Amazon Book Store

Sell Amazon products in sidebar widgets, unique to the individual POST or generically from a default pool of products that you define.

Description

The Amazon Book Store (formerly 'Support Great Writers') Widget provides a very simple way to sell Amazon products via a sidebar widget on your blog, magazine, or other WordPress-powered website. The widget can be instantiated multiple times, with different products being displayed in each instance.

You can sell specific products on specific pages of your website, or define a 'pool' of products from which the widget will randomly chose. This allows you to quickly build up an Amazon store of products that are related to your individual POSTs.

Installation

Install Plugin

• Go to the GitHub repository and download the plugin.

• Click on the Download ZIP link and save it in your wp-content/plugins directory.

• Extract the files to a sub-directory called support-great-writers. This will ensure you can install from either WordPress or GitHub without conflict.

  Using cURL, you can do all of the above with one command:

  curl -Lo sgw.zip https://github.com/HeyPublisher/support-great-writers/archive/master.zip && unzip sgw.zip && mv support-great-writers-master support-great-writers

• Active the plugin via the WordPress plugin menu.

• You can keep the plugin updated within WordPress by clicking on the link.

Install and Configure Widget

Install the Widget

• Navigate to Appearance > Widgets in the WordPress Admin menu
• Drag the 'Amazon Book Store' widget to your sidebar.
• Give the widget a title
• Select whether to display 1 or 2 products at a time in the sidebar
• Click the "Save" button

Basic Settings

• Navigate to Settings > Amazon Book Store in the WordPress Admin menu
• Select the country for your Amazon Affiliate ID
• Input your own Amazon Affiliate ID
  • You can register as an Amazon Affiliate here
• Input a comma-separated list of ASINs you want to display when a POST-specific override has not be provided
  • See How to Find Amazon ASINs for more information

Advanced Settings

You can add POST-specific ASIN's from the Settings page by doing:

• Click the "Select" drop-down list next to the Add New Post ASINs label at the bottom of the screen
• Select the POST you want to add ASINs for
  • The screen will update, displaying the post name with an input field

• Input the ASINs you want
• Click the Update Settings button when done

You can also add POST-specific ASIN's directly from the POST Edit screen by doing:

• Edit the POST you want to configure
• At the bottom of the Edit screen you will see the Custom Fields editor
• Click the ** Enter new** link
• Input a comma-separated list of ASINs you want to display
• Click the Add Custom Field button to save your selection

You can Add or Edit ASINs from either the plugin settings page, or from an individual POST's Edit screen.

Frequently Asked Questions

• How many ASINs can I use per POST? The widget allows a maximum of 10 ASINs per POST.
• But the plugin only shows 2 products at a time? If you have more ASINs configured than the plugin can display, it will randomize the products to display.
  
• How can I track if people are clicking or buying? Login to your Amazon Affiliate account and look for the Affiliate ID you used in the Settings. Clicks can sometimes take up to 24 hours to display in your Affiliate report.
• How does the plugin decide which ASINs to display? The plugin will use the following logic.
• What if I find a bug? Tell us about it. You can create an issue at GitHub and we will fix it as soon as possible.