Goal: list KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing, Amazon print-on-demand) books on Shopify while having Amazon handle printing/shipping, and prevent Shopify checkout on those items.
Current status: No native way to send Shopify orders to Amazon/KDP for fulfillment. Merchants must link customers to Amazon instead of checking out on Shopify.
Workarounds to link out and disable Add to Cart:
BNB APP: Amazon Buy Now Button – adds a customizable button linking to Amazon.
Spreadr – imports Amazon/KDP listings; requires an Amazon Associates (affiliate) ID; support can add a “View on Amazon” button and remove “Add to cart.”
Latest update: Libautech: Amazon Buy Button – has a free plan; enter the product’s ASIN (Amazon’s product ID) and check “disable other buy buttons” to prevent Shopify checkout.
Considerations/limitations:
Some apps are paid.
Buttons may read “Visit on Amazon” rather than “Buy on Amazon,” potentially impacting conversion.
Ad attribution remains unresolved (e.g., Google Ads can’t track purchases that complete on Amazon via these redirects).
Outcome: App-based solutions (notably Libautech) can disable Add to Cart per product and link to Amazon. Direct KDP fulfillment from Shopify and cross-site attribution remain open issues.
I have several books live on Amazon, listed through KDP (Kindle Print on Demand). I was hoping there was a way I could post my books on Shopify, and when a purchase is made, it would still go through Amazon/prompt Amazon to print and ship the book. Basically, I want to advertise my books on my website, but I also still want Amazon to automatically get the order and print and ship. This doesn’t seem possible, correct?
So if the aforementioned is not possible, I still want to advertise my book on Shopify, and I can just paste a link to Amazon where they can purchase it. Easy enough. I just say, “Sorry I’m sold out, but you can still purchase the book on Amazon” and then give them the Amazon link to follow. Easy enough.
The problem is, how do I prevent people from mistakenly “Adding to Cart”? and trying to check out with me on the website? Is there a way to disable the Add to Cart button on select products so they can’t mistakenly check out on my website instead of following the Amazon Link?
Yes! I am interested in this answer too. I sell my artwork/prints on Shopify but would also like to link my children’s books into my shop and sell them via Amazon.
I would like to know as well. Switched from a woo commerce site where I could easily add products and link to it on Amazon and the buy button would say “buy on amazon”
I just installed the Spreadr App and it does exactly that: import your KDP listings and check out on Amazon. You need to register for an amazon affiliate account and put your affiliate ID into the app. Then you can cut and paste ANY amazon product into the app and it’ll import that product to Shopify. You’ll need to put a line of code in your product.liquid file to create a “view on amazon” button on your product page, but I didn’t know know to do that so customer support did that integration for me FREE OF CHARGE. (And their customer support is lightning fast.) They can also take out the “add to cart” button so customers don’t accidentally buy that on Shopify. Now I can import all my KDP books to my Shopify store.
Hi, quick question - even if the sale happens “on amazon”, is it possible to track sales and in particular performance of offsite advertising? The use case is: a google ad redirecting to my shopify, the user clicks on it then buys through Spreadr - will I see the sale on the google ads platform?
Thanks and best
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EDIT: oh I saw that it’s not “buy on amazon” but Visit on Amazon… probably a big bump on the conversion rate - and that doesn’t solve for my attribution/measurement problem unfortunately
Lulu self publishing allows for this, I just saw a video on YouTube about it. They also spoke about KDP but they did not mention if self selling was permitted with KDP as it is with Lulu.
