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Originally Posted by Nyssa
1. What does being an Amazon affiliate entail?
2. How does one benefit from being an Amazon affiliate?
3. How does Amazon benefit from having affiliates?
4. How does Amazon pulling out of the program now affect its former affiliates?
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Probably an actual affiliate can answer this question better - but in general an affiliate will have a website with links to Amazon. If someone clicks on those links to buy something from Amazon (instead of going to Amazon's website directly), the affiliate will get a small percentage of the sale. For example, someone might have a website on backpacking, and have a part of the website that reviews backpacking equipment, and has a link to Amazon underneath the equipment they review. So if you like their review of a tent and want to buy the tent and do so via that link, they will get a referral fee from Amazon.
If Amazon drops its affiliate program, the affiliates will no longer get the referral fee.