In this field you enter exactly whatever needs to be added to the URL for the retailer to track your sales. This will be the same on all of the book links for this retailer.<\/p>\n For example, Amazon\u2019s code would look something like this:<\/p>\n ?tag=<your-affiliate-id><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Different retailers and affiliate programs use different ways of formatting the links for tracking affiliates. Choose the method your program uses.<\/p>\n If your affiliate links look like this, choose\u00a0After Book Link<\/strong>:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.retailerwebsite.com\/link\/to\/book\/someAffiliateCode<\/strong><\/p>\n If your affiliate links look like this, choose\u00a0Before Book Link<\/strong>:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.affiliatewebsite.com\/someAffiliateCode\/<\/strong>http:\/\/www.retailerwebsite.com\/link\/to\/book<\/p>\n <\/p>\n (Hint: For Amazon, use After Book Link.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Once you enter your affiliate codes into the Retailers Settings screen, all of your book links will automatically use any affiliate codes that apply. So, if you entered an affiliate code for Amazon, every book that has an Amazon buy link will use that code in the link.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Amazon has a link checker tool so you can verify your links are correctly formatting. Incorrectly formatted links could cause your referral fees to not be credited to your account.<\/p>\n View each of your book pages, right click on the Amazon buy link button and choose \u201cCopy Link Address\u201d (the wording may vary depending what browser you use.).<\/p>\n Go to this website: https:\/\/affiliate-program.amazon.com\/home\/tools\/linkchecker<\/a> and paste in your URL and click Check Link.<\/p>\n Check with your other affiliate programs to see if they offer a link checker. You can follow the same procedure outlined above to check your links.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you\u2019ve already used affiliate codes in your buy links, you\u2019ll have to decide if you want to switch over to the new system. You can leave your links alone and they will work fine, however, for any new books you add you\u2019ll have to continue putting the affiliate codes into the buy links.<\/p>\n If you\u2019d like to switch to this new system, you\u2019ll have to edit all of your books and remove the affiliate codes from your buy links. However, you only have to do it once. And, after you\u2019ve entered your affiliate codes into the Retailers Settings page, you\u2019ll never have to put an affiliate code in a buy link again.<\/p>\n Keeping the affiliate codes in the buy links AND entering it into the Retailers Settings page could cause your affiliate links to not be tracked correctly and could cause your referral fees to not be credited to your account. That\u2019s why you should choose one or the other method.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you are using MBM Multi-Author<\/a>, there are a few other options for you with managing affiliate codes.<\/p>\n MBM Multi-Author gives you the option to use the same affiliate codes throughout the whole site or to allow each author to use their own affiliate codes.<\/p>\n On the Multi-Author Settings page, a new option has been added:<\/p>\n![\"two](\"https:\/\/www.mooberrydreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/retailers.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nAffiliate Code<\/h3>\n
Affiliate Code Position<\/h3>\n
Checking Link Validity<\/h3>\n
If You Already Have Affiliate Codes in Your Book Buy Links<\/h3>\n
Affiliate Codes and Multiple Authors<\/h3>\n