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With the Unspecified Holiday Season having descended upon us, you have perhaps wondered, “How can my gift shopping benefit Eric D. Snider?” And the answer lies in the Amazon affiliate program, of which I am a member.
It’s simple. Every time you plan to buy something on Amazon.com, come here to EricDSnider.com first. Under the “Buy Stuff” tab at the top of the page is an option to “Shop on Amazon.com.” Click that, and it takes you to Amazon’s home page, just like normal — except that now there is code embedded in it that will result in a small commission for me on everything you buy in that session.
It’s not a huge amount of money, but it helps cover the web-hosting fees, and it pays the salaries of the Laotian children who work in my sweatshop. It also helps me justify the time spent writing the columns and reviews that nobody’s paying me for, beyond the fact that I like typing and my chair is comfortable.
And hey, you’re shopping at Amazon anyway, so why not? It doesn’t affect anything at all in your shopping experience. It only produces a warm glow in your heart. And that’s really what this season is all about: redirecting incremental portions of holiday-based capitalism to me, Eric D. Snider.
P.S. If you want to bookmark the Eric-encoded Amazon link so you don’t have to come here first every time, bookmark this URL.
P.P.S. It only works for Amazon.com, not Amazon.ca or Amazon.co.uk or any of the other crazy foreign Amazons. If you shop with one of those non-American Amazons, I don’t want your filthy money.
December 1st, 2008 at 4:50 am
I will do this……only because it is easy and I am lazy.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:14 am
You should have posted this before Black Friday…
December 1st, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Your Laotian sweatshop children get salaries? I thought you paid them in coconuts.
December 1st, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Thanks for the reminder. I usually forget this, despite how much crap I buy on Amazon. You should remind us more often.
December 1st, 2008 at 3:12 pm
I feel really guilty. I just spent $45 at Amazon…and then came here to see if there was a new snide remarks and saw this post. I’m a horrible person. I hope the Laotian children don’t starve due to my negligence.
December 1st, 2008 at 3:46 pm
I’ve used Amazon Associates in the past, and it’s a good service. I would add that you will need to buy something on THAT session as Eric said (meaning that you shouldn’t save the link and go back later if you’re trying to help Eric out).
December 1st, 2008 at 5:12 pm
you know guys, most Amazon purchases can be cancelled within twentyfour hours. Just don’t be lazy and make then again!
December 1st, 2008 at 9:39 pm
You can feel even better about all this if you buy something FOR ERIC on Amazon, as I might be doing. I figure I only have to give him half as many presents as I give my other kids, because he’s also getting his cut.
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Yeah, I just dropped $50 at Amazon. Wish I would have seen this first!
December 8th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
I’m keeping this in mind, partly because I’m a fan of yours from back in the day (The Garrens/Snide Remarks) and partly because I’m all about the warm-glow-in-the-heart thing.