Amazon API blocked by throttling or eligibility errors
Amazon API calls return 429 throttling or 403 eligibility errors, so no product data loads on the site.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
4 public reports · first reported 2 May 2020 · last reported 14 November 2025
What's going wrong
Site owners setting up this Amazon affiliate plugin often hit Amazon API errors such as 429 too many requests or 403 account not eligible before any product data appears.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 4 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.