I noticed the Twitter link on the Amazon Associates Site Stripe yesterday; however, it took me to an error page. Now, it’s live.
If you click on the Twitter link in the site stripe, Amazon will re-direct you to twitter.com with a pre-populated message about the page you’re on and include a shorted URL with your affiliate code built-in.
Unfortunately, there doesn’t appear to be a way to configure which tracking ID will be used for building the affiliate link. As a result, if you use multiple tracking IDs like I do, you’ll be stuck with your default, which may mess up your efforts to keep your commission tracking in line.
I looks like we’ll still be building links manually for now. Hopefully, Amazon will upgrade the options page for the site stripe (as of now, it’s only got an on/off switch) or throw in some Twitter customization in the Associates control panel soon.
I’m just glad Amazon finally made nice and allowed affiliate promotions on Twitter.
More details on the Amazon Associate Blog and in their Associates Social Media FAQ.