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Use My Amazon Affiliate Code user script

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".

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9 Comment:

Hmm... not working for me.

After 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.

By Charles, on Fri Mar 10, 07:08:00 AM CET
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?

By Johan Sundström, on Fri Mar 10, 07:52:00 AM CET
hey 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

url with a code entered (code: 1234)

url without a code

and ff and gm is the latest (1.5.0.1, 0.6.4)

By Aditya, on Thu Mar 16, 07:16:00 AM CET
Thanks, Aditya; fixed. It's a complete mystery it ever worked for myself. :-)

By Johan Sundström, on Thu Mar 16, 02:47:00 PM CET
As 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.

No wholesaler discount for you! ;_;

By Ciordia9, on Fri Mar 17, 05:29:00 AM CET
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?

By Johan Sundström, on Sat Mar 18, 02:30:00 AM CET
Would it be hart to update this to support amazon.de and amazon.at?

By Anonymous, on Thu Jul 27, 06:28:00 PM CEST
Hi!
Would 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

By Anonymous, on Fri Aug 04, 06:26:00 PM CEST
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.

By rik, on Mon May 26, 09:44:00 PM CEST