| Associate-O-Matic Features Requirements Version History Version Comparison |
Associate-O-Matic (AOM for short) is a powerful, fully-featured store building application specifically
tailored to Amazon Associates.
Now it's simple to add a niche store to your website or blog or to create a standalone web store.
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Simple Setup Installs in just minutes – you just need a domain name and a web host with PHP |
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Generous License No limitation on the number of times you install it or how many stores you setup |
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Supports Multiple Amazon Locales Create stores with items from the US, UK, CA, DE and FR locales |
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Web-Based Admin Control Panel Customize your store as much as you want with 250+ settings |
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Home Page Customization Choose from seven different home page customization formats |
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Hundreds of Categories & Subcategories Almost any Amazon product can be sold in your store |
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Customize the Look & Feel Control the colors, fonts, images and layout of your store from top to bottom |
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Powerful Search Features Visitors can quickly find products and categories that interest them |
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In-Depth Product Info Photos and item attributes show your customers exactly what they're buying |
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Built-In Shopping Cart Keep visitors on your site until checkout at Amazon (Full Version) |
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SEO Settings (Search Engine Optimization) Optimize your store for improved search engine ranking |
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RSS Support Include external RSS Feeds and also enable internal RSS feeds of your store pages |
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WordPress Plug-In Support Show product info in blog posts so your readers can buy from your store |
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Customer & Editorial Product Reviews Helps your shoppers make an informed buying decision |
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Built on Amazon Web Services Real-time access to product and pricing information |
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Miscellaneous Features Everything else not categorized above |
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| Simple Setup |
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Installs in just minutes |
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All you need is a domain name and a web host with PHP |
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Runs on Linux, Unix and Windows Servers |
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Absolutely NO programming required |
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Absolutely NO database required |
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| Generous License |
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A single license lets you setup multiple stores, with multiple domains (using your Amazon Associate IDs) |
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Freedom to focus on creating your stores instead of worrying about a cumbersome license |
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With our Full Version (paid version), you keep 100% of any affiliate commissions/traffic from your stores. |
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With our Lite Version (free version), you keep 90% of any affiliate commissions/traffic from your stores. |
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Simple subscription plan – $99 first year, $20 per year thereafter (Full Version) |
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| Supports Multiple Amazon Locales |
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Amazon.com |
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Amazon.co.uk since v2.4 |
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Amazon.ca since v2.4 |
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Amazon.de since v3.0 |
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Amazon.fr since v3.0.5 |
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| Web-Based Admin Control Panel |
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User-friendly, control panel that you open in a web browser |
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Simple, yet powerful customization options |
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Customize your store as little or as much as you want with over 250 settings |
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Automatic backup and recovery of your saved store settings |
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Version checker inside Control Panel |
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| Home Page Customization Options |
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| Choose from seven different home page customization formats. |
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Blended Format: See many products across all your store categories for a particular keyword |
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Single Item Format: Show a single item on your home page |
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Browse Node Format: Show a specific browse node on your home page |
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ASIN List Format: Show up to 10 ASINs to the home page |
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Mall Format: Sell across any and all available Amazon.com categories whereas before you were required to specify a topic for your store. This option gives your homepage a category-centric view. |
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Custom HTML Format: Specify whatever HTML content you want to be displayed in the body |
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External HTML/PHP Format: Include an external HTML file or PHP script |
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| Control the Look & Feel |
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Customize the look & feel of your store from top to bottom |
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Wrap a custom header & footer HTML file around your store pages |
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If you already have a website, give your store the look & feel of your existing website |
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Text logo option for those who don't have an actual logo image |
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Image control options within the Home, Listing and Item pages (e.g. Small, Tiny, Medium, Large) |
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Customizable icons and buttons throughout (you simply swap in your images) |
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CSS – dozens of hooks to further customize your store beyond the control panel |
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Option to specify an external CSS file to fine tune the look and feel of your store |
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| Powerful Search Features |
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Search all product categories in your store at once |
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Search within specific product categories |
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Search within results to narrow down items returned |
