phpZon Pro Plugin Review and Contest Giveaway

• Chris Guthrie
• Chris Recommends, Reviews
• March 8, 2010
• 5 comments!

Disclaimer: I paid for this plugin and was not paid to write this review; however, I do have 2 free copies of this plugin to giveaway (see contest details below). If you're interested in having me review your product, service or website see my advertising page.

phpZon Pro Review:

phpZon Pro is a $79 premium WordPress plugin from the folks over at phpBay. phpBay Pro was their first plugin created back in 2007 to display products from eBay with a wide variety of display options. In fact, the few thousand dollars I've made from eBay's Partner Network has all come from clicks on ads I was displaying through the use of the phpBay plugin. So as you may have guessed by now, phpZon is a similar plugin that instead interfaces with Amazon.com's database of millions of products to display product information much like how phpBay does. It can pull in an image of the product, the average star rating, a partial or full description and a whole slew of additional options. Here is an example product running on this blog from my Amazon wish list that no one has yet to give me (*clears throat* ... twice).

Iron Man (Ultimate Two-Disc Edition + BD Live) [Blu-ray] List Price: $39.99 Sale Price: $17.75 Used From: $14.25 Average Rating:

You know you're going to get a different kind of superhero when you cast Robert Downey Jr. in the lead role. And Iron Man is different, in welcome ways. Cleverly updated from Marvel Comics' longstanding series, Iron Man puts billionaire industrialist Tony Stark (that's Downey) in the path of some Middle Eastern terrorists; in a brilliantly paced section, Stark invents an indestructible suit that allows him to escape...

You can set the number of items you want to display based on a keyword OR you can also just display one specific item using the ASIN number. To display the above product I simply clicked the phpZon button from within the post put in the ASIN number of the product and it's done.

Because the information being pulled in is styled via a template file from within the plugin it's also very easy to adjust any elements such as the font size of the text. In my case, I increased the font size a bit, made the sale price field a clickable link and adjusted the style of the product description with a few easy changes. Overall the plugin does require a few more steps to set it up such as inserting some Amazon Associates info to provide proper tracking. You also need to copy code into your .htaccess file if you want to take advantage of the SEO URLS option to display the product URL like I've done above (hover over the link above to see what I mean), but there is an extensive manual included which shows step by step how to set everything up if you need help.

phpBay also let me know there is another version underway with even more features planned and because all customers get lifetime support updates there's no need to worry about buying this version only to have a new better version come out later.

Overall Impressions:

I've installed this plugin on nearly every niche website I created and I'm certain using this plugin on my various blogs will help improve earnings. As I've said before, one of the worst ways to make money with Amazon Associates is to simply use Amazon.com ads. By using this plugin you can display product information in a nice way without looking like an Amazon.com ad which is key. The use of the 'More Details' button and Making the image clickable are two of the ways I discussed in my past post on how to improve your Amazon Associates earnings so it's nice to see the functionality already built into this plugin. If you mention products on your blog than I highly recommend you buy this plugin and implement it. In fact, Wade - the creator of the plugin - hooked me up with a 20% off coupon code for anyone that wants to buy the plugin or the phpBay plugin (it will work for both). It will only work if you click here to use it: E907DB07EB There is also an option to buy both the phpZon plugin and phpBay plugin in a bundle for $99; however, the 20% off coupon will not work with that bundle. Click here to check it out.

Want to Win the Plugin for Free?

Wade has given me two copies to giveaway and I'm going to make it very easy for you to win one. All you have to do is follow me on Twitter. In fact, I only have about 80 Twitter followers as of this post being published so you have pretty good odds. Follow me on Twitter here and in case you want to be ready for the next contest I run you can sign up for my newsletter below as the next contest winners will be drawn from there:

The winner's will be selected in 7 days and I will post their Twitter names on this blog. I'll give you 48 hours to contact me before I pick a new winner(s). So be sure to subscribe to my RSS feed in case you don't want to miss the announcement.

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