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Thoughts on utilizing your own Affiliate links

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12:15 pm
September 9, 2013


ayoungpro

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Is it acceptable to sign up for a service using your own affiliate links? I've poured over the program details on several of them and I can't find anything that says yay or nay. Thoughts?

3:05 pm
September 9, 2013


The College Investor

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Be careful with it – they could ban you if you do it.  I doubt if you do it once and are a paying customer afterwards they would, but they can.

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3:06 pm
September 9, 2013


ayoungpro

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Good to know! I was iffy about it, so I just wanted to double check.

3:56 pm
September 9, 2013


FrugalRules

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I say be cautious about it as well, but my affiliate rep has actually encouraged me to do so as long as I'd be using the product anyway and not going crazy with it.

6:29 pm
September 9, 2013


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I have only done it a few times, but have only done it for services that I knew I was going to pay for.

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7:25 pm
September 9, 2013


Edward Antrobus

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I don't know about others, but I know Amazon doesn't pay you if you buy something from your own affiliate links. I've tried. :(

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9:16 pm
September 9, 2013


Anton Ivanov

San Diego, CA

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I've done it a couple of times without any problems…

10:58 pm
September 9, 2013


Money Reasons

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Edward Antrobus said:

I don't know about others, but I know Amazon doesn't pay you if you buy something from your own affiliate links. I've tried. :(

Me too :(

 

I don't know why Amazon is so stingy that way… After all, it's still money for them all the same…

 

I guess the best bet would be to do the legwork (legwork ha, not in these online days huh) and call to make sure.

12:06 pm
September 27, 2013


Afford Anything

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Read through the Terms & Conditions. Some affiliate merchants explicitly ban it, while other merchants don't mention it. If the program doesn't mention it, then I assume its okay.

 

If you're really worried about it, you can contact the rep … 

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