Will placing a direct Amazon product link in the hub pay if someone buys the product from it?

Yes, if you have set up an Amazon aStore and placed that link in your hub. I have done it with my jewelry hub and a couple of others.

You'll only get paid if the sale has your affiliate code tagged to it. Remember that you spit impression time 60/40 with HubPages. So some sales go to them.

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