If you have signed up for an Amazon Associates affiliate code, you might like this user script, which changes links to Amazon to use your own code. Just type your affiliate code into this text field, and install the user script, and your purchases will sponsor yourself. Or my tools development, should you opt to leave the text field empty.
Another hack following the philosophy "your web is your own; do what you want with it".
Hmm... not working for me.
ReplyDeleteAfter I enter my code, I click on Greasemonkey symbol and it shows me userscript, but I don't have option to Install it.
If I don't type in my code, then I see "Install" button but with your default code in there.
Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
Three questions: what URL do you end up at when you get the install option, when you don't, and which Firefox and Greasemonkey versions are you running?
ReplyDeletehey johan, charles is right, one can't install this script, but for the reason that it shows up as a .css file... since he hasn't answered, i'll answer you for him! :P
ReplyDeleteurl with a code entered (code: 1234)
url without a code
and ff and gm is the latest (1.5.0.1, 0.6.4)
Thanks, Aditya; fixed. It's a complete mystery it ever worked for myself. :-)
ReplyDeleteAs a heads up, Amazon is smart to self-promotion (in the golden age they were not hehe). It will look like you get your credit until the quarterly cash out and they give you a negative sum to balance your self-promo.
ReplyDeleteNo wholesaler discount for you! ;_;
Thanks for the heads-up. It will be interesting to see what Amazon does and how. Maybe it needs to bounce via your own site, to be routed through your account?
ReplyDeleteWould it be hart to update this to support amazon.de and amazon.at?
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ReplyDeleteWould it be hard to extend this script, so it dedects which amazon site the link goes to?
I know that there are different codes for (at least) US, UK and Germany/Austria.
This script tryes to do that, but it is not working for me :(
http://userscripts.org/scripts/source/558.user.js
i'm pretty sure it's against amazon affiliate TOS to use affiliate links when buying stuff for yourself. also goes for family members and friends.
ReplyDeleteI know this is old, but I'm looking for a script to help support my favorite forum and this is just the thing. However, is it possible to add the referral code to links ON Amazon as well? So if I go to the Amazon home page then search or click a link, the referral gets added?
ReplyDeleteThanks in advance.
I would advise against this. While it may (or may not; I don't maintain and make sure that this tracks changes to how affiliate codes are done over time) correctly change the codes, in spirit, the whole thing is click fraud -- which, if detected as such by Amazon, will very likely get that account terminated. This has happened to more legit applications like BookBurro, so I would not recommend doing it, even if your intent is well-meant.
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