Amazon – eBay API ADS Light 1.0.1

Amazon – eBay API ADS Light​

Automatic Affiliate Product Recommendations for XenForo​

Amazon – eBay API ADS Light is a structured affiliate solution for XenForo 2.x that automatically displays relevant products inside your forum threads.

It analyzes thread titles, tags and the first post, extracts meaningful keywords and retrieves matching products from Amazon or eBay.

No manual link building.
No banner management.
No constant tweaking.

The system runs in the background and handles everything automatically.

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What This Add-on Does​

• Supports Amazon (10 marketplaces) and eBay (8 marketplaces)
• Automatic keyword extraction from thread content
• 14 flexible ad positions (thread + global)
• 12 display modes (cards, list, text links, IAB banner formats)
• Smart database caching with background precompute
• Statistics dashboard (views, clicks, CTR, API usage)
• Unique click deduplication
• Bot protection and optional stealth mode
• Built-in keyword safety filter
• User opt-out (privacy compliant)

It is designed to be stable, predictable and easy to manage.

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Who Is This For?​

Amazon – eBay ADS Light is ideal for forum operators who:

• have product discussions or buying advice in their community
• want structured affiliate monetization
• prefer automation over manual link management
• need performance and control without complexity

If you just want to manually insert a few affiliate links, this might be more than you need.

If you want a reliable, automated system that works quietly in the background, this is the right tool.

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Performance & Caching​

The Light version uses a multi-layer caching strategy:

• Keyword caching per thread
• Product caching with configurable TTL
• Precompute cron jobs to refresh data automatically
• Stale-cache fallback to prevent empty placements
• Deferred statistics writing (no delay for visitors)

Visitors never wait for API calls.

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Privacy & Control​

• No personal data sent to Amazon or eBay
• Hashed fingerprint for unique click tracking
• Built-in bot detection (search engines & crawlers excluded)
• Optional user opt-out via account settings

The add-on is designed with privacy awareness in mind.

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Technical Overview​

• 27 PHP files
• 6 database tables (+ user option field)
• 24 templates
• 10 template modifications
• Compatible with XenForo 2.x
• Fully translated (English & German)

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Light vs PRO​

The Light version covers everything most forums need.

The PRO version adds advanced optimization features such as:
• AI-based keyword extraction
• A/B testing
• Multi-Armed Bandit ranking
• Fraud detection
• Revenue tracking
• Redis L1 cache

If you need advanced performance optimization, consider PRO.
If you need a solid, stable affiliate foundation, Light is fully sufficient.

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License​

• 12 months updates & support
• Renewable license
• Requires a valid XenForo installation