Amazon affiliate link generator

What this tool does

It takes any Amazon product URL, pulls the product ID (the ten-character ASIN) out of it, and rebuilds a clean affiliate link with your Associates tag attached. The result is the canonical/dp/[ASIN]/?tag=[YOUR-TAG] shape Amazon recommends, stripped of every other tracking parameter that bloats a copy-pasted URL.

Everything runs in your browser. The URL you paste, your tag, and the generated link never touch a server, so this works the same whether you're online, on a flight, or testing tags between regions.

How to find your Amazon Associates tag

Sign in to affiliate-program.amazon.com and your tag shows in the top bar next to your name. Most US accounts end in -20 (e.g.yourname-20); other regions use different numeric suffixes (-21 for the UK, -22 for Germany, and so on). You can also have multiple tags inside the same account for splitting traffic between campaigns; this tool accepts any of them.

What the generator handles for you

• Strips tracking junk. Pasted URLs from the Amazon mobile app routinely arrive with thirty lines ofref= and psc= parameters. The output keeps only the bits the affiliate program actually needs.
• Forces canonical product URLs.Long "Some-Product-Name/dp/..." slugs work in browsers but look noisy in a bio. The output uses the short/dp/[ASIN]/ shape Amazon themselves treats as canonical.
• Switches storefronts cleanly. Sales agents per region differ; your Australian audience should land onamazon.com.au, not amazon.com. Pick a region and the host updates.

Common mistakes the tool prevents

1. Missing the tag. A clean Amazon URL without?tag= earns the creator zero commission. The generator refuses to emit a result without a tag, which catches the most common mistake creators make at midnight.
2. Using the wrong region.The tag for one storefront doesn't pay out on another (a -20 US tag earns nothing on amazon.co.uk). Picking the storefront in the dropdown makes the mismatch visible.
3. Double tags.If you paste a URL that already carries a tag, the generator replaces it with yours instead of appending a second one, which Amazon's tracker would otherwise attribute to whoever's tag came second in the URL.

Is this allowed by Amazon's Operating Agreement?

Yes. Building the /dp/[ASIN]/?tag=[TAG]link is exactly the format Amazon's own documentation recommends, and it's the same shape SiteStripe emits when you grab a link directly from their Associates dashboard. The bits Amazon's Operating Agreement specifically forbids are hiding the tag (no cloaking or redirect chains that strip the tag from the URL the visitor sees) and sending traffic from email without explicit Amazon approval; this tool does neither.