Amazon update; shelled reptiles mate
An update on the Amazon associates program, wherein I get a small kickback every time you buy something from Amazon after navigating there from EricDSnider.com: We’re having a banner quarter! Thanks to people doing their Christmas shopping (I assume) on Amazon, and thanks to them getting to Amazon by clicking on a link from this site, EricDSnider.com has made quite a bit more this quarter than in quarters past. It’s still a fairly modest sum — please don’t think I’m making a living off this, or even paying 1/3 of one month’s rent with it — but considering previous kickbacks have amounted to about $10 a month, this is a vast improvement.
So thank you, one and all, who have shopped at Amazon the past few weeks after coming here first! I won’t even make fun of the person who bought the “Material Girls” DVD, or the person who bought a book entitled “Chicken Soup for the Horse Lover’s Soul: Inspirational Stories About Horses and the People Who Love Them,” because combined, I made $1.95 from those purchases!
How do you support EricDSnider.com through Amazon? Easy! Before going to Amazon, come to EricDSnider.com and click on any Amazon link. To make it convenient, there’s one at the top of every single page, under the “Buy Stuff” tab. Then, everything you buy during that Amazon visit nets me a small percentage. You’re shopping at Amazon anyway, so why not funnel a little bit of your shopping dollar in the direction of one of your most cherished Web sites while you’re at it?
(By the way: Buying something super-expensive just so I can get the commission from the sale, and then returning the item, doesn’t work. They keep track of stuff that gets returned and deduct the commission. Otherwise, that would be a great scam.)
Oh, and to lend this post some entertainment value, here is a page where you can watch a video of two desert tortoises doin’ it. It’s more violent than you would expect. Be sure to have your sound turned up. Cheers!
UPDATE TO ADD SOMETHING I SHOULD HAVE SAID BEFORE: You don’t actually have to come here every time you want to shop at Amazon. You can just come here once, click an Amazon link, and then save that as a favorite in your browser. You’ll see in the Amazon URL that there’s some code indicating EricDSnider.com.
December 13th, 2006 at 4:16 pm
That was both hilarious and fascinating! Thanks a lot!
December 13th, 2006 at 6:50 pm
Hey, Eric, if I was to click on the link from your site, then save the Amazon.com home page that comes up as a “favorite”, would you still get a kickback? Or do I have to come to your site each time to click on the link? Any idea?
December 13th, 2006 at 7:48 pm
I’ll be sure to get to Amazon from this site when I buy “Little Man” and “Just My Luck” on DVD.
December 13th, 2006 at 8:13 pm
At once I’m disturbed and intrigued. Move over ‘NATURE;’ you’ve never shown anyone anything like that.
December 13th, 2006 at 9:47 pm
OK, I’ll fess up: I’m the one who bought that Chicken Soup book. My mom loves horses, you see, and loves inspirational stories, but doesn’t have the attention span to read whole novels, so that seemed an appropriate gift. (I can’t be around horses myself, they make me sneeze.)
December 14th, 2006 at 4:19 am
NEW CONTEST:
Find the oddest thing on Amazon to purchase and give Eric a commission on. Rules:
1. The thing must be odd.
2. You must actually purchase the item.
3. You can’t return the item later.
4. I can’t think of anymore, but we can add more rules later
Reward:
Eric will mention you in an upcoming Snide Remarks
December 14th, 2006 at 12:53 pm
That’s an awesome idea, O’Mallen.
December 15th, 2006 at 8:15 am
QUESTION:
Do you still get the kickback if I purchase from an individual seller (like for used items / resell items) via Amazon.com?
Also, same question, but for purchases (new items) via Amazon.com through their affiliates?
December 16th, 2006 at 11:48 pm
OK, the turtles are frikin’ hilarious.