Amazon Channels or anything like them?

**James** · 03-03-2005, 09:01 AM

Well, I really like Google Adsense 's channels becasue it lets me know where my revenue is flowing from.

Is there anything like that for the Amazon Associate Program?
Thanks.

**moonshield** · 03-03-2005, 01:42 PM

doesn't it tell you in your stats where your links and impressions are coming from?

**Chris** · 03-03-2005, 05:29 PM

You can do this, but its not as easy as it is with Google. I think you have to email them to request the ids.

**James** · 03-03-2005, 05:44 PM

Thanks, Chris. I was hoping that there'd be a really quick and simple way that I could just filter the clicks and such using without actually having to change any of the links; just being able to split up clicks based on the URL they were referred from.

**Nintendo** · 03-05-2005, 06:08 PM

E-Mail them asking for 50 tracking IDs.

**James** · 03-05-2005, 07:38 PM

50?

Why 50?

**mails** · 03-06-2005, 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by Nintendo

E-Mail them asking for 50 tracking IDs.

Or ask them for even more...

**Blue Cat Buxton** · 03-06-2005, 01:54 PM

Its still not as easy as Google though

**James** · 03-06-2005, 03:19 PM

Precisely why I'm going to contact them asking about whether or not they'll be offering something that could just allow you to see the referrals based on domain, then if you click the domain name, or something, allow you to see per page on the domain.

I'd prefer not to have to go in and edit the code of the current AWS script I'm using.

**Nintendo** · 03-07-2005, 03:43 AM

Originally Posted by James

50?

Why 50?

So you don't have to ask for more for a long time! I currently use 61 with 14 left before I'll have to ask for more, if I ever use those 14 up.

Per domain wouldn't be good enough. I got many IDs on the same domain *Think MrRats script, 14 right there.* It would be nice if all we had to do was just add the number in the affiliate ID code to have it show up as a tracking ID.

**James** · 03-07-2005, 09:03 AM

Yeah, I'm not a "Let's make as many poor quality AWS sites that are just Mr Rat's script thrown on a poor quality domain name and linked to in my signature like a large percentage of AWS site owners" kinda guy.

**chrispian** · 03-07-2005, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by James

Yeah, I'm not a "Let's make as many poor quality AWS sites that are just Mr Rat's script thrown on a poor quality domain name and linked to in my signature like a large percentage of AWS site owners" kinda guy.

But you could use them to track the location of your amazon links. Like use one tracking id for content based links, another for image based links and another for email based links. 5 sites * 5 types of l inks = 25 tracking ID's. I like to find out the best methods that convert and to do that I need tracking.

**moonshield** · 03-07-2005, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by James

Yeah, I'm not a "Let's make as many poor quality AWS sites that are just Mr Rat's script thrown on a poor quality domain name and linked to in my signature like a large percentage of AWS site owners" kinda guy.

Nor am i

**Nintendo** · 03-07-2005, 08:35 PM

Originally Posted by James

Yeah, I'm not a "Let's make as many poor quality AWS sites that are just Mr Rat's script thrown on a poor quality domain name and linked to in my signature like a large percentage of AWS site owners" kinda guy.

And what do you call http://buy-video-games.net/ Yah, another UGLY AWS site. Hypocrite.

*Is tempted to run off and make more pretty AWS sites!!*

**James** · 03-07-2005, 09:41 PM

I call that more work than you've put into any of your AWS sites. You don't realize that behind that site is some work just ridding the design of those horrid little tables, and taking the design and making it valid XHTML. Throwing up Mr. Rat's script and getting mod_rewrite implimented (including getting someone to program it) takes quite a bit less time.

I am going to redesign the site, though. It'll look substantially better.