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Originally Posted by mrscoach
Let's not go down the morals road, that just stirs up a lot of trouble. Just because one person sees it as a moral issue doesn't mean another will. I think affiliates are fine, as long as they only get credit for what they brought me to. Why should they get a percentage if I decide to buy my hubby a tablet? That has nothing to do with them unless they pointed out a good deal to me. Mostly I go directly to Amazon for everything but free ebooks.
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Ah, but did you buy the tablet because you had so many free books that you needed a portable place to read them? Or get an eInk device instead, due to a remark the affiliate made in an earlier post (just not that particular day). Most do add value to what they present (otherwise, you'ld just be on the API only sites, that just list free books each day -- they'll either have to stop, earning $$ only via advertising or become subscription sites, with the new rules ... or, just negotiate an exception with Amazon, as so many large sites do that break other affiliate rules routinely).
Most iTunes referrals you see are affiliate based. Their links generally hide the relationship, last 72 hours and I usually don't see any disclosure language (they must have some, since it is a govt requirement ... assuming the person running the site is US based, of course - that isn't necessarily true, even if the links do go to US itunes). A few sites have "session" based affiliate cookies, but defining what a session is, in the days of multiple tabs and never closed browsers is a bit vague.