[mikelbeck]

Originally Posted by yoyoyoyo

well, the search option works, but it does not insert my Amazon associate ID in the URL. It shows up in the URL in the store, but when I actually click on the item the associate ID is not in the URL.

in the store I see this:

 http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%3FASIN=B0001YNLLK%26tag=myamazonID-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=/o/ASIN/B0001YNLLK%253FSubscriptionId=0Z5J0DYKEA7V6Y1BH1H2

but when I click on the URL this is the link that displays in the browser:

http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B0001YNLLK/105-5046536-9646804?SubscriptionId=0Z5J0DYKEA7V6Y1BH1H2

Right, that's how it works. If you notice, in the first URL there's "redirect.html". Amazon takes the inbound link, pulls out the data needed for your associates tag (plus whatever else it wants, I guess) and then sends the user to an Amazon page.