I posted this tip a while ago on my author site and received positive feedback. If you set up buying links for your books, many of you are probably posting Amazon links for each country that you think your book will likely realize some sales.
There is no need to do this.
I was getting frustrated when I ran a free book promotion weekend and experimented with placing a Facebook ad that reached out to multiple countries. My dilemma with doing this is that I didn’t have a way to post all of the links for the various Amazon sites in other countries on my ad without it looking clumsy.
I searched for a way to create a universal link for my book. A universal link, when clicked by a potential reader, is designed to take them to my book on the appropriate Amazon page for their country.
All they needed to do was click this one link and it would take them to the Amazon site for the country they were currently in.
I couldn’t believe how easy it was to do this at absolutely no cost. The site I used is called Booklinker. You can find it HERE. It’s very easy to use. Just paste the URL for your book from any country’s Amazon site in the field as shown:
Once you paste in your link and click on the button, you’ll see this screen with a dropdown menu:
You will then end up with a link that you can copy and paste:
The best thing about using this site is the dashboard. During my giveaway weekend, I was able to see how many people were clicking the link from my ad and from what countries:
I hope this has been helpful to you. If you have any questions or comments regarding your experience with creating universal links, please jump in.
Reblogged this on Author Don Massenzio and commented:
Check out this helpful post that I’m running over on my DSM Publications site. Stop those days of posting multiple Amazon links for each country. This is quick and easy.
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Reblogged this on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog.
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Thanks for sharing this, Chris.
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I hope it helps get your editing services noticed by more people, Don 😃
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That’s the plan. Thanks again.
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👍😃
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Thanks, Don, I am working on the promotion of my new book. All help is appreciated.
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Setting up these links was a great help to me. You can click on the link and, no matter what country you’re in, it brings you to the correct Amazon site.
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Thanks for sharing this.
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Reblogged this on Claire Plaisted – Indie Author and commented:
Thank you for this…
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Thanks for sharing this.
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It is a much needed blog…
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Thanks.
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Thanks for sharing this, Viv.
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Thanks for sharing this, Anna
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Universal Book Links are very convenient, but people who use them should understand that they work via geo-location – i.e. when you click them, you are being tracked by whichever company is offering the links. If that tracking data stays with that one company then I guess it’s a viable choice. If the data is ‘shared’ however, without your knowledge or consent, then it becomes part of the privacy debate that began with Cambridge Analytica & Facebook. No free lunches I’m afraid. 😦
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Good point. Thanks for weighing in.
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Devil’s Advocate.
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I’ve been searching how to achieve this universal link for ages without luck!! Thank you so much for the clear and informative post – off to create one for my book now!!
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You’re welcome. I’m glad it helped.
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