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Running https://diskprices.com https://diskprices.com and https://battprices.com https://battprices.com, I've been consistently making >$500 in Amazon affiliate

by synack 7y ago

Running https://diskprices.com https://diskprices.com and https://battprices.com https://battprices.com, I've been consistently making >$500 in Amazon affiliate fees each month for the last couple of years. It's still growing, slowly. I'm working on some improvements to the software to add more metadata about the drives like warranty and advertised performance numbers.

sp332 7y ago
Has Amazon made it more difficult to make money with affiliate fees in the time you've been running the site?
- deleted 7y ago
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- synack 7y ago
  They added new "efficiency guidelines" that require you to make at least one sale a month or the account gets dropped. This hasn't been a problem for me, but definitely adds a barrier to entry that wasn't there when I started.
WheelsAtLarge 7y ago
Very impressive. Simple yet functional. Proof that a site does not have to have all kinds of bells to be useful. Nice...
toomuchtodo 7y ago
Have you considered using Backblaze drive reliability reports at all for reliability metadata? https://www.backblaze.com/b2/hard-drive-test-data.html https://www.backblaze.com/b2/hard-drive-test-data.html
- synack 7y ago
  Yeah, I've got all of the Backblaze data in BigQuery and can JOIN it with the diskprices data... It's only marginally useful as Backblaze only uses a small number of drive models and Amazon's pricing for them isn't great.
thekevan 7y ago
What do you use on the back end to sort the items?
- synack 7y ago
  A Python script with a whole lot of regexes.
mikeirvinenews 7y ago
The domain name RefreshSale.com is for sale. Can be used similarly or different ecom biz.
anotheryou 7y ago
Do you know how to jump-start a partner account? I want to play with the product data but have to sell 3 referrals before they let me in...
- synack 7y ago
  Nope. They didn't have that rule when I started.
anaxag0ras 7y ago
How did you market your websites?
- synack 7y ago
  Word of mouth, mostly. Sometimes I comment on threads like this and people tell their friends. I see Slack and Facebook Messenger in my referer logs pretty frequently.
baccredited 7y ago
Cool! Have you thought about doing RAM prices too?
- synack 7y ago
  Yeah, I've looked into it a bit, but there are relatively few RAM variants for any given size and speed that your motherboard might support, and there are plenty of other sites that do that well already.
zakki 7y ago
Your faq on battprices is linked to diskprices
- synack 7y ago
  There is no separate FAQ... They're both doing essentially the same thing. See also: the giant red BETA in the top right corner.

by synack 7y ago

sp332 7y ago

Has Amazon made it more difficult to make money with affiliate fees in the time you've been running the site?

deleted 7y ago
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synack 7y ago
They added new "efficiency guidelines" that require you to make at least one sale a month or the account gets dropped. This hasn't been a problem for me, but definitely adds a barrier to entry that wasn't there when I started.

WheelsAtLarge 7y ago

Very impressive. Simple yet functional. Proof that a site does not have to have all kinds of bells to be useful. Nice...

toomuchtodo 7y ago

Have you considered using Backblaze drive reliability reports at all for reliability metadata? https://www.backblaze.com/b2/hard-drive-test-data.html https://www.backblaze.com/b2/hard-drive-test-data.html

synack 7y ago
Yeah, I've got all of the Backblaze data in BigQuery and can JOIN it with the diskprices data... It's only marginally useful as Backblaze only uses a small number of drive models and Amazon's pricing for them isn't great.

thekevan 7y ago

What do you use on the back end to sort the items?

synack 7y ago
A Python script with a whole lot of regexes.

mikeirvinenews 7y ago

The domain name RefreshSale.com is for sale. Can be used similarly or different ecom biz.

anotheryou 7y ago

Do you know how to jump-start a partner account? I want to play with the product data but have to sell 3 referrals before they let me in...

synack 7y ago
Nope. They didn't have that rule when I started.

anaxag0ras 7y ago

How did you market your websites?

synack 7y ago
Word of mouth, mostly. Sometimes I comment on threads like this and people tell their friends. I see Slack and Facebook Messenger in my referer logs pretty frequently.

baccredited 7y ago

Cool! Have you thought about doing RAM prices too?

synack 7y ago
Yeah, I've looked into it a bit, but there are relatively few RAM variants for any given size and speed that your motherboard might support, and there are plenty of other sites that do that well already.

zakki 7y ago

Your faq on battprices is linked to diskprices

synack 7y ago
There is no separate FAQ... They're both doing essentially the same thing. See also: the giant red BETA in the top right corner.