How to use the Hostinger Amazon Affiliate Connector plugin to build an affiliate website

The Hostinger Amazon Affiliate Connector plugin helps you add affiliate links in various display formats. To add products, you don’t have to switch tabs between your WordPress dashboard and Amazon, as you can simply search for them directly from the WordPress block editor.

You can also use the plugin with our custom-built Hostinger Affiliate theme for a faster website launch. If you’re new to the industry, this pair can be a perfect combination to kickstart your affiliate marketing journey.

Read on to explore the benefits of using this plugin and how to activate it on your website.

How to get the Hostinger Amazon Affiliate Connector WordPress plugin

The Hostinger Amazon Affiliate Connector plugin comes with Business and Cloud WordPress hosting plans, offering ample resources to keep your affiliate site up and running.

The Business plan is a great choice for starting your affiliate marketing business, as it can receive up to 100,000 monthly visits. Once your site grows, the Cloud hosting plan becomes the next logical step to power your site.

In addition to the plugin, you’ll also receive a free custom domain name, a WordPress staging tool, and advanced WordPress optimization with LiteSpeed cache. Even better, you can install WordPress with a single click, including all the above features.

If this is your first time building an affiliate website, you can benefit from our built-in custom theme. After purchasing either a Business or Cloud plan, make sure to complete the initial onboarding steps.

Start by answering the initial website setup questionnaire and create a WordPress admin account.

Then, choose your website type. Selecting affiliate marketing will activate the Hostinger Affiliate theme and pre-built website template by default.

If you prefer another theme or select a pre-built website instead, click Browse more templates.

Afterward, you can pre-select plugins to activate on your site, including Hostinger Amazon Affiliate Connector.

Finish the step by connecting a custom domain name to your site. Then, you’ll have access to your WordPress admin dashboard with all the plugins installed.

If you’ve been using our Business or Cloud hosting plan for a while, you can activate the plugin from hPanel:

1. Log in to your hosting account and navigate to the Websites tab. 
2. Click the Dashboard button beside your affiliate website domain name. 
3. Select WordPress Overview. 

4. Scroll down to the Suggested plugins section to find the Hostinger Amazon Affiliate Connector plugin. 
5. Click Install to activate it on your site.

How to set up Hostinger Amazon Affiliate Connector WordPress plugin

To use the Hostinger Amazon Affiliate Connector plugin, you must first sign up for an Amazon Associates account and receive confirmation into the program. This step is necessary, as you need Amazon’s Product Advertising API to connect with the plugin.

If you already have the API keys, navigate to Hostinger → Amazon Affiliate from your WordPress dashboard. Scroll down to the Connect Your Amazon Account section.

Here are the details you need to fill in:

• API Key and API Secret –  to get this information, navigate to Tools → Product Advertising API from your Amazon Associates dashboard.
• Country – select the same region you chose when you first joined Amazon Associates. 
• Tracking ID – add your tracking ID to analyze sales performance from your affiliate website.

After clicking the Connect Amazon account button, you can easily display affiliate products using the WordPress block editor.

How to add product listings using the Hostinger Amazon Affiliate Connector WordPress plugin

Now that the plugin is set up, you can add Amazon affiliate links to your blog post in several clicks:

1. Go to Posts → Add New Post from your WordPress dashboard. 
2. Write your post as usual, or use our AI Content Creator tool to prepare an article draft. 
3. Click the Add block button, and search for Link Amazon products.

4. Click the Select button to add a single product, a list of products, or a comparison table to your post. 

From here, the steps of adding affiliate links will be different according to your chosen product display layout:

Single Product Cart

To display a single product on your WordPress site, choose to input the ASIN number or select directly from Amazon’s catalog.

Multiple Product List

If you want to display several items, you can choose to pull best-seller product data from Amazon automatically.

To manually add your affiliate products to the list, you can provide their ASIN numbers or look for one on Amazon.

Once you’ve added the items to the list, you can choose your preferred display layout. You can also show the products in a list with descriptions, a simplified list, or horizontal cards.

To finish, hit Add products.

Comparison Table

To add a product comparison table using the plugin, you must configure the settings beforehand. Click Add a new table configuration to go to the Hostinger menu in your WordPress dashboard.

The first step in creating your comparison table is to assign it a name.

Then, add the products to include in the table. As always, you can add ASIN numbers or search for the items directly from Amazon.

Finally, set the value you want to show on the table. Click the trash bin icon to add more rows or remove existing ones. Once you’re done, hit Save Changes.

Go back to the WordPress block editor. The newly created table name will be in the drop-down menu.

Click Continue to add a comparison table to your post.

Once the product is displayed in your post, you can tweak the content from the block settings panel.

These are the configuration menus you’ll see and what they’re for:

• General Settings. Change the display layout and edit the displayed product’s ASIN number. 
• Lists. Opt to display the bestseller rank of each item when presenting a product list.
• Title. Set a character limit for the title displayed on the post. You can also overwrite the title, particularly for the single-product display layout.  
• Templates and Styles. This setting only appears if you choose a multiple-product list. It lets you change the product display layout of the list.
• Description. Hide Amazon’s default product description or change it to your own. This setting will only appear for the “single product display” option.
• Buy button. Use your custom text for the CTA button.
• Advanced. Apply additional CSS classes to customize the block’s style.

Don’t forget to hit Publish once you’re satisfied with the content.

What are the next steps to set up an Amazon affiliate website?

Remember to check your local government’s regulations regarding affiliate marketing practices and consumer data protection policy. Ensuring your site is legally compliant helps you confidently promote your affiliate links.

The common additional information to display on affiliate websites includes:

• A Privacy Policy page lets you outline how you collect and handle visitor data.
• An affiliate marketing disclosure informs readers that you earn commissions from affiliate links. Depending on where you reside, disclosure can be legally required. 
• Displaying a copyright notice page is a preventive action to protect your affiliate content from being stolen.

When building your website pages, it’s also important to make them SEO-friendly. Optimizing your website for search engines improves its visibility, potentially increasing sales conversions from your affiliate links.

Ensure that you’re applying the best SEO practices on your website. You can start by installing an SEO plugin, like AIOSEO, and submitting your sitemap to Google Search Console.

Lastly, don’t forget to customize your affiliate website’s appearance to make it appealing and trustworthy for your target audience.

To tweak the theme’s default elements and change your site logo, navigate to Appearance → Customize from your WordPress dashboard.

How to make an Amazon affiliate website using the Hostinger Amazon Affiliate Connector plugin – video tutorial

Follow the steps in this video tutorial to start building your Amazon affiliate website.

You’ll also learn how to insert affiliate links using the Hostinger Amazon Affiliate Connector plugin.

Conclusion

The Hostinger Amazon Affiliate Connector plugin helps you add affiliate links to your WordPress website. It connects with Amazon’s catalog to display products in three different layouts – a single product list, a multiple product list, and a comparison table.

You can also add the products by adding an ASIN number or browsing the Amazon catalog directly from the WordPress block editor.

We hope this article helps you understand how to use the Hostinger Amazon Affiliate Connector plugin.

If you’ve been using it for some time, feel free to share your experience in the comment section and tell us any features you’d like to see in the future.

Hostinger Amazon Affiliate Connector WordPress plugin FAQ