How Amazon Associates works
You sign up, get a Store ID, and create links from Associates Central or from SiteStripe, the bar that appears at the top of Amazon pages while you are signed in. Anyone who buys through your link can earn you a commission on qualifying purchases.
Your account is not fully reviewed at signup. Amazon's help center says the Associates team checks your application once you have driven qualified sales, at least three within the first 180 days, and that personal orders do not count. The sites and social accounts you listed also need real original content; Amazon's rule of thumb is at least 10 posts. Amazon also says it cannot reassess an application once it has been rejected, so get your profiles in order before those first sales come in.
How the Amazon Influencer Program works
The Influencer Program is for creators who reach people through social media. You apply with your social account and Amazon reviews it. If you are accepted, you get your own page on Amazon with a vanity URL (amazon.com/shop/yourhandle) that you can say out loud in videos.
On that page you can group products into idea lists, upload videos, and earn onsite commissions when your eligible content shows up elsewhere on Amazon. Amazon says purchases from your page are compensated in a similar fashion to Associates, and existing Associates can take part in both programs.
How to get an Amazon storefront
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Open affiliate-program.amazon.com/influencers and sign in with the Amazon account you use for Associates, if you have one.
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Connect the social account you want Amazon to review and finish the application.
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While you wait, keep posting. Amazon looks at your content and audience, so an account that has gone quiet is a weaker application.
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Once approved, pick your handle, build a few idea lists around what you already post about, and add videos for your best products.
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Share amazon.com/shop/yourhandle in videos and captions wherever it fits.
Where a bio link fits
An Amazon storefront only lists Amazon products. If you also recommend things from Walmart, Target or Home Depot, those links need another home, and your bio still has one main slot. Many creators keep the Amazon storefront for Amazon's own reach and put a storefront that covers every retailer in their bio.
InfluShop can import a public Amazon storefront or list page (best effort, since Amazon renders some pages in the browser), and it accepts amzn.to short links. Shoppers go through the exact link you pasted, so your Store ID stays on every Amazon click.