August 2003
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
7h 33m
English
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Sell Items with Pop-up Windows
Amazon Quick-Click Buying pop-ups are as close as you can get to 1-Click buying on your site.
If keeping your visitors at your site is a priority, you may not be comfortable with linking away [Hack #59] or even having your visitors leave to add items to their Amazon cart [Hack #60]. Instead, you can include buttons on your site that will open a new, smaller window that your visitors can use to buy items. This keeps your site in the background so it’s easy for your visitors to return.
Amazon has a ready-made system for this purpose called Quick-Click Buying. You simply add some JavaScript to your web page that specifies a Quick-Click URL to open when a button is clicked. Figure 5-3 shows a web page that lists a few books with Quick-Click buttons below them.
Figure 5-3. A web page with Quick-Click Buying buttons
When a visitor clicks the “Buy from Amazon.com” button, a new window like the one in Figure 5-4 opens with purchasing options.
Figure 5-4. Quick-Click Buying pop-up window
The Code
Add this code to any existing web page to display one Quick-Click “Buy from Amazon.com” button. Be sure to include your associate tag and the ASIN for the item.
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