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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #45 on: January 04, 2012, 01:43:13 AM »
Quote from: Priscellie on April 12, 2011, 12:13:07 AM
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!

I just thought to bump this topic again having just used the technique myself for the first time  (I don't make a whole lot of amazon purchases)
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #46 on: January 04, 2012, 01:52:33 AM »
Serack! Where ya been?
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #47 on: January 24, 2012, 01:23:09 AM »
Quote from: Priscellie on June 18, 2011, 03:12:11 PM
And never underestimate the value of appending the store-friendly identifier to other products not advertised in our store.  I know that in 2011 alone, I've spent nearly $100 in Amazon mp3 products, which are at a 10% fixed residual rate, so because I appended the identifier, $10 of that went to Fred.  When I bought my Blu-Ray player, $8 went to Fred.  Plus about $12 in residuals from everything else I've bought on Amazon since January.  $30 from ONE PERSON's Amazon spending!  Stuff I was planning to buy anyway is helping to pay for the website and Evie's daycare. 

If more forumites took the extra thirty seconds to append the store-friendly identifier to their purchases (as I detail here--I promise, it's less complicated than it looks!), things would bode very well for the site's future AND Evie and Hickslet mk 2's college funds. :D  It's better than any "Donate to keep the site alive" button, because it doesn't cost you a dime!
Priscellie is correct, appending the store-friendly identifier takes about 30 extra seconds. I only buy my Kindle books using the store link. And if I were to put a number to the books, I'd say I've spent enough to make $12* for the site since August 2011 (*at a 6% profit share rate).

It really is quite easy.
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #48 on: February 01, 2012, 08:07:03 PM »
Yay, I bought two kindle books with the iagonet. Not much money, but I am glad I am remembering to use the system  :)
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #49 on: February 01, 2012, 08:44:38 PM »
Squee!  Thanks to all of you!  Each little bit adds up in a BIG way.
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #50 on: May 28, 2012, 03:05:45 AM »
Well, Blood Lite was preordered with this system. Posting here to see if some people decides to imitate me  :)
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #51 on: May 28, 2012, 06:37:36 PM »
Quote from: Dina on May 28, 2012, 03:05:45 AM
Well, Blood Lite was preordered with this system. Posting here to see if some people decides to imitate me  :)

You know, you can just click the links in our store, too.  They do the replacement for you! :D
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #52 on: May 28, 2012, 09:33:15 PM »
Thanks! I am so used to do it when I  buy a product that is not in the store here, that I forgot a book with a story of Jim would be   :-[ :-[ :-[
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #53 on: May 28, 2012, 09:36:59 PM »
Ha!  It's very appreciated, either way. :D
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #54 on: May 29, 2012, 10:51:17 PM »
It's become second nature to me too. Anytime I buy something off Amazon, I'll use the JB store link. :D
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #55 on: August 07, 2012, 10:53:10 AM »
Release day today for Shannon K. Butcher's paranormal e-novella, "Forget Me Not."   Wow, it's finally 7 August! I'm always impatient for release day to roll around when I'm anticipating something fresh and fun to read.

At Amazon, I'm ordering it through this forum's iagonet link   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B007P7HPBS/iagonet
The e-novella only costs $2.99 but even so, hear that metallic clink? Yep, it's the chink of a few more pennies dropping into the forum's account, helping to defray the costs to keep this forum up and working.   8)
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #56 on: August 07, 2012, 04:02:23 PM »
Quote from: lovejoy69 on August 07, 2012, 10:53:10 AM
Release day today for Shannon K. Butcher's paranormal e-novella, "Forget Me Not."   Wow, it's finally 7 August! I'm always impatient for release day to roll around when I'm anticipating something fresh and fun to read.

At Amazon, I'm ordering it through this forum's iagonet link   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B007P7HPBS/iagonet
The e-novella only costs $2.99 but even so, hear that metallic clink? Yep, it's the chink of a few more pennies dropping into the forum's account, helping to defray the costs to keep this forum up and working.   8)

Thanks!  You rock!
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #57 on: August 07, 2012, 08:30:22 PM »
Er, can you use this system to order regular books?
I don't have an e-reader.
And, I'm assuming you can, if so - how?
Many thanks.
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #58 on: August 07, 2012, 09:04:22 PM »
Quote from: Snowleopard on August 07, 2012, 08:30:22 PM
Er, can you use this system to order regular books?
I don't have an e-reader.
And, I'm assuming you can, if so - how?
Many thanks.
Absolutely!  In this thread, reply #1 (immediately following the original post) is by Priscellie, laying out the process. It only takes seconds to do and you won't pay one iota extra to do it. What Amazon does, if you plop the ASIN product identifier into the ordering URL, is to treat whatever you buy as if it was listed in this forum's store.

The benefit to all of us is that it helps cover a bit of the costs of jimbutcheronline.com. So, printed books, e-books, music or anything that Amazon sells, whatever you buy at Amazon's site, they all work that way. What I do is scroll down on the page in Amazon of whatever it is I'm buying, find the ASIN down in the details, copy+paste that into a temporary notepad or wordpad screen so I don't have to retype it, then hop over to the store-forum here and click on anything-or-other just to display the iagonet ordering URL. Cut out the wrong ASIN, paste in the other for what you want, and presto, you're ready to fly.

And in terms of not having an e-reader, well, neither do I. Amazon offers Kindle for PC as a free app. Download it, it's quick and smooth, then anything e-text format which you do want to order but don't have a reader for, your computer stands in for an e-reader.

BTW, it's quite likely that some other providers/distributors have some similar kinds of app for e-books. I'm not trying to sell/promote Amazon's Kindle app. It's simply that it's the one I use, it's worked fine for me, and Amazon is the book distributor who best supports this forum finance-wise in my opinion. So, that's why I said Kindle. You must choose whatever you prefer for yourself.

Blaze and I had a similar conversation about e-books without an e-reader. It was on Shannon's forum http://skbbooks.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=tsw&thread=129&page=1
Blaze is reply #2. Geneva is reply #7.

edited to add: Serack's post in this thread is #45 http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,25288.msg1298401.html#msg1298401 about using the iagonet link for a purchase
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #59 on: August 08, 2012, 01:59:26 AM »
Quote from: lovejoy69 on August 07, 2012, 09:04:22 PM
edited to add: Serack's post in this thread is #45 http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,25288.msg1298401.html#msg1298401 about using the iagonet link for a purchase

Serack has been known to quote that post whenever this subject comes up on the forums :)
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