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So an affiliate site that claims to have no bandwidth intensive images but sends you to amazon to see said images. What is the point?

Cogito 8y ago
None of the links I checked on the site are affiliate links. The site looks like a fun, and well polished, side project. Someone wanted to see if they could make a useful product aggregator. They may have plans to monetise it, but I wouldn't be surprised if it remained a hobby.
- quickthrower2 8y ago
  They have a code after /dp/ - what is that for? Looks like an affiliate code to me. Edit: doh!
  - greeneggs 8y ago
    Not an affiliate code. After the "dp" (detail product) is Amazon's product code. You can delete the rest of the URL except for dp/thecode and it will still go to the same product page.
  - joegahona 8y ago
    It's not. Search the same product on Google and the URL will be the same.
- fma 8y ago
  It says on their page "I created this site to help people, but also to make money by doing so"...
traviswingo 8y ago
Yeah there aren’t any affiliate links yet. There will be. I used to build sites like this - the trick is to provide value for free upfront and gain and audience, then replace all the links with affiliate links when the traffic ramps. Needless to say I quit because my “reviews” were bs and I never used any of the products I wrote reviews for...so I have a tough time these days trusting any site like this.
- cortesoft 8y ago
  Affiliate links don't cost any more, so as a consumer why do I care if they use affiliate links or not?
  - batiudrami 8y ago
    only because if there is a better option available at a website which pays less or no affiliate money the reviewer is incentivised to recommend the one which earns money (but costs more/is a worse product).
  - DanBC 8y ago
    Consumers don't care if affiliate links are used, they care if affiliate links are disclosed. People should be told when they're being potentially advertised to.

Cogito 8y ago

None of the links I checked on the site are affiliate links. The site looks like a fun, and well polished, side project. Someone wanted to see if they could make a useful product aggregator. They may have plans to monetise it, but I wouldn't be surprised if it remained a hobby.

quickthrower2 8y ago
They have a code after /dp/ - what is that for? Looks like an affiliate code to me. Edit: doh!
- greeneggs 8y ago
  Not an affiliate code. After the "dp" (detail product) is Amazon's product code. You can delete the rest of the URL except for dp/thecode and it will still go to the same product page.
- joegahona 8y ago
  It's not. Search the same product on Google and the URL will be the same.
fma 8y ago
It says on their page "I created this site to help people, but also to make money by doing so"...

traviswingo 8y ago

Yeah there aren’t any affiliate links yet. There will be. I used to build sites like this - the trick is to provide value for free upfront and gain and audience, then replace all the links with affiliate links when the traffic ramps. Needless to say I quit because my “reviews” were bs and I never used any of the products I wrote reviews for...so I have a tough time these days trusting any site like this.

cortesoft 8y ago
Affiliate links don't cost any more, so as a consumer why do I care if they use affiliate links or not?
- batiudrami 8y ago
  only because if there is a better option available at a website which pays less or no affiliate money the reviewer is incentivised to recommend the one which earns money (but costs more/is a worse product).
- DanBC 8y ago
  Consumers don't care if affiliate links are used, they care if affiliate links are disclosed. People should be told when they're being potentially advertised to.