Amazon Hacks

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.

<script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { // Set pop-up Window Options var winoptions = 'location=yes,'; ...