Thread: Changes to Amazon's Affiliate program, and how it affects us
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Old 02-27-2013, 05:38 AM   #72
murraypaul
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Originally Posted by joehunt View Post
Amazon makes no money from an affiliate link to a free book. Why should the affiliate make any money from my further purchases that day just because they copied/pasted a link? I know how to get to Amazon without the affiliate link.
I think that is a key point.
Early in Amazon's life affiliates would be extremely valuable to Amazon, by driving more people to visit the site who might not otherwise have done so, and who might then see something else they are interested in.
Nowadays I would imagine that Amazon is most people's first stop when looking for something online, so the value of affiliates simply isn't what it used to be. People don't need to be driven to Amazon, they are already there.
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