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The discussion centers around a new online bookstore associated with Amazon, where purchases made through a specific link will generate a 15% commission for Physics Forums. Users express excitement about the initiative, inquiring whether the store includes all Amazon products, not just books. Suggestions are made for enhancing user experience, such as implementing a feature that links relevant books to ongoing discussions. Some users report technical issues with the link, while others emphasize the importance of promoting the store to maximize contributions to the forum. The conversation also touches on the financial needs of Physics Forums, highlighting the costs associated with maintaining the website. Overall, there is a strong interest in supporting the forum through purchases, with users eager to utilize the new bookstore.
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Hi all,

Please think about buying your books from our new online store. It is in association with amazon. You can find anything that is on amazon and all the payment and shipping is done by amazon. The difference is we receive 15% of your order for Physics Forums.

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thanks!
 
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woah Greg, is there anything you CAN'T do?
 
Excellent! I'm sure I'll make use of this. Is it all of Amazon's books, a select group, or just all books related to the sciences?
 
Videos, too?
 
Say Greg, here's an idea you might want to look into. On another forum (not sure if it was a Vbulletin) there was an interesting feature on each thread. At the bottom of the page, there was a related links section. It would take keywords found in the thread, and put in a pre determined link for it. IOW, a discussion about Einstein would bring up keywords for relativity, time travel, curved spacetime and so forth.

Do you suppose you could take such a feature and apply it to the books? So in a discussion about Einstein, you'll get links to various books about Einstein (and cosmology or other repeated keywords that come up) from Amazon at the end of the thread. It might make people more inclined to buy through physicsforums if the books are right in their face.

As I said, I'm not sure if this was done on a Vbulletin. But there are so many hacks for this kind of forum, that I would be surprised if something like that already exists.
 
oh yeah, greg is it JUST books? cos i do a lot of random cd purchasing on Amazon and i would be happy if 15% of the money i spent there went to PF.
 
Originally posted by jimmy p
oh yeah, greg is it JUST books? cos i do a lot of random cd purchasing on Amazon and i would be happy if 15% of the money i spent there went to PF.

Actually it is everything amazon sells :)

Goto the link and click the "bestsellers" link in the middle and you can goto other categories and search.

http://www.physicspost.com/cgi-bin/shop-mode-none-locale-us.html

Say Greg, here's an idea you might want to look into. On another forum (not sure if it was a Vbulletin) there was an interesting feature on each thread. At the bottom of the page, there was a related links section. It would take keywords found in the thread, and put in a pre determined link for it. IOW, a discussion about Einstein would bring up keywords for relativity, time travel, curved spacetime and so forth.

Do you suppose you could take such a feature and apply it to the books? So in a discussion about Einstein, you'll get links to various books about Einstein (and cosmology or other repeated keywords that come up) from Amazon at the end of the thread. It might make people more inclined to buy through physicsforums if the books are right in their face.

As I said, I'm not sure if this was done on a Vbulletin. But there are so many hacks for this kind of forum, that I would be surprised if something like that already exists.

Interesting idea, I will look into it! thanks!
 
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So as long as i go through the provided link i can get us money?? coolies, we have got to keep this thread going until i get paid guys if you want to spend my money!
 
wow, this is really great. I wish you had this before (got a few of these books) plus this is a great way to give something back to the pf. Buy books!
 
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Originally posted by jimmy p
So as long as i go through the provided link i can get us money?? coolies, we have got to keep this thread going until i get paid guys if you want to spend my money!

Yep, anything amazon sells can be found through that website. We get 15% of whatever you buy. :)

Tell your friends and bookmark it for later!
 
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I'm just curious, how did you manage to pull this off anyway?
 
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Is there going to be an easily accessible buttoned link?
 
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Originally posted by Monique
Is there going to be an easily accessible buttoned link?
GREAT idea!
 
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Yeah, I'm going to add it to the top right banner under physics network
 
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greg, i can't get the link to work. I get an HTTP 500 Internal Server error message?? is anyone else having trouble?
 
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Originally posted by jimmy p
greg, i can't get the link to work. I get an HTTP 500 Internal Server error message?? is anyone else having trouble?
I got right to it a day or two ago, but now I can't. I get an Sbox error saying it's temporarily down.
 
