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August 07, 2003
TypePad "feature"
Here's an interesting "feature" of the new TypePad weblog hosting service. If you decide to set up a "typelist" of books or music and you didn't specify an Amazon Associate's ID when you set up your user profile, TypePad will use theirs (actually Six Apart's; see example). If you aren't familiar with Amazon's , the program pays people based on purchases made at Amazon via links on Associates' websites. It's not a bad program...sites can make a little money (or more if they have great traffic) and Amazon gets great referral traffic. I use an Associate ID for the links on IDblog, though I don't get the dough. What little revenue is generated goes to STC (a non-profit organization), where I founded the ID SIG. That doesn't mean that I think it's bad for bloggers to try and make a personal profit. But what you may not know is that the Associate gets credit for anything someone buys at Amazon during the visit after they follow the link. Well, almost anything. I think I tried buying my Treo after clicking on one of my Amazon links and didn't get credit for that. But STC did get credit for the "Rough and Tumble Ball Pit" that someone purchased... makes you wonder what series of clicks that person made :) So if you have moved to TypePad or you plan to, you might want to go ahead and sign up as an Associate...it's free, and why shouldn't you get the perks of sending traffic to Amazon!
Comments
Great tip on signing up for the Associate program. I signed on about five years ago, but forgot about it. I'll see if I'm still in the system. -- Posted by Mike Lee on August 8, 2003 05:29 PMThanks for pointing that out when you discovered on in my Blog, Beth. I filed a help ticket to ask about it, and they told me how to change it -- now it has my daughter's Associate ID on it. -- Posted by Guy on August 9, 2003 08:38 PM
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