Shop at Amazon, Howard Gets a Slice of Pie
Posted November 27th, 2006 by Howard TaylerJust a quick reminder this holiday season — anything you buy at Amazon.com on a visit that began with you following a link from Schlock Mercenary (like this one!) will be credited by Amazon as a “referral” from yours truly.
A referral, mind you, for which they will pay me a percentage (between 4% and 7% of the purchase price). Your price stays the same — Amazon takes a small hit in their profit margin, and I get a slice of their pie.
Mmmm… pie. Happy holiday shopping!
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November 27th, 2006 at 6:51 pm
Oh, bugger. I literally surfed over to Schlock immediately after posting an order at Amazon and saw this on the blog. Sorry for forgetting about the Amazon link.
Oh well, it was just a couple of hair products… I can still use the link that pays you money when I do my major holiday shopping. :)
November 27th, 2006 at 8:53 pm
If you’ve still got major shopping to do, that’s perfect. Thanks for thinking of us!
–Howard
November 28th, 2006 at 9:20 am
firefox tabs schlock is my #1 tab any amazon shopping is actualy easier to do from here than from amazon itself in my case lazy is good for howard :)
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November 28th, 2006 at 9:57 am
Funny that you should post this today. I was just thinking, this very morning, that I should use the Schlock link when I order my son’s toys like I did last year.
I realize that buying my son’s Thomas trains from Amazon doesn’t save me much money… but Toys R Us, at this time of year, never seems to have the trains he lacks. So the surety of getting what I want is worth the shipping cost. Oh, and the convenience is nothing to sneeze at.
Too bad you don’t have a kickback from thinkgeek.com; the teenagers’ gifts will mostly be coming from there.
November 28th, 2006 at 11:19 pm
The relatives have left after the holiday, and I finally got to read my book.
And three days of smart-alec nanites to boot? How could life be sweeter? Oh look… leftover pie…
November 29th, 2006 at 3:47 am
Do you get a slice of the pie if I log into Amazon.COM and thence to Amazon.co.uk? You will have guessed that I’m in the UK!
REC
November 29th, 2006 at 7:55 am
Hesperus: sorry, I’m afraid I don’t. Amazon.co.uk runs separate affiliate programs. Go figure.
November 29th, 2006 at 11:12 pm
Hey Howard, any chance that you can hook up with Amazon.ca, it makes it a lot easier for the Canucks up in the Great White North. (It really is white up here, about mid calf!)