Why I Think ReviewAZON is The Best Amazon Plugin for WordPress

I’ve recommended the ReviewAZON Amazon WordPress plugin to a few of my IM friends recently and thought it would be a good idea to share here why I like it so much and why I think it’s the best WordPress plugin you can get for Amazon.

I’ve been an Amazon Associate for a couple of years now and have used it primarily to monetise my book review website: Blue Archipelago. As I’ve said previously I signed up for Info Product Killer last year and expanded my use of the Amazon programme to make money selling “real” products in the run up to Christmas.

People say that Amazon Associates isn’t a great affiliate programme because the commissions are too low – why take 6% from Amazon when you get 50% selling ebooks on ClickBank? Well personally I think both have their place – and the best thing about the Amazon programme is that you earn commission on everything that goes in basket – not just the product you recommended – and we all know how easy it is to buy multiple items from Amazon

The big downside though is the amout of time it takes to add products to your site. Even with the introduction of the Amazon Stripe you still have to do a lot of cutting and pasting and fiddling. I’ve even tried a few WP plugins but nothing worked perfectly.

Then I discovered Brad and the ReviewAZON plugin. This one is streets ahead of any of the other Amazon plugins for WordPress. ReviewAZON allows you to display over 25 different pieces of product content in your blog post including average customer rating, product description, customer reviews, pricing, brand, manufacturer, and product details. And it’s all done through a single click on the Add New Post screen.

I bought the plugin to use at Blue Archipelago – my book review site. It adds value for my readers as not only can they read my review of the book – but they can also scroll down and read reviews that have been posted on Amazon.

Here’s some screen shots to show how great it looks. At the top of this page is my review – and then we have the image of the book cover with price information and a nice Order Now button. Just under that is the Product Description that is called from Amazon.

ReviewAZON in action at Blue Archipelago

Then we have space for video reviews – these are called from YouTube and will only appear if there are any. And below that Customer Reviews; which once again are called straight from Amazon.

ReviewAZON in action – Customer Reviews

Finally – look over on the right of this image to see Similar Items; this is just a widget that pulls back other Amazon products. It could be similar items, best sellers, accessories etc.

ReviewAZON in action – similar products widget

Having enhanced my book reviews I then thought about how ReviewAZON could be used in conjunction with Info Product Killer. The plugin comes with an unlimited license – so you can use it across multiple domains without paying a ridiculous license fee. I’ve built a couple of ‘store’ sites around a theme – and used the bulk posting option to just set and forget. You simply tell the plugin what products you want to include on your site and then over time it will drip feed them on for you!

And while I add my own unique content to my book reviews posts – it really isn’t necessary. I have a site that is ranking well in the search engines and bringing in traffic and all I did was set up a bulk post drip feed in the ReviewAZON plugin and then set up two campaigns at The Link Juicer to build back links.

The possibilities are endless!

Oh and you don’t have to be a techie to be able to work with this plugin – you just upload it to your WP dashboard, follow the set-up instructions – and away you go. And if you do get stuck there is a fantastic support forum. And Brad himself is a gem. I actually had a couple of issues when I started messing around with the advanced settings and Brad just went in and fixed them for me – and on a Sunday too!

So there you have it – the reasons why I think that ReviewAZON is the best Amazon plugin for WordPress and why I think you should get your copy of ReviewAZON today.