s location. Maximize revenue by earning commissions from all of the Amazon Associates programs. Brand your globalized links with your own custom domain. (Note: this requires a paid Geniuslink Account) Simple, easy setup. One time configuration. Simply install the plugin, set up your Geniuslink account, and connect the two with an API key. We take care of the rest. No need to sign up for an Amazon Developer account or apply for any of Amazon’s APIs or web tools. Your workflow remains the same. No need to learn a new linking syntax, or disrupt your current flow. What makes the Amazon Link Engine different from other Affiliate WP plugins? Most plugins for Amazon links simply try to match based on ASIN (product ID) across foreign storefronts. The Amazon Link Engine uses a patented algorithm to get your users to the best possible destination. This in turn helps to both increase conversions and commissions, as well as improve the user experience for your audience. Unrivaled support from the Geniuslink team. No need to build links manually with a special link format. All of your Amazon links are automatically converted to localized links when the page loads.