Amazon aStores - The No-Nonsense Guide

aStore for Amazon Associates, the new buzz word from Amazon.com, let Associates creates professional looking niche product or general online stores - up to a hundred each - to promote and sell Amazon product lines. While earning the same Referral Fees as other Associates websites, aStores are much simpler to built, and does not require the Associate to have any any programming skills at all.

Just like Squidoo'ing, but much simpler, creating aStores is a 4-step process and can be completed in a matter of minutes. Further, these stores can embedded within an Associates present website, created as a stand-alone site or linked to from your present website.

Ready? Here we go..

p.s.
Amazon has developed the aStore interface much further now which has yet to be updated here, Soon...

Create your aStore

If you are not, then Join as an Amazon Associate.

If you already are, then Log-in to your Associate's Account, click on the aStore tab on the menu column and you'll be taken to the Manage Your aStores page.

Next click on the Add an aStore button and create your Tracking ID on the following page. Enter the tracking ID you would like to use for your new aStore. You can very well use your Assciate ID as the tracking ID for your first store, other wise find a name that is as close to your planned product content that you are going to promote. Click on the Search to continue.

The Tracking ID can include alphanumeric characters, dashes, and underscores and can be up to 64 characters long but excludes spaces.
If the tracking ID you requested is not available (already taken by another Associate), the wizard will show you some alternatives you can choose or reject.
The tracking ID will be your aStore's URL: http://astore.amazon.com/your-Tracking-ID-20
The -20 numerical at the end of your URL is the designation for Amazon US Associates.

On acceptance of the Trackind ID, you are now ready to continue with your niche product line(s) in creating your aStore pages.

Creating Category pages

Start a new Menu Item by creating a Category. Click on the Add Category Page button.

Give your category a Custom Title.

Choose the to select products from Amazon.com's inventory. You can either:

Handpick individual products for each page,
Display products that belong to selected Amazon categories or sub-categories, or
Display products from Amazon Listmania lists.

Add individual products

Add product

Use the Search feature to find the product you want, or the ASIN/ISBN of individual product.
Click on the "Add" button to add the products from the search results to the category page. Click on the hyperlinked search results to see product details on Amazon.com.
In the "Added Product" box, add a custom description for each selected product by clicking on image or rearrange the order of products in the pop-up. This will help you to personalize your website.

Display product by category

Products from Amazon Listmania

Category description displayed at the top of this page
Make your aStore unique. Add your own text to explain each category or additional information to enhance the read value of your store.

At the bottom of the page are options for you to:

Hide category navigation, especially useful if you wanr a narrower width store or if you want to embed (iframe) this into your present webside, and
Enable a link back to my site in the navigation.

Creating Subcategory pages

Start a new Submenu Item by creating a Subcategory.

Highlight the Menu item where you want to add this content and click on the Add Subcategory Page button.

Procedure of adding products are similar to the Creating Categories.

The Move Up, Move Down and Remove buttons.
Use this button to further organize the sequencing of you Categories and Subcategories. Highlight the menu item you want organized (move up, move down or delete) before activating these button.

You can always come back to rearrange the listing later.

Color, Design & Name of Store

Customize the look and feel of your store by selecting the color theme, specifying the store title and including a link to your logo. The logo will appear next to the store title.

Choose a color scheme for your store
Choose from the color theme dropbox or use your own artistic talent to create a more exclusive shopfront color scheme.

Give your store a name
This name will appear as in the title bar of the browser and an optionally be included in the header, or shown incorporated with a small logo (200 pixels wide by 75 pixels tall) which is served from your own server.

You can always come back and edit/change this page later.

Sidebar Widgets

aStore offers the flexibility of using widgets (sidebar and body) to display Amazon.com's unique features like product similar items, accessories, customer reviews, etc.

First you need to pick the sidebar placement, to the right or left of your main content display. Next choose the widgets that you want displayed on the four different types of pages that aStores offered. They are the:

Featured Product and Category Pages,
Product Detail Page,
Search Results Page and
Shopping Cart Page.

You can always come back and edit/change this page later.

