# Since money is amovin'

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**Created:** [April 2, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-money-is-amovin/534768 "2010-04-02T19:49:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-money-is-amovin/534768/9 "2010-04-03T20:24:53Z")

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> [@Justin\_Bailey](#):
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> The fact that the people that run this board have never set up an Amazon Affiliate link is one of the most baffling things I have ever witnessed.

It’s apparently not that great a money maker when you are running a commercial site as opposed to a personal one.

> [@Suggestions for the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-the-sdmb/489275/5):
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> For John Q. User that has a website, linking to Amazon and making a little bit of money is not difficult. There’s a bit of stuff to download and stick in the site, a couple of links, and you’re off.
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> For a website owned by a corporation Amazon requires greater participation, including putting Amazon’s ads on pages and salting all pages with links to Amazon inside of your text content. In effect Amazon cuts itself in as a partner in your business. They may pay you for it – if they decide you’ve done a sufficient job of linking and etc., if not sufficient by their standards they just refuse to pay you anything – it’s practically a full time gig all by itself. Not worth the effort.

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