Affi.link vs Amazon OneLink
Amazon OneLink is free but only works on your own website. Here's how it compares to Affi.link for bio links, social media, and anywhere else.
Start Free See how it worksAmazon OneLink is Amazon's own free tool for redirecting international visitors to their local marketplace. It's worth understanding exactly what it does and doesn't do before assuming it covers what you need — the two tools solve a similar problem in very different contexts.
The difference that actually matters
OneLink is confirmed, directly from Amazon's own help documentation, to require the link to live on a webpage you own — either through a setup Amazon provides for your site, or Amazon's own assoc-redirect.amazon.com link format. Amazon's own policy states plainly: shortened links created by third-party link shorteners are not supported and will not be redirected.
That means OneLink doesn't work as a bio link, and it doesn't work wrapped in any shortener — including Bitly, including Affi.link, including anything else. It's built for Amazon links embedded on a website, not for a single link you put in an Instagram or TikTok bio.
Side by side
| Affi.link | Amazon OneLink | |
|---|---|---|
| Works as a bio link | Yes | Not officially supported |
| Works wrapped in a shortener | N/A — it is the shortener | Explicitly not supported |
| Cost | Free tier, flat paid plans | Free |
| Device/language targeting | Yes | Country only |
| Choice pages | Yes | No |
| Click analytics | Yes, per link | Limited to Amazon's own reporting |
| Bio page, QR codes | Included | Not applicable |
Registration requirements — the same either way
This part is identical between the two: neither tool can earn you commission in a marketplace you haven't joined. OneLink and Affi.link both just automate routing to the marketplace and tag you're already registered for — see creating Amazon affiliate links for multiple countries for the registration side.
When OneLink alone is actually fine
If every Amazon link you share lives on a website you control (a blog post, a review site), OneLink is free and does the core job. The moment any of your Amazon links need to work from a bio, a video description, or anywhere outside a page you own, that's exactly the gap Affi.link is built to cover.