How to Get Amazon PA API Keys for Your Affiliate Site

Amazon's Product Advertising API (PA API) is what lets tools display live product data — images, prices, Prime status — with your affiliate tag attached. Here's how to get access.

Step 0: the eligibility rule most people miss

PA API access requires an Amazon Associates account that has already made at least three qualifying sales. Brand-new associates can't pull API keys on day one — get your first sales with plain affiliate links first.

Getting your keys

1. Sign in to Amazon Associates.
2. Open Tools → Product Advertising API.
3. Click Add credentials. Amazon generates an Access Key ID and a Secret Access Key.
4. Save the secret key immediately — Amazon shows it only once.

Your tracking ID matters too

API requests must include one of your Associate tracking IDs (like yoursite-20). You'll find them in the Associates dashboard header. Tools use the pair — API keys plus tracking ID — to fetch data and credit clicks to you.

Adding keys to Table Labs

In Table Labs, go to Profile → Account, add your Access Key ID and your tracking IDs, and save both. From then on every table you build pulls live Amazon data under your account.