Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption
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dpack
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does anyone have experiance of being an amazon associate?i had a chat with an american chap today ,his firm host websites for marketing amazon goods ,about 40 % of amazon turnover is generated that way ,it pays 4 to 8 % of the sale price and hosting is about $30 a month(free trial for a bit)
my questions are
anyone tried it?
what happened?
is $30 A MONTH A FAIR PRICE FOR WEB HOSTING A LINKY SITE?
is 4to8% a fair mark up on a no handling marketing only basis?
do they make their cash by web hosting or by taking a cut ?
if there is $20 billion shifted this way and 5% goes to the marketeers there must be a lot of competition so hosting profit might be the prime motive.
i will research further but i was wondering if you folk knew owt about such things,being a bit naive about the web sales tactics of amazon i had assumed that the associates were selling their kit and using amazon as distributors rather than amazon using freelance marketeers 
what do you lot think?
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Hairyloon
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I'm pretty sure it was free when I signed up, but I didn't do owt much with it, so I couldn't honestly say I had experience of it.
But should we be supporting Amazon with the allegations of poor employment practice and tax avoidance?
There was a programme on TV recently which I did not see. My friend was disgusted with their working practices, but I suspect it may have been exaggerated somewhat.
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dpack
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umm
i suspect that the web hosting costs are to mitigate the "didnt do much with it"folk
as to amazons working model i saw the tv doc and they are more scummy than some.
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