paying up for the forums

[sjsharks]

I just read the post by Iago on the announcements page about supporting the prices for servers (I know I'm a little behind on the times) and I was wondering if there is any way I can get any proceeds from buying a book on my Kindle to go through to the forums.

[Priscellie]

Absolutely!

1.  Go to the book/Kindle book/CD/electronic device/foot massager and scroll down to the "Product Details" section
2.  Copy the ASIN -- it should be something like "045146365X"
3.  Click on the Amazon link for any item in our store.
4.  Replace the numeric value in the URL with your item's ASIN: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/045146365X/iagonet
5.  Go to that URL.  It should be identical to your item's product page, but the "iagonet" at the end is a tag that lets Amazon know we sent you.  Place your order from there.  You'll pay the same price as before, but Amazon will give us a small cut of the transaction.
6.  Bask in the knowledge that you're helping the boards stay alive and healthy!

[sjsharks]

This works for any item bought on Amazon right? So if I were to by a WoT book with this method the proceeds still help out here?

And is there any way to do it directly from my Kindle?

[Priscellie]

This works for any item bought on Amazon right? So if I were to by a WoT book with this method the proceeds still help out here?

And is there any way to do it directly from my Kindle?

1.  Absolutely everything!  If you want to buy an exercise bike or a flat screen TV through Amazon, you can use this technique.

2.  Not that I'm aware of, no.

[Annie Wilkes]

Anyone know if buying through this link will work for us Brits too (don't see a reason why it shouldn't but I'm a compooter noob & it's all priced in $ which confused my tiny math brain so better check!) If it doesn't is there any way we can donate to the cause from afar?

[Howl]

I would also like to know if it works for us Europeans? And calculating $ into my currency is easy: 1$ is exactly 5 kunas

[Annie Wilkes]

*sighs* Why does everyone elses currency sound so much cooler than ours. Pounds. Boring! I want Sheckels or Bhat or Kunas!

[Priscellie]

No, we don't have a referral system with Amazon.uk or .ca--just Amazon.com.

[sjsharks]

No, we don't have a referral system with Amazon.uk or .ca--just Amazon.com.

Although they should be able to reach the US Amazon and order through there, they would just have to pay a little more for shipping. I used to buy books from Amazon UK all the time

[Icecream]

1.  Absolutely everything!  If you want to buy an exercise bike or a flat screen TV through Amazon, you can use this technique.

2.  Not that I'm aware of, no.

Ahhhh why did no one tell me this? I order my textbooks through amazon.com and they cost quite a bit, is the amount that goes to the site based on a percentage of how much is spent ?

[Dina]

Could it work for other countries? I preordered GS for Kindle, but I probably will be buying another ebooks.

[Ms Duck]

this sounds realy neat, as I do buy stuff from amazon from time to tiem. it also sounds a bit on techy side. as a sugesting, would it be possibel to make a genric 'buy it from amazon thru us link'?

[Howl]

this sounds realy neat, as I do buy stuff from amazon from time to tiem. it also sounds a bit on techy side. as a sugesting, would it be possibel to make a genric 'buy it from amazon thru us link'?

That would be very useful, since the process sounds complicated. And I'm not really that good with computers

[Lisa™]

No, we don't have a referral system with Amazon.uk or .ca--just Amazon.com.

*Is sad*

[Dina]

In fact, it sounds a little complicated. I'll worry when I'll buy something, though.
But Duck's suggestion would be really useful, as many of us buy things in Amazon.