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I have a question. For this site to receive proceeds from a purchase on Amazon, do I have to buy the book from Amazon directly? Ie. sold by amazon or can I buy a book from any member that is listed on Amazon?
 
MidgetDwarf said:
I have a question. For this site to receive proceeds from a purchase on Amazon, do I have to buy the book from Amazon directly? Ie. sold by amazon or can I buy a book from any member that is listed on Amazon?
Yes anything listed on Amazon. Thanks!
 
deluks917 said:
Next semester fall 2011 I'll buy my books through this (about 400 dollars).

Heh heh. You either made a typo, or you are a much better physicist than you let on and you have a time machine that let's you go to school 4 years ago.
 
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How long does it take PF to get its money from this?
 
I've been buying things from smile.amazon.com because that way Amazon donates a tiny percentage to a nonprofit of my choosing as long as it's an amazon-affiliated organization. I'll consider purchasing thru PF's account. Maybe in turn with smile. Oh, and I'll definitely buy way more from amazon because it's advertised on the PF.
 
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I am going to order through here next time :smile:
 
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Bought some books. Hope it got through.
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My results came in today. Surprisingly, I made it to my Insurance university! I will definitely use this!
 
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I'm already guessing the answer but, is there a way to get a link for the Japanese amazon? I get quite some stuff there, including books and the likes that I can't find on the main site.
 
NathanaelNolk said:
I'm already guessing the answer but, is there a way to get a link for the Japanese amazon? I get quite some stuff there, including books and the likes that I can't find on the main site.
Currently it is not listed as an affiliate, sorry! Thanks for asking!
 
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I don't buy much on Amazon but, I'll be buying something in the near future. I've bookmarked the PF link from the first page so that PF gets credit when I make my purchase.
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Physics Forums has opened an affiliate account with Amazon.com and others.

5-7% of any purchase you make is sent to Physics Forums. Think about buying your school textbooks and other materials this way.

Just click this link and the tracking system will register that PF sent you. Easy! Thanks!

https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
http://www.ebay.com
http://www.chegg.com
http://www.ecampus.com
well if we want some support tutorials to post how can we do that
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Physics Forums has opened an affiliate account with Amazon.com and others.

5-7% of any purchase you make is sent to Physics Forums. Think about buying your school textbooks and other materials this way.

Just click this link and the tracking system will register that PF sent you. Easy! Thanks!

https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
http://www.ebay.com
http://www.chegg.com
http://www.ecampus.com
We man I don't have that much money right now I will buy later and I also have books of my elder brother.
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Physics Forums has opened an affiliate account with Amazon.com and others.

5-7% of any purchase you make is sent to Physics Forums. Think about buying your school textbooks and other materials this way.

Just click this link and the tracking system will register that PF sent you. Easy! Thanks!

https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
http://www.ebay.com
http://www.chegg.com
http://www.ecampus.com

I am from India. We gene
Greg Bernhardt said:
Physics Forums has opened an affiliate account with Amazon.com and others.

5-7% of any purchase you make is sent to Physics Forums. Think about buying your school textbooks and other materials this way.

Just click this link and the tracking system will register that PF sent you. Easy! Thanks!

https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
http://www.ebay.com
http://www.chegg.com
http://www.ecampus.com
I'm from India . So sorry I can't help you in this case. Is there any possibility in the near future that PF will be linked with Amazon.in or Flipkart, so that we, all Indian members here can support PF?
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Physics Forums has opened an affiliate account with Amazon.com and others.

5-7% of any purchase you make is sent to Physics Forums. Think about buying your school textbooks and other materials this way.

Just click this link and the tracking system will register that PF sent you. Easy! Thanks!

https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=
http://www.ebay.com
http://www.chegg.com
http://www.ecampus.com
Why don't you associate with some Indian sites also, like amazon.com and flipkart.com? Then, if I also buy books online (which I do less frequently, as Kolkata has a whole place where there are about 500 book shops, College Street), I'll also buy from here. :smile:
 
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Wrichik Basu said:
Why don't you associate with some Indian sites also, like amazon.com and flipkart.com? Then, if I also buy books online (which I do less frequently, as Kolkata has a whole place where there are about 500 book shops, College Street), I'll also buy from here. :smile:
Wish I could, but our affiliate partnership with Amazon does not include the Indian site.
 
Greg Bernhardt said:
Physics Forums has opened an affiliate account with Amazon.com and others.

5-7% of any purchase you make is sent to Physics Forums. Think about buying your school textbooks and other materials this way.

Just click this link and the tracking system will register that PF sent you. Easy! Thanks!

https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
http://www.ebay.com
http://www.chegg.com
http://www.ecampus.com
Why is the ebay.com link opening up ebay.ca? My father buys stamps from ebay.com, so that can be helpful in contributing here.
 
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Wrichik Basu said:
Why is the ebay.com link opening up ebay.ca? My father buys stamps from ebay.com, so that can be helpful in contributing here.
Do you reside in Canada? Ebay might be doing a redirect depending on your country.
 
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Wrichik Basu said:
@Greg Bernhardt your links are creating a problem only on phone site, not on desktop. Changed the links in bookmarks.

hmmm, nothing should be different. The code is the same.

Wrichik Basu said:
Can you also partner with Delcampe? It's an online store for stamps. As my father buys a lot from there, I believe you'll get some good addition.

Unfortunately we can't just add sites. We use an auto affiliate service and they manage the contracts with retailers.
 
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Where can I get cheaper :HBooks are too expensive :sorry:
 
Greg Bernhardt said:
We've ditched our old affiliator and are now directly connected with Amazon Affiliate. Here is the new link with our tag. Thanks!
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
I clicked on the link, and it opened up the page properly. But when I navigated to a product, the "?tag=pfamazon01-20" was no longer there in the URL. Is this normal? How does this work? Cookies?

By the way, I tried adding that tag to Amazon India, and the page opened with the tag properly. Changed the bookmark on my browser. Will be buying something soon, so hope you get some percentage of Amazon's revenue.
 
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Wrichik Basu said:
I clicked on the link, and it opened up the page properly. But when I navigated to a product, the "?tag=pfamazon01-20" was no longer there in the URL. Is this normal? How does this work? Cookies?

Only needs to be set for the first page, from there on, it won't be added to amazon URLS for that session. You need to add the tag for each session.

Wrichik Basu said:
By the way, I tried adding that tag to Amazon India

It won't register for Amazon India I'm afraid.
 
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