7 Amazon Affiliate Mistakes That Kill Your Commissions
Most lost affiliate income comes from a few avoidable mistakes, not bad content. Here are seven that quietly drain commissions, and the fix for each.
DevDome Team
WordPress plugin buildersThe DevDome team builds lightweight, performance-first WordPress plugins and free tools for site owners, founders and marketers. We write about the exact problems our plugins solve, in plain language for people who run real sites.
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DevDome makes lightweight WordPress plugins (analytics, bot protection, affiliate and redirect tooling) and free browser tools. We write about the exact problems those products solve, on the same sites we run ourselves.
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Posts by DevDome Team
What Happens When Your Amazon Product Goes Out of Stock
Products sell out and listings disappear constantly. When yours do, your clicks hit a wall. Here is the real cost and how to send those clicks somewhere that still earns.
301 vs 302 Redirects: When to Use Each
Pick the wrong redirect type and you can lose rankings or freeze a temporary change in place. Here is the plain-English difference and when each one fits.
Untagged Amazon Links Are Quietly Costing You Sales
A single missing tag turns a commission into a free referral for Amazon. Here is how links lose their tags and how to keep every one of them earning.
Why Ad Blockers Break Your Click Tracking, and the Fix
A growing share of visitors block the scripts your analytics rely on, so their clicks never register. Here is why, and how to count them anyway.
Why International Amazon Clicks Earn You Nothing
A large part of your audience may be abroad, clicking links that pay you nothing. Here is how Amazon's regional programs work and how to capture those lost sales.
Amazon OneLink vs a Geo Plugin: Which Earns More?
Both tools route international clicks to a visitor's local Amazon, but they work differently. Here is how OneLink and a geo plugin compare on earnings and control.
Bot Traffic vs Real Visitors: How to Tell Them Apart
Telling a bot from a real reader comes down to a handful of signals. Here is what to look for and how to stop counting machines as your audience.
Why Google Analytics Shows More Visitors Than You Actually Have
If your traffic looks great but conversions do not, the gap is usually bots. Here is what inflates the count and how to measure real people instead.
6 Privacy-Friendly Analytics Alternatives for WordPress
All six avoid the cookie banner. They differ in where tracking runs and how they handle bots. Here is the field compared, with our criteria and our reasoning shown.
What Percentage of Website Traffic Is Bots in 2026?
Roughly half of all web traffic is automated, and a big slice is hostile. Here is what the data says and how much of it is hiding in your analytics.
Why WordPress Redirects Break After You Add Caching
You change a redirect, but visitors still land on the old target. Caching is usually the culprit. Here is why it happens and how to keep redirects working.
Show Mobile and Desktop Visitors Different Pages
Responsive design covers most cases, but sometimes a device genuinely needs its own destination. Here is when device targeting helps and how to do it without hurting SEO.
How to Redirect Visitors by Country in WordPress
Geo-targeted redirects send each visitor to the page that fits their country. Here is how they work, the best uses, and how to avoid the common SEO mistakes.
Rotating Links: A Simple Way to Split-Test Offers
One link, several destinations. Link rotation lets you split-test offers or share traffic without changing your content. Here is how it works and when to use it.