Finish & Get Links

Get the link to your aStore from the last page of the setup sequence and you're done. There are a number of ways to use your aStore links:

Link to your aStore as a stand-alone site
Easiest is to make your aStore a stand-alone section of your Web site by adding a "Store" link to your main site navigation bar that links directly to your new store.

Select Link to your aStore as a stand-alone site in the above Get Link form.
Click the Highlight HTML button and copy the selected store URL.
Then add a "Store" link to your site's main navigation using the URL provided in steps 1 and 2.

Embed your aStore using an inline frame
This method of embedding your aStore will appear to your visitors as if the aStore is part of your site and enable them to shop without leaving your site.

Create a new page or select the existing page on your site into which you would like to embed your aStore.
Select Embed your aStore using an inline frame in the above Get Link form.
Click the Highlight HTML button and copy the selected code.
Then paste the code into the HTML of the page you selected in step 2.
Add a "Store" link to your site's main navigation that links to the page containing your aStore.

Frame your aStore into your Web site using a frameset
This method of embeding your store will also be appear to your visitors as if the store is part of your Web site and enable them to shop without leaving your site.

Select Integrate your aStore using a frameset in the above form to view sample frameset code with you store's URL already placed into one of the frames.
Create a new frameset page using the code sample provided above or any custom frameset that better fits the structure of your Web site.
Place your site's navigation in one of the frames and your aStore URL in another frame.
Add a "Store" link to your site's main navigation and link it to the new frameset you just created.

You can use the same store in a differing set up.

That's it!

Book Award Books

Book Award Books, an Amazon aStore, is a tantalizingly addictive bookstore not only for serious readers and connoisseurs of award winning books but for all as well.

Book Award Books features a Book Search section, where you can search the whole inventory of books from Amazon.com, a Books in Spanish section and a by-year listing of book awards for the Man Booker Prize, National Book Award, NBCC Award, Nobel Prize for Literature, Pulitzer Prize, The Coretta Scott King Awards and more.

Trully a book connoisseur's two-cups coffee stop.

The Museum of Innocence

by: Orhan Pamuk

Release Date: 10/20/2009

Avg. Customer Rating:

Amazon Price: $19.11 (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $28.95
Used Price: $17.87

Usually ships in 24 hours

Istanbul: Memories and the City

by: Orhan Pamuk

Release Date: 07/11/2006

Avg. Customer Rating:

Amazon Price: $10.85 (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $15.95
Used Price: $4.58

Usually ships in 24 hours

CAD/CAM Books Bookstore

CAD/CAM abbreviates the combination of computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing.

Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of a wide range of computer-based tools that assist engineers, architects and other design professionals in their design activities. It is the main geometry authoring tool within the Product Lifecycle Management process and involves both software and sometimes special-purpose hardware. Current packages range from 2D vector based drafting systems to 3D solid and surface modellers.

Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) is the use of a wide range of Product Lifecycle Management computer-based software tools that assist engineers, in the manufacture of product components. 3D models of components generated in CAD software are used to generate CNC code to drive numerical controled machine tools. This involves the engineer in selecting what type of tool, machining process and paths that are to be used.

CAD-CAM Graficos, Animacion y Simulacion Por Computador (Spanish Edition)

by: Sanz

Avg. Customer Rating:

Amazon Price: $31.60 (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $31.60
Used Price: $78.80

Temporarily out of stock. Order now and we'll deliver when available. We'll e-mail you with an estimated delivery date as soon as we have more information. Your credit card will not be charged until we ship the item.

Digital Design and Manufacturing: CAD/CAM Applications in Architecture and Design

by: Daniel Schodek, Martin Bechthold, James Kimo Griggs, Kenneth Kao, Marco Steinberg

Avg. Customer Rating:

Amazon Price: $60.32 (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $85.00
Used Price: $39.99

Usually ships in 24 hours

maxBLITZ Digital Communications

Get your copy of Windows Vista Ultimate now and you've got it all. You'll be uploading and sharing digital photos, making movies, and working from home. It's the ideal solution for someone who wants a home PC for entertainment purposes that can also be connected to a corporate network. And it's perfect for the small-business owner who wants a PC to use at the office, on the road, and at home.

