Amazon ECommerce Web Service 3.0 Final Shutdown Notice
Posted on March 23, 2008
Filed Under Affiliate Networks, Affiliate Programs, Announcements, Software, Web Site ToolBox
If you have scripts running like those offered by David Cusimano who provides Amazon Associate scripts plus lots of other free datafeed based scripts which he manages updates and sets on his own server on your behalf. This is excellent for people like me who don’t want the hassle of setting up cronjobs and manage updates to each datafeed every time a merchant removes or amends their products.
I have emailed David recently to ask whether the new script will be ready before Amazon migrate to the Amazon Associates Web Services new and he assures me he is working hard on this project. Again I’m glad to have this outsourced as here is no way I would know what the heck to do. 
Looking forward to the new script so that my Amazon UK and Amazon US scripts keep sending me regular monthly commissions.
Here’s the very last email notification Amazon issued on 20th March 2008.
Dear Associate,
By now you’ve received several messages regarding the upcoming Amazon E-Commerce Web Service 3.0 shutdown scheduled for March 31, 2008. Our monitoring indicates that your associate tag was passed into calls to Amazon E-Commerce Service 3.0 between March 10, 2008 and March 16, 2008. After March 31, 2008, we will no longer accept Amazon ECS 3.0 requests. Please make sure to contact your development team or application provider to ensure that they have upgraded to Amazon Associates Web Service (formerly Amazon E-commerce Web Service 4.0) so that you or your customers are not affected by the shutdown.
Please note that none of the links you generate from associates central are affected by the deprecation. So any links, widgets or banner ads that you may have on your site will not stop working due to the deprecation. Nor should you be affected if you migrated after March 16,2008. Please note that this is the last communication reminder that we will send prior to the final ECS 3.0 deprecation.
Refer to the migration guide for assistance in mapping Amazon ECS 3.0 calls to their Amazon Associates Web Service equivalents. Please visit Amazon Associates Web Service Developer Forum to ask questions.
We thank you for being part of Amazon’s Associate Program and look forward to your continued support.
-The Amazon Associates Team
Amazon has so many widgets and resources to help webmasters monetize their website’s and blogs and many more affiliates are finding that their earnings are rising even though the initial commission rates are generally low. However you could set up niche sites for higher priced items such as electronics or video game consoles and not just focus on books.
People already know and trust the Amazon stores so why not capitalize on this ever growing market. Get started with the Amazon Associates program and don’t forget to sign up for the Amazon Associate script you can use the free test version for up to a month before deciding to purchase a yearly license. By that time the newest version should be ready.
Good luck
Nancy Redford
-»(¯`v´¯)-»HAPPY EASTER!-»(¯`v´¯)-»
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