“Checkout on Amazon” Feature

The Checkout on Amazon feature allows your visitors to add Amazon-based products to their local WooCommerce cart and complete the purchase directly on Amazon.

Video guide

How to Activate the Feature

This feature works only when you create a Simple WooCommerce product (not an External/Affiliate product) and sync Content Egg Amazon offers with your WooCommerce products.

It is supported only with the WooCommerce Checkout block, not with outdated shortcodes. If you are still using shortcodes, please convert them to blocks first.

If you are using the Import Tools, make sure to set WooCommerce Product Type to Simple Product in your import preset settings.

Go to Content Egg → Settings → WooCommerce → Amazon Checkout Button and select Enable Amazon checkout button. Then save the settings.

(Optional) You can customize the button text from: Content Egg → Settings → Frontend → Frontend Texts

How It Works

1. User adds products to your WooCommerce cart

   • Supports quantity changes, removing products, etc.

   
2. On the cart page, the default WooCommerce checkout button is replaced with: “Checkout on Amazon” (label can be customized)

1. When clicked:

• Content Egg collects all Amazon products in the cart

• Builds an Amazon Add-to-Cart request (ASIN.n + quantity)

• Redirects the user to Amazon’s “Add to Shopping Cart” confirmation page

1. The visitor clicks “Add to Cart” on Amazon → Products are added to their Amazon cart, and your AssociateTag is automatically applied.

Affiliate Tracking & Bonus Facts

• Your Amazon partner ID is passed via the AssociateTag parameter

• Amazon carts created this way typically last up to 30 days → If the customer completes a purchase within this period, you receive the commission

Conditions & Requirements

• Works with both Amazon API and Amazon NoAPI modules

• Content Egg’s Amazon products must be synchronized with a WooCommerce product so the WooCommerce cart can identify Amazon items. If you are using Import Tools, the products will be synchronized automatically.

• Do not mix products from different Amazon locales (e.g., amazon.com + amazon.de)

• Only one locale can be sent to Amazon at a time → If mixed, only items from the first detected locale will be used

• If the WooCommerce cart contains Amazon + non-Amazon products:

  • Only Amazon items are sent to the Amazon cart

  • Non-Amazon products remain in the WooCommerce cart

What the Customer Sees

• “Add to cart” behavior on your site remains unchanged

• On the cart page, they see a clear Checkout on Amazon button

• One click opens Amazon with all Amazon items preloaded

• They approve the Add to Shopping Cart step

• Checkout and payment happen entirely on Amazon

Why This Helps

• Google doesn’t see affiliate links — your shop looks fully local.

• Amazon cart lasts up to 30 days (vs 24-hour cookie).

• Fewer steps → higher conversions.

Possible Downsides

• Some visitors may hesitate to use your local cart.

• Lower conversion if users only want product details, not an immediate purchase.

Here is an improved and cleaner version:

Not Using WooCommerce?

You can still offer an Amazon cart option using a special template shortcode:

[content-egg module=Amazon template=add_to_cart]

This displays an “Add All to Cart” that sends all listed Amazon products directly to the customer’s Amazon cart—similar to the WooCommerce integration, but without requiring WooCommerce.