Support PF: Buy on Amazon.com from here

[phinds]

Is this for any purchase made on Amazon that is fulfilled by Amazon?

As I understand it, it is for any purchase made on Amazon. Period.

 

[WMDhamnekar]

Physics Forums has opened an affiliate account with Amazon.com

5% of any purchase you make is sent to Physics Forums. Think about buying your textbooks or electronics... anything here.

Just click this link and the tracking system will register that PF sent you. Or click any Amazon link anywhere you find it on PF. The tracking will be added. Thanks!

https://www.amazon.com

Hi,
If I purchase from Amazon.com in my country using the above link or any other link on PhysicsForums.com, would you receive all my account information including my Phone numbers(residential, office) and residential and office addresses, payment methods(debit card or credit cards details) etc.

 

[jedishrfu]

I'm pretty sure Amazon does not transmit back anything to PF. There is way too much risk at stake for Amazon to do so and why give away customers to a third party who can then bypass Amazon.

What happens is that Amazon links on PF have tracking info that tells Amazon you clicked on a PF sponsored link. Amazon then credits PF with the click/purchase however that works and @Greg Bernhardt can access the PF sponsor account on Amazon to get PF rewards.

At no time, will Amazon give Greg any information about who on PF clicked nor any of their personal information. It may provide info on the links that were most popular in case Greg wants to advertise them more since that would benefit both Amazon and PF.

On the flipside, its possible that the PF server knows who clicked on a link here but that just ties the click to who clicked it. PF only knows you by what info you gave during signup which is primarily your email address .

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

@jedishrfu is correct, there is zero information sharing. Amazon has an official affiliate program PF is a part of. All I see is the total commission amount per day.

 

[scottdave]

This is interesting. I am guessing that the transaction would need to be completed in one session to give credit then.

For example if I click the affiliate link and browse, maybe put something in my cart but do not finish. Later if I use another method (my Amazon app for example) to complete the transaction - they probably would not link that sale to the PF affiliate.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

This is interesting. I am guessing that the transaction would need to be completed in one session to give credit then.

For example if I click the affiliate link and browse, maybe put something in my cart but do not finish. Later if I use another method (my Amazon app for example) to complete the transaction - they probably would not link that sale to the PF affiliate.

The attribution remains for 24hrs after click

 

[scottdave]

The attribution remains for 24hrs after click

Hence you receiving info on revenue per day. Thanks.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Reminder for anyone buying through Amazon to purchase after following this link:
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20

 

[Bosko]

Reminder for anyone buying through Amazon to purchase after following this link:
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20

How to check that works ?
I set the link few years ago and yesterday when brought a kindle book I wonder does 5% went to PF.

 

[jedishrfu]

My understanding is It only works if you click the link on PF and buy the book when it appears on Amazon.

Did you check your invoice maybe it mentions PF there?

But it quite possible that it just tags your buy and then credits it to PF through some other web business process that runs separately from the checkout app.

 

[jedishrfu]

Update, so I checked, and it’s known as an affiliate link, and it’s a tracking ID attached to your purchase.

You don’t have to buy what you originally went there to buy It sets a cookie in your browser that's only active for 24 hours.

However, if you go to another website and click their affiliate link, they’ll get the credit, not PhysicsForums. Last affiliate wins.

There’s no way for a user to check if a PF got the 5% credit or not, and Amazon keeps it that way to avoid people gaming the system

 

[OmCheeto]

Short circuit!