[Support request] Custom Amazon Ads Won’t Appear

[Christopher]

I’m having a real problem with placing custom Amazon affiliate ads into my website’s posts. I don’t get what the issue is and I can’t seem to resolve it. It’s really driving me mad!

I want to use the use custom ads as you can pick and choose a specific layout of products you want to promote, and they come in a banner form.

I’ve just been trying with the standard custom first. To do so:

1) I log into my Amazon affiliates page
2) Log into Amazon.com
3) Find a product
4) Select custom
5) Copy the HTML
6) Go to Word Press
7) Add a custom HTML block to my post
8) Paste the HTLM there

And that should be it done but it won’t show up. When I click ‘preview’ nothing shows up. When I lick ‘convert to blocks’ just to have a see what happens, a little ‘play’ icon appears.

https://chrissoundlab.com/why-does-my-audio-interface-crackle/

Here is the post I’ve been trying it on, the custom ad should appear under the sentence ‘If doing the above didn’t resolve this, it may be time to upgrade your computer. Buying a decent solid-state drive is a good place to start.’

It doesn’t matter what post I try with though; the custom ads never show up.

Heres’ the HTML I’m trying to insert:

<script type=”text/javascript”>
amzn_assoc_tracking_id = “chrissoundlab-20”;
amzn_assoc_ad_mode = “manual”;
amzn_assoc_ad_type = “smart”;
amzn_assoc_marketplace = “amazon”;
amzn_assoc_region = “US”;
amzn_assoc_design = “enhanced_links”;
amzn_assoc_asins = “B08QBMD6P4”;
amzn_assoc_placement = “adunit”;
amzn_assoc_linkid = “ef88f7a4acb59fe44b37511554747532″;
</script>
<script src=”//z-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/onejs?MarketPlace=US”></script>

If anyone could help me to resolve this, I’d be really grateful.

Thanks in advance!

[David]

Hi there,

try disabling any optimization plugins and clearing any browser caches.

[Christopher]

Tried deleting cache, no luck.

[Leo]

I can’t see how this would be a theme issue.

Have you tried disabling all plugins to eliminate conflicts from elsewhere?

Does the issue exist with a Twenty series WP theme?

I’m not sure if Amazon provides support for this but it would be good to check with them first.

[David]

Hi Christopher,

I have had this problem on all of my sites (which do not use GeneratePress) and what I have discovered is:

From the home page of any of my sites, bring up developer tools (F12 on Microsoft Edge)

Click on ‘Sources’

in the left-hand column, select: z-na.amazon-adsystem.com -> widgets -> onejs?MarketPlace=US

click on ‘Pretty-print’ tab

scroll down to line 1095, you will see:

blockedViewerCountriesJson = {
GB: “true”,
FR: “true”,
DE: “true”,
IT: “true”,
ES: “true”,
TR: “true”,
NL: “true”,
SE: “true”,
PL: “true”
};

If I use VPN to spoof my location to any of those countries listed, the ads do not appear.
Choosing any country not in that list causes the ads to appear.

I just tried this with your site and the same thing happens.

It does not ‘cure’ the problem, but points the finger at Amazon. Perhaps GeneratePress can investigate?

You may already know about this but if not, maybe it will help.

Regards,
David Conn.

[Leo]

Thanks for sharing David!

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