Changing Affiliate Links

Linking Capabilities

There are a variety of linking options available for AbeBooks affiliate program:

1. There will always be up-to-date banner and text links in ConnectCommerce. Log into ConnectCommerce, click Get Links and view Available Links for AbeBooks.
2. You may Build Your Own Links (BYOL) through the ConnectCommerce interface. In the Get Links area, choose Build Your Own Link for AbeBooks to create links one at a time. If you would like to create many links at once, choose upload your own links. You will be able to download a spreadsheet template that you can complete and upload to ConnectCommerce. You will receive an email reply containing a spreadsheet with all of the links you have created.
3. You may also build your own links through the AbeBooks Deep Linking tool, which should be configured for Google Affiliate Network (formerly DoubleClick Performics) mid-May 2008.

Changing Existing Deep Links

Links that were created using the AbeBooks Deep Linking tool with their CJ PID can be updated by using the structure below:

Simply exchange this:

http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-CJPID-7134912?url=

with this

http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215
&pubid=REPLACE-ME&redirect

where REPLACE-ME is your Performics Publisher ID.

For example, for a link going to Cujo by Stephen King:

http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-CJPID-7134912?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com
2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan3Dstephen%2Bking%26bi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26ds%3D30%26
sortby%3D2%26tn%3Dcujo%26x%3D52%26y%3D9

Can be replaced with this structure:
http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=REPLACE-ME
&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3Dstephen
%2Bking%26bi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26ds%3D30%26sortby%3D2%26tn%3Dcujo%26x%3D52%26y%3D9

This should make it easier to update old custom links that were created on the fly.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to Contact Us.