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Why would Amazon pay out on scam affiliate links? That’s the thing I don’t really understand from the honey scam.

• Retr0id 5mo ago
  As long as real customers are buying stuff, what incentive does Amazon have to question the source?
  • wat10000 5mo ago
    If they're paying out on purchases that otherwise would have been organic, they're losing money.
  • advisedwang 5mo ago
    Because they are forking over some of their revenue to affiliates. If there is no affiliate, Amazon keeps that money for itself. Paying the affiliate only makes sense if it's driving purchases that wouldn't have happened otherwise.