Comments on: Amazon aStores… An Almost Amazing Alternative (or Addition) to Blog Advertising

By: walk through pet gate

walk through pet gate — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:15:10 +0000

Somebody told me that you can link astores together. Does any one know how this is done?

By: thefluffanutta

thefluffanutta — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:50:39 +0000

If you don't want to use a proxy, there's still a trick you can use to track visitors to your aStore. It works with Google Analytics or any other image-based stats tracker.

By: Conrad

Conrad — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:04:43 +0000

I usually prefer to quit the astore and buy from amazon directly, i don’t know why i do that.

By: India First-Hand

India First-Hand — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:52:52 +0000

I am thinking about setting up a store for my site. This information helps.

By: peter - FashionWare

peter - FashionWare — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:22:03 +0000

The bad thing is that I am from Bulgaria. If I order something from amazon, it might not arrive in normal condition….if you know what I mean. Although I think that online-shopping is a good way to save your time+It is good that at amazon you can see people’s comments about products.

By: Bobby King

Bobby King — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:15:54 +0000

what is the advantage of using your subdomain instead using subdirectory on Amazon.com?! As for me site on amazon.com is MORE trustable they your method. So... I think it will not work. MBT Lami

By: Bobby King

Bobby King — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:15:44 +0000

what is the advantage of using your subdomain instead using subdirectory on Amazon.com?! As for me site on amazon.com is MORE trustable they your method. So... I think it will not work. MBT Lami

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:12:09 +0000

what is the advantage of using your subdomain instead using subdirectory on Amazon.com?! As for me site on amazon.com is MORE trustable they your method. So… I think it will not work.

http://astore.amazon.com/mbt.lami-20 MBT Lami

By: Sergey Yurov

Sergey Yurov — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:01:55 +0000

The most significant advantage is possibility to submit your store to search engines and directories. In conjunction with StoreBrander's custom templates and custom headers you can use full power of SEO. Also you can change your aStore look and inject any html into aStore pages or visually integrate aStore into your content site (if you have one). Look at 'Featured stores' at SoreBrander home page. Popular way of embddding aStore into content site or blog is using of iFrame. But it is impossible to size iframe properly; therefore at least one of the following problems can't be solved: huge free space below aStore or double scrollbars or truncated content of pages with large description. SoreBrander service solves the problem. The following but not last advantage: people want to know more about shoppers activity at aStore. Amazon gives no information on it. SoreBrander provides way to use Google Analytics and google webmaster tools to track visitors activity.

By: Fashionable

Fashionable — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:52:08 +0000

Sergey, what is the advantage of using your subdomain instead using subdirectory on Amazon.com?! As for me site on amazon.com is MORE trustable they your method. So… I think it will not work.

By: Sergey Yurov

Sergey Yurov — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:04:18 +0000

I developed a way to give Amazon aStore own domain name. Just go to http://www.storebrander.com/

By: Beng Hwee

Beng Hwee — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:33:11 +0000

Well, you need to setup the astore in such a way visitor feel like a standalone online store by tweaking the css.
Take a look my astore:
Digital Photo frames Store

Beng Hwee

By: Chuckwny

Chuckwny — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:58:52 +0000

I’ve had moderate success. The software is very easy to use. Definately get your own domain though.

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By: HDTV Power

HDTV Power — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:37:17 +0000

What i need now is a traffic for my astore, but i think this info can help me. Thanks you Nintendo Wii hdtv power

By: Uttewalielf

Uttewalielf — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:44:57 +0000

By: Robert - Country Music Songs

Robert - Country Music Songs — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:45:00 +0000

First, I’ll introduce myself. My name is Robert Harper, and I’m a proud owner of a two month old Amazon astore.

It grew fast.

After adding a link on the “best amazon store ever” and a few astore directories, it started to receive excellent targeted traffic within a month.

You might want to create a unique look and content inside & outside of your astore. Maybe hire a CSS expert on elance to make a special astore webpage.

A short astory,
Robert

By: aStore Rank

aStore Rank — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:59:05 +0000

i has been playing with aStore for a few month, and i know how hard to find web site to submit a link for make search engine ranking. i found one of good and they accept only astore, follow me homepage to try it cheer

By: SW

SW — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:05:06 +0000

I’ve got an aStore and general Amazon store directory at http://best.amazon-stores.ever.com/

You need to be a Squidoo member to join (it’s free). There is a link at the top of the directory page to join.

By: aStore Proxy

aStore Proxy — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:14:11 +0000

aStore Proxy is a server side software that lets the associates display their aStore content directly within their website rather than using an iframe to embed them. This has several advantages like search engine optimization and better usability to the site visitors.

By: tscott

tscott — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:41:18 +0000

After having my own issues with aStore’s feature set, I decided to enhance it on my own. I setup aSensibleStore.com, which tracks statistics, allow you to ad AdSense ads and allows you to include your aStore directly in your code without iFrames.

Please use the contact form on the website if you have any questions or new features you’d like to see.

By: BlackVV

BlackVV — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 05:11:25 +0000

I do like the Astore concept, however I can’t insert it into my site due to the damn WordPress software. Anyone managed to find a way around that? Not to mention I get a reasonable number of clicks but like no conversion!

By: gizmoojo

gizmoojo — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:13:46 +0000

If you don’t really want to setup a store, I recommend trying out Gizmoojo Adgent widget.

Real easy to setup.

By: Stratoblogster

Stratoblogster — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 23:08:28 +0000

Instead of using Amazon’s fat cumbersome code text links within my blog posts, I’m just linking to my astore. As Darren Rouse said, the astores are gonna expand to allow multiple pages and catagories. At that point, I’ll add products I’m blogging about to the astores and just link there. This offers better control with an easier link that I can even tinyurl if I want (I’ve had difficulty trying to tinyurl Amazon text links). astores do solve some problems for Amazon affiliates.

By: razvan

razvan — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:05:52 +0000

I am using for about 2 months and no revenue…yet. The new enhancements seem nice.
In order to increase traffic and hopefully sales I am trying to provide as many links to it to make it score well in SERPS. It looks like it’s extremly SEF.
Mine it already scores #6 for metal music store and has 70 pages indexed

This way I don’t have to be concerned by increasing it’s visibility within the main site.

I just wish they provide some statistics about traffic

By: nitink

nitink — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:43:05 +0000

Thanks for the kind words, rossouwh! Yes, I like the base ideas of Omakase – but after allen074′s comments (thanks for sharing, allen074!), I’m thinking of diversifying and putting AdSense on some pages, just to be safe.

John: I’m planning to compare Omakase with AdSense – both are context-driven vertical banners, although on different pages, so it’s not exact. I have very few visitors on this web site right now, since I’m still building it out – but I’ll be happy to report back when I have enough data.