04-04-2005 21:32									#1
	Why did they stop linking through Amazon? Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

I noticed Dan Q made an announcement that ACS will no longer support link through sales with Amazon. Why? What changed?

	04-04-2005 22:32									#2
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I was wondering about that too. Nothing was mentioned about it in the mod forum. Strangeness.

	04-04-2005 23:29									#3
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IIRC it's hopefully coming back.

	05-04-2005 03:33									#4
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike IIRC it's hopefully coming back.

Yes, our Amazon affiliation will resume. I cannot give a definitive timeline on it yet, but with all luck by this time next month this association will be restored.

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Dan; Apolyton CS

	08-04-2005 23:22									#5
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Update -- see http://apolyton.net/about or the 'Announcements' section of any forum set.

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	08-04-2005 23:25									#6
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For lazy people, the Amazon affiliation has returned but not for Amazon.com.

	09-04-2005 05:22									#7
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It doesn't mention anything about the "why" though.

	09-04-2005 13:41									#8
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Your point?

	09-04-2005 15:11									#9
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That it doesn't explain why. Keep up please.

	10-04-2005 17:40									#10
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Would Dan or Mark like to anwser the why question.

	10-04-2005 18:12									#11
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I can think of one (or possibly two) good reasons why, and also why the reason would not be advertised.

	10-04-2005 18:18									#12
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One involves a massive conspiracy and a grassy knoll. The other? Who knows.........

	10-04-2005 18:30									#13
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Well, I suppose Amazon is a book repository.

	11-04-2005 03:46									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Dauphin I can think of one (or possibly two) good reasons why, and also why the reason would not be advertised.

Yes, we will not be advertising the reason why. Suffice to say, a misunderstanding has been resolved.

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	11-04-2005 05:39									#15
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Fair enough.

	11-04-2005 22:53									#16
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quote: Originally posted by DanQ Yes, we will not be advertising the reason why. Suffice to say, a misunderstanding has been resolved. ----------- Dan; Apolyton CS

But if it is resolved why not Amazon.com?

	11-04-2005 23:35									#17
	Suffering from ads?

Ladies and Gentlemen....Dr "I won't take no for an answer" Spike.

*appplause*

	12-04-2005 00:32									#18
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Technically he only said he wouldn't answer regarding the misunderstanding that lead to the suspension of the earlier agreement. He didn't say he wouldn't say why the new agreement doesn't cover Amazon.com. I am merely voicing what people are thinking.

	12-04-2005 02:11									#19
	Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

in the past whenever someone mentioned here buying something through Amazon, the poly owners asked for details of the purchase. I would presume there were some questions about whether Amazon was properly crediting poly for sales, and that has been resolved, that Amazon tries to do so but there may have been technical problems with the direct link to Amazon.com. And i suspect that much further discussion of this by the owners would soon grow disproportionate in time expended compared to the value of the Amazon revenues

	12-04-2005 03:00									#20
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They were asking for what you bought so they could find out who to give an extra month of 'Poly Plus to. They (I believe) already have a list from Amazon on what has been bought through their links

	12-04-2005 03:27									#21
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I imagine there is a margin difference between new and resigned websites on the percentage of the sale price which is passed to the refering website. That would explain why Dan and Mark don't want to talk about it. They don't want people knowning how much cash they're making.

	12-04-2005 21:59									#22
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Ok, I'm confused now...will Amazon be making a comeback on Poly or not?

	12-04-2005 22:42									#23
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike For lazy people, the Amazon affiliation has returned but not for Amazon.com.

	12-04-2005 23:05									#24
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And that's not supposed to confuse me?
Let's see if I got it right. Amazon will return, except for Amazon which will not...

I did read what Dan said, but I'm not any good at reading laywerese in Dutch, let alone in English.

	12-04-2005 23:16									#25
	Suffering from ads?

Many other countries have their own sites, in which case you can buy through 'Poly as before. For example, I'd use Amazon.co.uk.

	12-04-2005 23:28									#26
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So if I get this right buying from amazon.co.uk would give Apolyton some money while buying from amazon.com doesn't... correct?

If that's the case then where are the links to amazon.co.uk? I mean the 'Poly reffere (sp?) link... is it just the same link as before this happened?

	13-04-2005 00:40									#27
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Yeah but if you buy from .co.uk you will get your items shipped from the UK.

	13-04-2005 00:46									#28
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Not always (depending on which seller you buy from)... and they don't have a amazon.dk (ok, they have one, but all links on the first page just leads to co.uk)
And it's often cheaper to buy from amazon compared to from danish online stores (just bought 2 newly released cds for a price less than what 1 would cost the cheapest place in DK... this is with sending costs included)

	13-04-2005 00:48									#29
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As a funny side-note to the above purchase:
The seller I bought them from was listen as "shipping from Hong Kong", but for some funny reason the stamps on the shipment was from Sweden (or was it Norway?) and the CDs arrived 2 days after I ordered them... since when do they have Hong Kong in Sweden?

	13-04-2005 01:04									#30
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mr.IKEA probably made one.

quote: Many other countries have their own sites, in which case you can buy through 'Poly as before. For example, I'd use Amazon.co.uk.

Aaaahhh...* penny drops *