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I have to order some music CDs for a friend from amazon :) I guess he'll just have to wait until the link is back up
 
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You get... 15%?

That means if I order a $100 textbook, you get $15 in your pocket? That doesn't seem reasonable or possible at all. Greg, what are you talking about?

- Warren
 
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That's the standard Amazon affiliate program. Actually, most affiliate programs in general offer 15% of sales. Why does that sound surprising?
 
  • #20
Originally posted by chroot
You get... 15%?

That means if I order a $100 textbook, you get $15 in your pocket? That doesn't seem reasonable or possible at all. Greg, what are you talking about?

- Warren

Actually Amazon doesn't give the exact percentage, but they say it's between 3-15% depending on the item.
 
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whats happened to the link?
 
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What is causing the link to be broken? Someone impatient can't wait for his CDs to arrive, but I am holding the strings so he'll have to wait Can't wait too long though
 
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im getting withdrawal symptoms...[b(] [b(] I also want to buy a book by Richard Feymann to boost my physics knowledge! hurry i may get depressed!
 
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OH GREG! i WANT to give you MONEY! i can't wait much longer to buy my cd's!
 
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Originally posted by Monique
What is causing the link to be broken? Someone impatient can't wait for his CDs to arrive, but I am holding the strings so he'll have to wait Can't wait too long though


Ack, Monique is scary!
 
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just trying to get a few bucks for PF.. I could just tell that guy that the shipping was really expensive.. :wink:
 
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i really can't wait...must buy cds...
 
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The books are a pretty good deal..especially the com. Security related ones.

When is the link going to be fixed?
 
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I don't know what is wrong with the link, however you can order everything from here too: http://www.talkroot.com/cgi-bin/shop.html
 
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Will 15% of the sales at that site still go to PF?
 
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My estimation of 15% was a bit high. The reality is about 5%-7%, but yeah it will still go to PF. :)
 
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still a great idea greg and i suspect you will make quite a bit of money from this. It is reassuring to see great website sustain itself.
 
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I was just wondering, why does PF need cash?

To pay for the server?

Pay for the subscription to UltimateBBS?

I'm just curious to know, since I've never ran a large website with thousands of members before.
 
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Originally posted by kenikov
I was just wondering, why does PF need cash?

To pay for the server?

Pay for the subscription to UltimateBBS?

I'm just curious to know, since I've never ran a large website with thousands of members before.

All the above and we use vBulletin, not UBB :)

We're going to have to upgrade our system soon too.
 
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Has anyone tried this yet to see if it works?
 
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NSX said:
Has anyone tried this yet to see if it works?
It works :smile:
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
It works :smile:
:eek:

I should've gone to PF at the beginning of the year.

Is this an international deal?
Or exclusive to only some countries?
 
  • #38
Hmmm... prices good here?

I still stick with half.com or amazon for stuff.
 
  • #39
Is this thing still running? Give us a clue as to where the link button thingy is!
 
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first link didn't work for me
 
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jimmy p said:
woah Greg, is there anything you CAN'T do?
Heh, I don't think so.
 
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Ebolamonk3y said:
Hmmm... prices good here?

I still stick with half.com or amazon for stuff.

It is amazon :smile:
 
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This isn't working

I'm needing to order fairly quickly, and I keep getting this message:

Sorry, we are currently unable to process your request in a timely manner,
but you can try Amazon.com.

I'm looking for Griffith's Intro to Quantum Mechanics.
 
  • #45
Do you pay any money for that association?
 
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OH THE IRONY!

I just bought two AP books last night! ahhh I didn't read this til today :cry: :eek: :rolleyes: :frown: :shy:
 
  • #47
hmmm...a PF bookstore...brilliant!
 
  • #48
DOH!, if only I would have remembered this while buying 2 dvd's and a Ti-89 :(

I promise I'll use this next time O.O
 
  • #49
"D'oh" Is the proper format


My TI-89 is fun :biggrin:
 
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I'm more than happy to support the forum by linking to Amazon before making my purchases, but I really don't like your in-store layout :smile: , and would much rather just use a single link into Amazon, and then wonder off into their many areas looking for the items I will buy. Will you still get a commission if I use this link in the front page of your store?:

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/...0d-20?dev-t=D1KQJBNTALRLQH"&tag=pfamazon01-20
 
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