{"id":5589,"date":"2021-01-21T19:25:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T17:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scaleo.io\/blog\/?p=5589"},"modified":"2025-11-19T12:44:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T12:44:44","slug":"how-to-create-new-amazon-associates-tracking-id","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scaleo.io\/blog\/how-to-create-new-amazon-associates-tracking-id\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create New Amazon Associates Tracking ID?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This post may contain affiliate links, which means that if you make a purchase, we will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. By making qualifying purchases, I earn money as an Amazon Associate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scaleo.io\/blog\/how-to-increase-your-income-with-amazon-affiliate-marketing\/\" title=\"How to Increase Your Income with Amazon Affiliate Marketing?\" rel=\"dofollow\" >increase your income<\/a>, learn how to create and use an Amazon Associates Tracking ID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Creating a new Amazon Associates Tracking ID for your account can help you keep an eye on and test your affiliate marketing results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have you ever wondered how you make money on Amazon? Where did the customer who bought an industrial ceiling fan come from? Was it a blog post? Or did you get it from a link you shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scaleo.io\/blog\/how-to-promote-affiliate-products-on-facebook-the-ultimate-guide\/\" title=\"How to Promote Affiliate Products On Facebook \u2013  The Ultimate Guide\" rel=\"dofollow\" >Facebook<\/a> or Twitter?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s usually a good idea to know this, just like any other data about your blog, but there&#8217;s no way to determine this if you only have one Amazon Associates tracking I.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-an-amazon-associates-store-id\">What is an Amazon Associates Store ID?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every Amazon Associate has a Store ID. It&#8217;s essentially your Amazon &#8220;account number.&#8221; &#8220;Associates can only have one store I.D. at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you establish a new blog, you should not create a new Amazon account. Instead, add the new blog to your current account and assign it a tracking I.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-exactly-is-a-tracking-i-d-for-amazon-associates\">What exactly is a tracking I.D. for Amazon Associates?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scaleo.io\/blog\/10-ways-to-make-money-online-for-total-beginners\/\" title=\"10 Ways To Make Money Online For Total Beginners\" rel=\"dofollow\" >way to see how much money<\/a> you make on Amazon from different websites, sources, or marketing methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can have up to 100 tracking IDs on Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve heard that if you ask nicely, they&#8217;ll let you have more than 100. To be honest, I can&#8217;t think of a situation in which a blogger would require more than 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keep in mind that tracking I.D.s cannot be deleted, so think about how you&#8217;ll utilize the I.D. to assess whether you truly need one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-the-difference-between-a-tracking-id-and-an-amazon-associates-store-id\">What Is the Difference Between a Tracking ID and an Amazon Associates Store ID?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each account is assigned a unique store I.D. It makes no difference what your shop I.D. is because it just identifies your account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A tracking I.D. indicates the source of a portion of your sales. When you&#8217;re naming the tracking I.D., make it something meaningful, so you remember what it&#8217;s for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will receive a single payment for all sales made using all of your tracking I.D.s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-should-i-do-with-a-tracking-id\">What Should I Do With a Tracking ID?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although it would be ideal to have a unique tracking I.D. for each blog post, this is not realistic because most of us have more than 100 blog entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, consider what you&#8217;d like to track. Here are some of the items for which I have created tracking I.D.s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-facebook-twitter-youtube\">Facebook Twitter YouTube<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">blog posts with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scaleo.io\/blog\/affiliate-link-cloaking-software-why-should-you-use-it\/\" title=\"Affiliate Link Cloaking Software \u2013 Why Should You Use it?\" rel=\"dofollow\" >affiliate links<\/a>, such as my tent guide and Halloween costume post over at Cub Scout Ideas, Blog posts with something unique, such as my bristle bot robot post,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You might also wish to experiment with other tracking I.D.s for things like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Placement of links<\/em><\/li><li><em>color or font size.<\/em><\/li><li><em>Image links vs. text links<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I first started employing these, I did so haphazardly and without a plan. When I use an I.D. now, I&#8217;m trying to be more careful about when and how I use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You&#8217;ll need to create a new tracking I.D when you&#8217;ve determined what you want to track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sign in to your Amazon Associates Central account. I do this by going to Amazon.com and selecting Earnings from the SiteStripe menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This directs me to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scaleo.io\/blog\/top-10-best-affiliate-reporting-software\/\" title=\"Top 10 Best Affiliate Reporting Software\" rel=\"dofollow\" >reports<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can also access the Amazon Associates Central home page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look at the upper right corner of the page. You should be able to see your email address. Click it, then click &#8220;Manage Your Tracking I.D.s.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You&#8217;ll notice a button to add a tracking I.D. as well as a list of your existing I.D.s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-click-the-add-tracking-id-option\">Click the Add Tracking ID option.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following that, you&#8217;ll see a box where you can enter the code you want to use. You can use whatever you want, but it might already be in use if it&#8217;s a common term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amazon will notify you and provide you with various options if it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If I publish a post about my favorite office supplies, I might want to use the code &#8220;office.&#8221; Still, it&#8217;s too popular and has already been taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I normally begin my identifiers with the initials of my sites, such as CSI for Cub Scout Ideas and PBA for Painless Blog Analytics. So I could probably use &#8220;PBA office.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-do-i-make-use-of-a-tracking-id\">How Do I Make Use of a Tracking ID?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s alter an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scaleo.io\/blog\/tutorial-how-to-add-affiliate-links-to-a-woocommerce-eshop\/\" title=\"Tutorial: How To Add Affiliate Links to A WooCommerce eShop?\" rel=\"dofollow\" >affiliate link<\/a> to use the new I.D. Now that you&#8217;ve created your Amazon Associates Tracking ID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I assume I wish to link to this message board. First, I decide if I want a text link, an image link, or a text+image link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, in the Tracking ID field, click the down arrow. This will display a list of all of your tracking I.D.s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click to receive the link, then click on the one you wish to utilize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To obtain your connection, click &#8220;Get Link.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any clicks or sales generated by that link will be linked to that tracking I.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-can-i-view-amazon-sales-made-using-my-new-tracking-id\">How Can I View Amazon Sales Made Using My New Tracking ID?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Associates Central, navigate to the Reports tab. A tracking I.D. appears next to the date. It&#8217;s set to &#8220;all&#8221; by default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you click the down arrow, you&#8217;ll see a list of all of your I.D&#8217;s. If you only want to see one of them, deselect all of them by clicking the box next to &#8220;All&#8221; Then select the I.D. you want to examine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you select the tracking I.D. you want to examine, all of the data in the report will be exclusive to that I.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another alternative is to keep the primary tracking I.D. option set to all and organize your ordered items and earnings by tracking I.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click on the Group By box and select Tracking ID to view them organized by I.D. You can then click on an I.D. to view the list of ordered items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can use the same logic for your earnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hope this article has helped you learn how to make and use tracking I.D.s for your Amazon affiliate program, and I look forward to your feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;d like to know what kinds of things you&#8217;ll be tracking, so please leave a comment to let me know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">P.S. Sign up for more information about increasing your affiliate income through improved tracking by filling out the form below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post may contain affiliate links, which means that if you make a purchase, we will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. By making qualifying purchases, I earn money as an Amazon Associate. 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