Amazon announced that aStore is now out of Beta with a number of great new features. Included in this new release is the ability to build multiple stores under the same Associate ID, create custom categories containing products from multiple Amazon.com categories, populate product categories from Listmania lists, and much, much more. For those of you not familiar with aStore, it gives you the power to create a professional online store that can be embedded within or linked to from your existing websites. With no programming required, you can keep visitors on your sites longer and provide a full shopping experience complete with checkout on Amazon.com. you have to try!

Amazon.com also anounce that between November 14, 2006 and December 31, 2006 you can earn up to $1,000 in additional referral fees using Omakase and aStore! During that time the Associates program will pay an additional 4% for items referred via Omakase or aStore.