Included are all the new features available in the other versions of Vista, plus more:

* BitLocker Drive Encryption - protect your data by preventing unauthorized users from breaking Windows file

*Remote Desktop and Windows Media Center - don't chose between work and fun, Vista Ultimate is the only version that offers both

Easy Microsoft Windows Vista (2nd Edition)

by: Shelley O'Hara

Avg. Customer Rating:

Amazon Price: $16.49 (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $21.99
Used Price: $11.95

Usually ships in 24 hours

Microsoft Windows Vista Step by Step

by: Joan Preppernau

Avg. Customer Rating:

Amazon Price: $16.49 (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $24.99
Used Price: $4.75

Usually ships in 24 hours

My Architecture Book Store

Architecture is an interdisciplinary field, drawing upon mathematics, science, art, technology, social sciences, politics, history, and philosophy. Vitruvius states: "Architecture is a science, arising out of many other sciences, and adorned with much and varied learning: by the help of which a judgment is formed of those works which are the result of other arts." He adds that an architect should be well versed in fields such as music and astronomy. Philosophy is a particular favorite; in fact the approach of an architect to their subject is often called their philosophy. Rationalism, empiricism, structuralism, post-structuralism, and phenomenology are some topics from philosophy that have influenced architecture.

My Architecture Books Store bring you select and searchable books on Architects, Architecture, Career Guide, Listmania Recommendations, Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureates, Student's Text, Architecture Magazines, Computers, Software, Office Electronics hardware and more.

Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strength of Architecture

by: Mario Salvadori

Avg. Customer Rating:

Amazon Price: $12.21 (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $17.95
Used Price: $2.34

Usually ships in 24 hours

Refabricating Architecture: How Manufacturing Methodologies are Poised to Transform Building Construction

by: Stephen Kieran, James Timberlake, Stephen Kieran, James Timberlake

Avg. Customer Rating:

Amazon Price: $18.76 (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $21.95
Used Price: $12.95

Usually ships in 24 hours

My Elvis Presley Memorabilia Store

Famous in life, Elvis Presley has become even more famous in death as an icon of American music and TV-era celebrity. Presley hit the charts as a rock 'n roll rebel in the 1950s. His 9 September 1956 appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show (with Presley shown only from the waist up to hide his swivelling hips) turned him into one of the era's biggest stars. His many hits included "Jailhouse Rock," "Hound Dog" and "Blue Suede Shoes." He also appeared in dozens of lighthearted movies designed to let him cavort and play the guitar onscreen, including King Creole (1958, with Walter Matthau) and Blue Hawaii (1961, with Angela Lansbury). In the late 1960s, after a period of declining fame, he remade himself into "The King," a melodramatic icon known for his sequined karate-style jumpsuits and megaconcerts. The loyalty of his fans is famous; though he died in 1977, sightings of a supposedly surviving Elvis became a kind of international running joke...

Elv1s 30 #1 Hits

Release Date: 09/24/2002

Avg. Customer Rating:

Amazon Price: $10.99 (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $11.96
Used Price: $5.33

Usually ships in 24 hours

Elvis Christmas

Release Date: 10/03/2006

Avg. Customer Rating:

Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $9.99
Used Price: $5.98

Usually ships in 24 hours

My Favorite Music Store

My Favorite collection of the latest and bestselling in New Age and International music albums including Ambient, Celtic New Age, Compilations, Environmental, Healing, Meditation, Nature, Relaxation, World Dance and music from Africa, Asia, Australia, Cajun, Caribbean, Celtic, Central America, Cuba, Europe, Far East, India, Latin Music, Mexico, Middle East, North America, Pacific Islands, Reggae, Rock, South America, Zydeco and other regions of the world...

