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You mention the Amazon links are not affiliate links. As a default, that's a nice move, but I believe you are within your rights to add a toggle to enable affil

by hoten 5y ago

You mention the Amazon links are not affiliate links. As a default, that's a nice move, but I believe you are within your rights to add a toggle to enable affiliate links. The money probably isn't the point but it's nice to make enough to buy even a single beer or coffee from a side project, and honestly I believe just about everyone would toggle the option if they found the tool useful.

riffraff 5y ago
I would go further and suggest just having a link to wikipedia or goodreads or some other non-money-generating site and one (always with affiliate tags) to amazon. IMO it's not a "bad surprise" to a user that an amazon link is an affiliate one, it's just annoying when the only way you can get information on a book is through affiliate links.
- jerbearito 5y ago
  Agreed. My approach would be: affiliate links by default, with a disclaimer and a toggle.
jahller 5y ago
Completely agree. It's always nice to give back to the community, but nobody will bat an eye if you cover your costs.
muzani 5y ago
Yeah, I'd love to click an affiliate link. This is a very useful site and an affiliate link is a "free" donation that doesn't cost me anything.
dionidium 5y ago
> As a default, that's a nice move, but I believe you are within your rights to add a toggle to enable affiliate links. I'd go even further. It's a loud minority that even cares at all about this and they make it feel like everybody agrees with them, but most people don't care and you're totally within your rights to do it. You should go for it!
password4321 5y ago
The downside of affiliate links that I'm aware of is that Amazon makes available the entirety of any orders credited to an affiliate, so if multiple items are ordered the affiliate is able to see the entire order. Clicking through an affiliate link associates future orders for 24 hours, and once an order is placed no further orders are associated. (If an item is added to the cart while associated with an affiliate link it stays associated for 90 days, but it's not clear to me what information is provided to the associate regarding other items in the order if that item is eventually purchased.) https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/help/node/topic/GPTZ495QPL6TEZLJ https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/help/node/topic/GPTZ495...

by hoten 5y ago

riffraff 5y ago

I would go further and suggest just having a link to wikipedia or goodreads or some other non-money-generating site and one (always with affiliate tags) to amazon. IMO it's not a "bad surprise" to a user that an amazon link is an affiliate one, it's just annoying when the only way you can get information on a book is through affiliate links.

jerbearito 5y ago
Agreed. My approach would be: affiliate links by default, with a disclaimer and a toggle.

jahller 5y ago

Completely agree. It's always nice to give back to the community, but nobody will bat an eye if you cover your costs.

muzani 5y ago

Yeah, I'd love to click an affiliate link. This is a very useful site and an affiliate link is a "free" donation that doesn't cost me anything.

dionidium 5y ago

> As a default, that's a nice move, but I believe you are within your rights to add a toggle to enable affiliate links. I'd go even further. It's a loud minority that even cares at all about this and they make it feel like everybody agrees with them, but most people don't care and you're totally within your rights to do it. You should go for it!

password4321 5y ago

The downside of affiliate links that I'm aware of is that Amazon makes available the entirety of any orders credited to an affiliate, so if multiple items are ordered the affiliate is able to see the entire order. Clicking through an affiliate link associates future orders for 24 hours, and once an order is placed no further orders are associated. (If an item is added to the cart while associated with an affiliate link it stays associated for 90 days, but it's not clear to me what information is provided to the associate regarding other items in the order if that item is eventually purchased.) https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/help/node/topic/GPTZ495QPL6TEZLJ https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/help/node/topic/GPTZ495...