I've just installed the latest version of Amazontools, but it isn't quite working properly for me. The links that are being generated don't end up with a credit for our affiliate account. I'm trying to troubleshoot and figure out these links are not working. I have, on a non-drupal site, links that ARE working (with a different amazon id, so I know that none of the links on the drupal site are working, but the non-drupal links are working).

http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%3FASIN=0060523808%26tag=sample-20...

IF I go into my affiliate account and create a link, I get something that looks quite different.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1593853912?ie=UTF8&tag=sample-20&linkCo...

Has there been a change in the API and we're just behind the ball? I'm sure there are complexities that I don't understand here, but over the past week several test purchases using links on our drupal site have resulted in no credit for purchases, or even clicks, in our affiliate account.

Any suggestions?

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Radiating Gnome’s picture

Radiating Gnome commented

Should have posted the URLS with code tags so they would all show up . . . 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%3FASIN=0060523808%26tag=sample-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=/o/ASIN/0060523808%253FSubscriptionId=1XFK01HK9NZWGPENWGG2

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1593853912?ie=UTF8&tag=sample-20&linkCode=as2&camp=211189&creative=374929&creativeASIN=1593853912
alexfranke’s picture

alexfranke commented

I wonder if this has anything to do with the hard-coded subscription ID used to fetch the links. People that use Amazon's web service need to get this subscription ID from Amazon and pass it along to Amazon with all the web service requests, then the web service actually provides the product link. I wouldn't think that it would matter so long as your affiliate ID is in the link, but that's the only thing I can think of that might cause this. (I'm brand new to Drupal and this module, btw -- just trying to help.) Anyway, I see the ID is hard-coded in the file amazon.php4.inc in the module directory -- it's on line 4 called AMAZON_SEARCH_AMAZON_ACCESSKEY_ID if you want to see if that makes any difference.

dorien’s picture

dorien commented

I think I have the same problem!