The Most Relaxing New Age Music in the Universe

Release Date: 01/25/2005

Avg. Customer Rating:

Amazon Price: $10.99 (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $11.98
Used Price: $7.48

Usually ships in 24 hours

Instrumental Paradise Volume 8

Release Date: 09/24/2009

Avg. Customer Rating:

Amazon Price: $13.99 (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $14.98
Used Price: $11.48

Usually ships in 24 hours

My Prints & Posters Store

Time was co-founded in 1923 by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce, making it the first weekly news magazine in the United States. The two had previously worked together as chairman and managing editor of the Yale Daily News. Hadden was a rather carefree figure, who liked to tease Luce and saw Time as something important but also fun. That accounts for its tone, which many people still criticize as too light for serious news and more suited to its heavy coverage of celebrities (including politicians), the entertainment industry, and pop culture. It set out to tell the news through people, and for many decades the magazine's cover was of a single person. The first issue of Time was published on March 3, 1923, featuring on its cover Joseph G. Cannon, the retired Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. People was originally inspired by Time's People page...

Secretariat, Race Horse, Art Poster by TIME Magazine, size 11" x 14"

Avg. Customer Rating:

Amazon Price: $23.08 (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price:
Used Price:

Usually ships in 3-5 weeks

Internet, The, Art Poster by TIME Magazine, size 8" x 10"

Avg. Customer Rating:

Amazon Price: $18.48 (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price:
Used Price:

Usually ships in 3-5 weeks

The T-Shirt Shoppe

What became the modern T-Shirt was developed in 1932 when officials from the University of Southern California Trojans football team (often credited to coach Howard Jones) asked Jockey International, Inc. to develop an inexpensive undergarment to absorb sweat and prevent a football player's shoulder pads from causing chafing. This resulted in the invention of the crewneck (or crew-neck) T-shirt. The shirts proved so popular that students started stealing them from the athletes and the athletic department reacted by stenciling "Property of USC" on each shirt, inadvertently making them even more popular.

Wiggles Shirts - Shadow Car Infant/Toddler T-Shirt

Avg. Customer Rating:

Amazon Price: (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price:
Used Price:

Noddy Shirts - Noddy Car and Airplane Infant/Toddler T-Shirt

Avg. Customer Rating:

Amazon Price: (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price:
Used Price:

The Way Of The Web

The Internet and the World Wide Web are not synonymous: the Internet is a collection of interconnected computer networks, linked by copper wires, fiber-optic cables, wireless connections, etc.; the Web is a collection of interconnected documents and other resources, linked by hyperlinks and URLs. The World Wide Web is accessible via the Internet, as are many other services including e-mail, file sharing, and others described below.

The best way to define and distinguish between these terms is to understand the Internet protocol suite. This collection of protocols is organized into layers such that each layer provides the foundation and the services required by the layer above. In this conception, the term Internet refers to computer networks that all communicate with IP (Internet protocol) and TCP (transfer control protocol). Once this networking structure is established, then other protocols can run "on top." These other protocols are sometimes called services or applications...

Internet Riches: The Simple Money-Making Secrets of Online Millionaires

by: Scott Fox

Avg. Customer Rating:

Amazon Price: $12.21 (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $17.95
Used Price: $7.52

Usually ships in 24 hours

The Internet For Dummies

by: John R. Levine, Margaret Levine Young, Carol Baroudi

Avg. Customer Rating:

Amazon Price: $14.95 (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $21.99
Used Price: $11.97

Usually ships in 24 hours

The Watch Shop

Today, the most common type of watch is the wristwatch, worn on the wrist and fastened with a watchband made of leather, nylon or other plastics (then called strap), metal links (called bracelet) or even ceramic. Before the inexpensive miniaturization that became possible in the 20th century, most watches were pocket watches, which had covers and were carried separately, often in a pocket and attached to a watch chain or fob.

In the 21st century, technological advances in metallurgy, composite materials development and physical vapor deposition greatly influence watch design and manufacturing. Solid stainless steel, titanium, tungsten carbide, carbon fiber, high-tech ceramic and ion plating processes dominate a considerable market share of today's modern watch-making industry.

The Watch Shop brings everyday low prices on Men's, Women's and Children's watches, Aviator Watches, Luxury Brands, Pocket Watches, Sports Watches, Watch Accessories, Watch Guides books and Magazines.