If this website should be unavailable for a short time in the near future, it is because it is being moved to another server. So please don’t be surprised and try again at a later time. ASA will still exist and will be updated continuously. 😉
(Update 2) Amazon PA API 5 currently mixes up the prices of some products
Check out the updates on this topic at the end of the article. As some of you have already noticed and reports are piling up, here is a summary of the current situation regarding the inconsistent prices delivered by the Amazon PA API 5. The API provides different types of prices. The most interesting one is the price that is …
Shutdown of Amazon PA API 4. Now for real!
After the date has been postponed twice already, it can be assumed that Amazon will make the current date of 9 March 2020 come true and switch off the PA API 4 at that time. The first scheduled date was the end of October 2019. Since Amazon communicated this at the beginning of September, this date seemed to be very …
Why does Amazon continue to make life harder for its affiliate partners? A summary of the current grievances.
Over the past months and years, Amazon affiliate partners have had to accept a number of restrictions that have confronted quite a few with the collapse of their business model overnight. Since the situation has worsened since the beginning of the year 2019 with another restriction on the use of the Amazon Product Advertising API, I would like to summarize …
FAQ: ASA1 / ASA2 EU-GDPR (EU-DSGVO) compliance
This article summarizes all important facts about the EU-GDPR / EU-DSGVO compliant use of ASA1 and ASA2. General questions regarding WordPress plugins and EU-GDPR As an owner of a WordPress website, one must ensure that the plugins used are EU-GDPR / EU-DSGVO compliant. In this context, the following questions are in the spotlight: Does the plugin collect personal data of website …
Amazon announces the new Amazon Associates Education Center
Yesterday Amazon announced the launch of the Amazon Associates Education Center. It’s a new website section featuring in-depth Articles & Tutorials for Amazon Affiliates. You will find tips and practical guidelines based on real-world examples on many useful areas including: Content Marketing Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Conversion Optimization For us WordPress users there is an interesting …
New update adds Amazon India and backend translation
Hello ASA friends, today I released the new version 0.9.13. It supports the Amazon Product Advertising API for India. If you’re an affiliate and want to make money with Amazon India it is possible now with AmazonSimpleAdmin. Additionally I added backend translation. This version includes the english default and a german translation. If you want to translate the AmazonSimpleAdmin backend to …
Announcing version 0.9.12
As promised some days ago, a new version of AmazonSimpleAdmin is now available. A new feature is an option in the cache setup panel “Do not use cache when logged in as admin“. If checked the plugin will not load the products on a page from cache when you are logged in as admin. Another cool feature is the possibility …
An update is on its way
Hi ASA users, I am preparing a little feature update for ASA these days. It will fix some issues and bring some new features. The two new features I like most are: [unordered_list style=”green-dot”] The possibility to place your template files in a subdirectory (“asa”) of your theme. This will keep them safe from getting deleted on update (what should …
Here we go again: Bugfix release 0.9.11.2 is out
Sorry for the daily updates recently, but the new Ajax mode had some teething problems (this is why I declared it beta ;-)). With this update the Ajax mode should finally work for not logged-in users too. Additionally I added two more placeholders: {$Prime} and {$PrimePic} If a product is a prime product, {$Prime} shows “AmazonPrime” and {$PrimePic} will show …