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Keyword Filtering (Searches, Subcategories, Related Categories and other links) |
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Control whether user keywords trump your category-level keywords or vice versa |
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Control how many times a recovery search attempt is made when no results are found |
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Unavailable items (in most cases) are now filtered from your store |
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Advanced search page |
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| In-Depth Product Information |
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Greater breadth and depth of product detail such as dimensions, weights, ratings, etc. |
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More product images than ever before including photos and swatches (with enlarged views) |
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Control which offers have preference: Amazon items, Lowest Price New, Lowest Price Used, Lowest Price Collectible or Lowest Price Refurbished |
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Browse up to 1000 offers per item sorted by price and whether the item is
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Links to Similar Items, Accessories and related Manufacturers, Brands, Publishers and Record Labels where available |
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Notation next to release/publication dates telling how many days until an item is to be released or if already released whether the item was new this week or this month |
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Turn on/off all references to Amazon including text and buttons |
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| Built-In Shopping Cart (Full Version) |
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Keep shoppers on your site until checkout at Amazon |
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Add, Update, Delete Items |
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Email notifications of cart additions and checkouts |
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Checkout with all items at once on Amazon |
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Customizable shopping cart instructions |
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Buy Buttons on Category/Subcategory pages as well as on Product pages |
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Suggestion selling options (e.g. Similar Items, Similar Viewed Items,
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| Customer & Editorial Product Reviews |
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Browse up to 5000 customer reviews per item |
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View editorial reviews from Amazon and others |
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Sort reviews by overall rating, submission date or overall helpfulness |
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Filter unwanted reviews |
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| Built on Amazon Web Services |
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Utilizes Amazon Web Services (Product Advertising API) |
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Connects to Amazon for realtime product information and pricing |
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Uses your domain name throughout the shopping experience |
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Final checkout happens on Amazon's site so they can fulfill the order |
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| Miscellaneous Features |
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Cross-browser compatible (Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla FireFox, Opera, etc...) |
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API lets you access AOM variables inside your custom scripts (Custom Boxes & Custom Pages) |
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Page caching for faster page loads and less network traffic |
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See real-time reports (via email) when someone adds to the cart or checks out from your store * |
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Supports third-party site traffic tracking programs |
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Customizable "Powered By" Link Area * |
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Ability to rename store (shop.php) and control panel (admin.php) file names |
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Unlimited AOM Categories (tabs) per each Amazon Category |
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Customizable Category Names/Nodes/Keywords |
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Create categories around ASINs of your choice |
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Create subcategories around Browse Nodes and ASINs of your choice |
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Control which items are displayed in your store be it Amazon only, third party merchants or both |
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Item Filtering (by Keyword in Item Title or ASIN) |
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Browse Node Filtering (Links throughout your site that use a node) |
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Caching now controlled from the control panel as well as automatic cache cleanup |
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Set the overall width and alignment of your store |
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Many settings to control what is and isn't displayed |
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Control the display order of Categories throughout your store (e.g. Tabs, Blended Search, etc.) |
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Control the display order of all Content Boxes (e.g. Category Box, Subcat Box, Related Cat Box, Information Links Box and Custom Content Boxes) |
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Product selections for Size, Color, etc, where applicable within Jewelry, Sporting Goods, Apparel |
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RSS – Include external RSS feeds inside your store pages * |
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Supports linking to existing HTML pages (i.e. contact page, company page, etc.) |
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Supports any custom HTML content you provide such as Rotating Ads, Featured Items, Newsletter Subscription boxes, etc. |
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Currency symbol and rate customizations |
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Custom Pages let you create your own pages inside AOM's look/feel (e.g. About us, Contact, etc.). Use Raw HTML or include an external HTML/PHP file. When an external PHP script is included, AOM variables become available to it (provides framework for custom add-ons/modules). |
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Custom Boxes let you add custom content to various locations of the page (Ad trackers, Traffic trackers, Newsletter boxes, and just about anything else). Use Raw HTML or include an external HTML/PHP file. When an external PHP script is included AOM variables become available to it (provides framework for custom addons/modules). |
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* This feature is disabled in Associate-O-Matic Lite (our Free version).
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