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Biz Idea – Employees buying online at work through affiliate portals
People buy things online at work. Companies provide affiliate revenue. Why doesn't someone start a company that redirects employees traffic through affiliate programs so that when John logs into Amazon to buy something at work, his company gets the affiliate revenue.
The start up would provide the simple code, then sell it to IT departments to reduce their costs (they would get a share of the revenue). They could also have an easy DIY download for small businesses.
Thoughts?
- saycheese 10y agoYes, employees shop at work, but it's unlikely that any employee's time spent shopping would be paid for by affiliate payments.
- gritandluck 10y agoBut say John logs in at work and buys something from Amazon, if he went through an affiliate program Amazon would pay it. So if the affiliate program was based on the companies intranet redirecting traffic wouldn't they receive money? I agree it wouldn't be large, but in aggregate the company could make some money off of it at no cost to them.
- adityar 10y agoNote that you can't get affiliate income for purchases you make - I believe this will apply to companies and employees as well.