Getting your Access Key ID and Secret Key pair is easy enough, but it involves a number of steps.


Step 1


Goto the Amazon Associates Program home page and login to your account. For the purposes of this tutorial we assume you are already an approved Amazon affiliate - https://affiliate-program.amazon.com


Step 2


Click on the Product Advertising API link at the top of the page:



Step 3


Click the “Sign Up Now” button on the far right. Login with your Amazon login. Follow the prompts to create your Product Advertising API account.



Step 4


Once you have created your account you will be presented with the final screen, click on the Manage Your Account link.



Step 5


Once logged in, click on the link under the Security Credentials section.


OR it might look like this - 



Step 6


Create an AWS (Amazon Web Services) account, or login to your existing AWS account. We recommend using your existing Amazon Associates login.


Step 7


Amazon recently changed the way they handle access keys and secret keys in AWS and they will likely present you with this prompt. Check “I Understand” and click Continue.



Step 8


The link to the proper management page isn’t that obvious but there is a link in a notice at the top as shown in this screenshot. Click on the “Your Security Credentials” link.



Step 9


If you get a prompt on the next screen, click on Continue to Security Credentials.



Step 10


Expand the “Access Keys” section. This section contains all of your current access keys. You will likely need to make a new one (you can have 2 active key pairs per account). Feel free to use an existing one if you have the secret key already, otherwise click on the Create New Access Key button.



Step 11


A dialog will appear with your new Access Key and Secret Key. Copy these into the  Auto-sync -> AWS Credentials form in the Spreadr Dashboard Settings section. We also recommend clicking the Download Key File button and storing this in a secure location.

You cannot retrieve the Secret Key from an existing Access Key after you click Close so make sure you have it otherwise you will need to de-activate an old key and create another new one.



Your keys will look something like this:

  • Access key ID example: AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
  • Secret access key example: wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY


Here is a video guide to get your Access Key ID & Secret Access Key.