Title: Error: RequestThrottled
Last modified: March 3, 2019

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# Error: RequestThrottled

 *  [jgramp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgramp/)
 * (@jgramp)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-requestthrottled/)
 * When I enter my Amazon Affiliates keys I get the following:
 * Error: RequestThrottled: AWS Access Key ID: ######. You are submitting requests
   too quickly. Please retry your requests at a slower rate.
 * I have no products set up yet, so I’m not sure what is happening.
 * Please help.

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 *  Plugin Author [Timo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/worschtebrot/)
 * (@worschtebrot)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-requestthrottled/#post-11276903)
 * Thanks for your feedback.
 * This issue is related to the Amazon API. At the end of January the limit for 
   the request throughput was reduced and set depending on the conversions. Since
   then, some users have experienced this problem.
 * I will check why this happens when entering the setup data and – if possible –
   optimize it as soon as possible.
 * In addition, you can contact Amazon Support and ask them to increase your request
   limit because the affiliate program interface with ever new restrictions is becoming
   more and more difficult to use for the average user or new starters.
 *  [d4bk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/d4bk/)
 * (@d4bk)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-requestthrottled/#post-11288073)
 * Hello same Problem here. I´m new to Amazon API. Hope this can be fixed…
 *  Plugin Author [Timo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/worschtebrot/)
 * (@worschtebrot)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-requestthrottled/#post-11293739)
 * When entering the setup data, **ASA sends exactly one request** to the Amazon
   API. So the message “You are submitting requests too quickly” does not make sense
   and must be a problem of the API related to the changes made at the end of January.
 * At least this message should not be permanent. Therefore please try again at 
   another time.
 *  Plugin Author [Timo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/worschtebrot/)
 * (@worschtebrot)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-requestthrottled/#post-11293780)
 * Currently many users of the Amazon API experience this issue in general (not 
   only with ASA): [https://forums.aws.amazon.com/message.jspa?messageID=826010](https://forums.aws.amazon.com/message.jspa?messageID=826010)
 * They receive this message randomly, although they reduce and control their requests.
 * Amazon (as usual) does not comment on this and leaves its users, who want to 
   generate traffic and sales, alone.
 * I hope the situation will improve soon. I will watch and optimize the plugin 
   if possible. At the moment, I don’t see any approach other than using ASA2, which
   can do updates on the server side via cronjobs.
 *  Plugin Author [Timo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/worschtebrot/)
 * (@worschtebrot)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-requestthrottled/#post-11304007)
 * Please also check out this blog post:
    [https://www.wp-amazon-plugin.com/2019/15141/why-does-amazon-continue-to-make-life-harder-for-its-affiliate-partners-a-summary-of-the-current-grievances/](https://www.wp-amazon-plugin.com/2019/15141/why-does-amazon-continue-to-make-life-harder-for-its-affiliate-partners-a-summary-of-the-current-grievances/)

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-requestthrottled/#post-11304007)
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