{"id":1385,"date":"2023-07-28T16:42:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T16:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/?p=1385"},"modified":"2023-09-12T19:50:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T19:50:01","slug":"finding-broken-amazon-associates-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/finding-broken-amazon-associates-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Broken Amazon Affiliate Links"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1385\" class=\"elementor elementor-1385\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d00460f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d00460f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-026e9b7\" data-id=\"026e9b7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a00793 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a00793\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>As a company completely focused on making links work as seamlessly as possible, the thought of \u201cbroken\u201d links makes us shudder in our sleep. Broken Amazon Associates links, however, are the things that haunt us and keep us up\u00a0all night.<\/p><p>Sending\u00a0someone to a non-existent or out of stock item in Amazon can mean not only lost commissions but lost sales as well. On top of that, it\u2019s a very poor experience for your website\u2019s visitors. Even if you\u2019re using\u00a0Geniuslink\u00a0to ensure that you earn commissions worldwide and provide the best possible experience for your all of your customers, it\u2019s all for nothing if you start without an Amazon Affiliate link checker.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0cad8d3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0cad8d3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f21422\" data-id=\"6f21422\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91bf943 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"91bf943\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Check Amazon Links\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6093fc1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6093fc1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2049cfa\" data-id=\"2049cfa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b0eb9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b0eb9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Please note: Since this article was originally published, the Check\u00a0Amazon Links\u00a0Plugin has become unavailable. We\u2019ve reached out to the creator of the plugin to see if we can get this very useful plugin live again.<\/em><\/p><p>Luckily, there is an awesome tool that can help ensure that you\u2019re not serving bad Amazon links on your WordPress site. This tool is a WordPress Plugin called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/check-amazon-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Check Amazon Links<\/a>. It works by scanning your entire WordPress site for\u00a0Amazon links\u00a0and verifying that the items you\u2019re linking to are in stock. It will even check your\u00a0links for affiliate\u00a0tags and notify you via email if an item becomes out of stock.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9bc2c47 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9bc2c47\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e497d1\" data-id=\"7e497d1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9bd672 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b9bd672\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Check-Amazon-Links.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1386\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Check-Amazon-Links.png 861w, https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Check-Amazon-Links-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Check-Amazon-Links-768x352.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c32da5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c32da5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b8ed44\" data-id=\"3b8ed44\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-374fabb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"374fabb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you\u2019re already using our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/amazon-link-engine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Amazon Link Engine<\/a>\u00a0WordPress plugin to geo-localize and affiliate all Amazon links across your WordPress site, you\u2019ll need to temporarily disable the ALE in order to use the Check Amazon Links plugin.<\/p><p>While this plugin is incredibly useful, it will only work with raw\u00a0<a class=\"wpil_internal_link\" href=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/using-short-links-amazon\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Amazon links\u2014 not custom short links<\/a>\u00a0or dynamically created links like you would get with the ALE. While this adds an additional step, it could be well worth the trouble if you have a large amount of\u00a0Amazon links\u00a0scattered throughout your site. You may be losing a significant amount of commissions without knowing it, and running Check\u00a0Amazon Links\u00a0is a simple way to ensure you\u2019re not missing out.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-376aa31 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"376aa31\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b84661\" data-id=\"0b84661\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8568da5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8568da5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Stop Missing Out!\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dd87427 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dd87427\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0677fd\" data-id=\"b0677fd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb8ed3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb8ed3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-inner thin \">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>So there you have it. While Geniuslink can help guarantee you\u2019re not losing out on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/amazon-affiliate-guide\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Amazon commissions from your global audience<\/a>, Check Amazon Links can help ensure you\u2019re not sending your audience to non-existent or out of stock items. Checking your links regularly will help ensure you\u2019re always providing the best possible experience for your users with the highest opportunity to earn commissions!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<nav class=\"pagination-single section-inner\" role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Post\"><\/nav>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a company completely focused on making links work as seamlessly as possible, the thought of \u201cbroken\u201d links makes us shudder in our sleep. 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