Hey Geniuslinker,

Sometimes changes, even unwanted ones can act as that nudge you didn’t know you needed.

Over the past few months Amazon has been making changes and in some cases, cuts. The cuts have landed hard on publishers running paid-media affiliate models, and Amazon appears to be pivoting more directly toward creators and influencers.

The lesson for everyone monetizing links is Optimize and Diversify.

If you want to soften the Amazon hit without abandoning the products your audience already loves, look at the Amazon Seller Networks we support: Levanta, Archer Affiliates, Wayward, PartnerBoost and MaverickX. With these, your commission comes from the seller rather than Amazon, so the rates are often well above standard Associates payouts on the same ASIN. You don’t even have to change your ​geni.us​ links, just add the programs you want, and seller networks are enabled.

If you want to diversify outside of Amazon, sign up to additional retailers, and Geniuslink will do the heavy lifting. Auto-affiliation means you drop in your tracking IDs once for each retailer and we apply the right one to every link automatically across Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, B&H Photo, Barnes & Noble and a long list of other programs (plus Sovrn/Commerce and Skimlinks as catch-alls so you're never leaving commissions on the table). All of which you can use with Choice Pages: https://geniuslink.com/integrations/supported​​

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Geniuslink Choice Pages

Not every shopper wants to buy from the same place, and forcing them to can cost you sales. Geniuslink Choice Pages let you send your audience to a beautifully designed landing page featuring multiple purchase options, giving shoppers the comparison experience they're already looking for. In fact, internal A/B tests showed Choice Pages more than doubled earnings per click compared to direct-to-Amazon links. By meeting shoppers where they are, you reduce friction, avoid dead ends like out-of-stock pages, and can earn affiliate commissions across multiple retailers.

The best part? Building a Choice Page takes seconds. Just paste an Amazon link or type a product name, and Geniuslink automatically suggests links to the same product across other retailers, already formatted with your affiliate IDs. International visitors are automatically localized to their regional Amazon store, compliance disclosures are built in, and you only need to share one clean link. Whether you're promoting in emails, social media, or printed material, Choice Pages simplify your workflow while putting more money in your pocket.

Amazon Prime Day 2026: A Brand Prep Guide

Amazon Prime Day 2026 will take place in late June — the earliest the event has run since 2021, and roughly three weeks earlier than brands have planned around in recent years.

June Prime Day compresses the timeline on inventory, deal eligibility, omnichannel pricing strategy, trade and media budgets, and, depending on where your fiscal year falls, even year-end performance targets. Amazon’s tightened discount requirements and extended 60-day reference price window mean the prep work brands do right now directly shapes what they’ll be able to execute in late June.

Here are 4 things brands should prioritize ahead of Amazon Prime Day 2026 according to Amy Shea Account Director for Harvest Group

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Geniuslink Out and About

We were just at PubU in Portland, the annual Independent Book Publishers Association conference, and one theme kept coming up: book discoverability isn't about marketing harder, it's about positioning more clearly.

IngramSpark's Market With Precision session put it plainly. A lot of authors are working incredibly hard, posting on social media, sending newsletters, running ads, making videos, but the pieces aren't connected. If your cover, categories, keywords, description, pricing, and branding are all sending mixed signals, both readers and retailers will struggle to place your book.

Metadata is your foundation as a publisher. Your cover signals genre and tone. Your categories help retailers place your book. Your description tells algorithms and readers who it's for. Your series branding creates consistency across everything.

Successful book marketing today is less about shouting louder and more about creating alignment between your cover, metadata, retailers, audience, and messaging. Because readers, retailers, and algorithms are all trying to answer the same question:

"Who is this book for, and why should it matter to me?"

Until next time,

Jesse & Team Geniuslink