Affiliate Niche Script was released at the beginning of February and we have been receiving approximately 1000 download requests a week.
Firstly I would like to say thank you to all those who have provided their feedback, we have listened to your feature requests and fixed the bugs you have found.
Today v1.1 has been released and will be available is available for download shortly.
There are now two flavours of ANS, ANS Pro and ANS Free.
ANS Pro will be available for FREE to all 1.0 users. If you created an account on our homepage you will receive an email sometime today with download instructions.
New signups from now will not qualify for the FREE UPGRADE and will only have the choice to download the free version or buy ANS Pro.
ANS Free is a free download with all the features of Pro except:
- seo urls
- 1/10 refferals are credited to us
- footer link can not be removed
ANS Pro is now for sale at just $97, still cheaper than AOM!
So what has changed from 1.0 to 1.1 ?
New Features
- added dynamic sitemap
- added ability to create new category from a list of asins
- added ability to enter unique content for each category using TinyMCE editor
- added Similar Products box for product pages
- added ability to add “featured products” for each category page
- added multi language support
- added option to remove category name & product name from product/review/offer urls
- when changing the product url parameter order you no longer need to update the .htaccess file.
- improved page loading speed by optimising db calls. persistent connect dropped. caching enabled for category data calls, configurable to your own time limit.
- improved error checking for the installer & search requests.
Bug Fixes
- fixed bug where page 2+ does not load from homepage
- fixed bug where categories that had been created were missing from the admin panel
- fixed bug where category with same name could not be added. you can now have two sub-categories with same name, but not a root cat & sub category with same name.
- fixed issue where searching using the “All” option would return an error.
- fixed add offers to cart bug
- fixed bug where if “import subcategories” was unticked, subcategories for pre-defined categories were still imported
- fixed broken rss feeds for categories.
- fixed broken “delete” link in user bookmarks
Now, its time to get your store’s making some money – otherwise what’s the point ?
Yes it really is true, ANS is now completely 100% free. Affiliate Niche Script is no longer on sale, all sales have been refunded.
There is no catch all features are enabled and 100% commission goes to you, unlike some other “free” amazon scripts.
Go to the download page and give us your feedback on the forums
After a 1 year of development and months of preparation, we are proud to announce Affiliate Niche Script v1.0 has been released.
What is Affiliate Niche Script?
Affiliate Niche Script is a Self-Hosted PHP software platform built around the Amazon Product API. Affiliate Niche Script allows you to create unique & highly optimized web stores automatically by populating your website with 1000’s of Amazon Products & Reviews from any niche you choose.
For a full overview of the scripts features, see our features page or take a look at the comparison table to see how we compare to other Amazon affiliate scripts.
Check out the live demo over @ http://demo.affiliatenichescript.com/
Have a question or need some help? Our forums are now open for discussions.
Affiliate Niche Script is priced at only $97! Buy Now
Affiliate Niche Script has finally reached v1.0 and is ready for release as soon as our site is up and running.
It’s been a long 12 months developing ANS but I have enjoyed every moment. Development does not stop here, we have some great plans on how we wish to progress this product in the future.
The script itself has had no major changes since my last blog post, just mainly fix’s, minor enhancements and cosmetic changes.
Within the next month or two we will be launching two new niche web-store’s based on ANS and we will be blogging every stage of the project from niche research, site configuration, SEO and regular earnings reports. This will be an excellent resource for any level of web-master so be sure to check back later.
We really hope Affiliate Niche Script will be ready for launch next Friday, on 29th January 2010.
Today we have setup a demo site for you to see what Affiliate Niche Script looks like.
At present, the frontend is only available for the demo and we will implement the admin backend demo in the next day or two.
Demo Site: http://demo.affiliatenichescript.com/
Today is a big day for us, affiliate niche script has finally reached beta after 11 long months of development!
It’s not too late to become a beta tester, simply email us: admin [at] affiliatenichescript.com.
We will shortly be hosting a demo site to see the script running hands on.
It’s that time again, our bi-monthly update!
Hopefully this will be the last update before we can start rolling out beta copies of the script to testers.
Lots of updates and enhancements have been made since our last update, a summary of what we have done is below:
- RSS Feeds improved
- option added to price tracking so users can set a time limit in days to track for
- new seo feature added which allows you to change the url structure by changing the order to various values like category,asin,title…
- Product name length is now configurable for both urls and page text.
- All reference of Amazon can now be removed and replaced with your site name for reviews.
- the number of pages for search results, reviews and offers can now be configured.
- New admin dashboard implemented. Gives you a great overview of recent activity and the status of your store.
- Narrow by Brand & Price range options added to categories in US locale.
- each category can now have its own default sorting order for product listings
- New template engine added along with a new default template
- Lots more enhancements, bug fixes and code cleanup for beta preparation.
The next stage will be for me to some tests installing the script on various hosts and on different operating systems, once this is complete and no major bugs are found then a beta will be released to all those that have sent a request.
This is a quick update to let you know we have updated the main homepage: http://www.affiliatenichescript.com/ with a progress report and beta signup form.
We expect to be able to start beta testing the application in the next 3-4 weeks. If you would like to signup then please goto our homepage and fill in the form. Please give a little detail of your experience and what alternative Amazon scripts you have tried or are currently using.
I will be posting the next fornightly development update in the next day or so.
Ok, since my last fornightly update we have made a lot of progress with the script. Also we have rebranded the script to now be called “Affiliate Niche Script”.
I did mention in a previous post that we had decided to not add any new features and only focus on bugs, well sorry but I failed, but you will LOVE the new features!!
So here is the summary of what I have been up to since our last update:
New Features:-
- Category level min/max price filtering
- Custom templates can be created for specific ASIN or Category
- Added MP3 Player widget for MP3 products
- added functionality to item pages so you can choose various options for certain items before adding to cart, like item size, color etc…
- Created a user area, users can register/login to the site.
- Added “Save for Later” bookmark feature for logged in users.
- Added Price Tracking Alerts, customer can specify a product and will be emailed when the price drops!
- Implemented “Amazon Complete” for search field, similar to google suggest but keywords are returned direct from Amazon so they are relevant to shopping items.
- Searches are now recorded in the database for tracking
- Search cloud template function added showing the most popular search terms on your site
Improvements/Bug Fixes:
- Item/Cart tracking can now be enabled/disabled.
- fixed issue where if shopping cart is disabled, direct links weren’t pointing to the correct url
- fixed bug where if last item was removed from cart, the mini cart total would not update
- Lots more error checking added.
- Many more various minor bugs fixed
Well as you can see, I have been very busy since our last update. I am continuing at a great pace and may even be in the position to require some beta testers soon!
I think the price tracking feature is going to be our unique selling point, no other script has this feature yet. I have even found if useful myself. When I first added the feature to ANS I added loads of products to my account to test it out, the following day I received emails with lots of price alerts, I was actually amazed at how often Amazon do change their prices!
Of course there are websites tracking Amazon prices, but you have never been able to run your own. This will added lots of value to your store as it will attract repeat visitors, also as users register you build up an email list will be extremely valuable to you.
Thanks for reading and I will update you again in a fortnights time!
I have decided now, rather than later to change the name and home domain of the upcoming release to Affiliate Niche Script (http://www.affiliatenichescript.com). I think the name suit’s the product much better, as Amazon have recently re-branded their affiliate program to Amazon Product API from Amazon Associates.
I will begin the transfer of the domain sometime this week, all links will automatically re-direct to the new domain so you do not need to update your bookmarks.
