Support PF: Buy your textbooks here

In summary, Physics Forums has opened an affiliate account with Amazon.com. This will allow them to receive 5-7% of any purchase you make. This is a nice way to help out and save money on your school textbooks.
  • #71
TheBlackAdder said:
Bought some books. Hope it got through.

Fantastic, thanks! You got a lot of studying to do. Good luck!
 
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  • #72
My results came in today. Surprisingly, I made it to my Insurance university! I will definitely use this!
 
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  • #73
I'm already guessing the answer but, is there a way to get a link for the Japanese amazon? I get quite some stuff there, including books and the likes that I can't find on the main site.
 
  • #74
NathanaelNolk said:
I'm already guessing the answer but, is there a way to get a link for the Japanese amazon? I get quite some stuff there, including books and the likes that I can't find on the main site.
Currently it is not listed as an affiliate, sorry! Thanks for asking!
 
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  • #75
I don't buy much on Amazon but, I'll be buying something in the near future. I've bookmarked the PF link from the first page so that PF gets credit when I make my purchase.
 
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  • #76
Greg Bernhardt said:
Physics Forums has opened an affiliate account with Amazon.com and others.

5-7% of any purchase you make is sent to Physics Forums. Think about buying your school textbooks and other materials this way.

Just click this link and the tracking system will register that PF sent you. Easy! Thanks!

https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
http://www.ebay.com
http://www.chegg.com
http://www.ecampus.com
well if we want some support tutorials to post how can we do that
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Physics Forums has opened an affiliate account with Amazon.com and others.

5-7% of any purchase you make is sent to Physics Forums. Think about buying your school textbooks and other materials this way.

Just click this link and the tracking system will register that PF sent you. Easy! Thanks!

https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
http://www.ebay.com
http://www.chegg.com
http://www.ecampus.com
We man I don't have that much money right now I will buy later and I also have books of my elder brother.
 
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  • #78
Greg Bernhardt said:
Physics Forums has opened an affiliate account with Amazon.com and others.

5-7% of any purchase you make is sent to Physics Forums. Think about buying your school textbooks and other materials this way.

Just click this link and the tracking system will register that PF sent you. Easy! Thanks!

https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
http://www.ebay.com
http://www.chegg.com
http://www.ecampus.com

I am from India. We gene
Greg Bernhardt said:
Physics Forums has opened an affiliate account with Amazon.com and others.

5-7% of any purchase you make is sent to Physics Forums. Think about buying your school textbooks and other materials this way.

Just click this link and the tracking system will register that PF sent you. Easy! Thanks!

https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
http://www.ebay.com
http://www.chegg.com
http://www.ecampus.com
I'm from India . So sorry I can't help you in this case. Is there any possibility in the near future that PF will be linked with Amazon.in or Flipkart, so that we, all Indian members here can support PF?
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Physics Forums has opened an affiliate account with Amazon.com and others.

5-7% of any purchase you make is sent to Physics Forums. Think about buying your school textbooks and other materials this way.

Just click this link and the tracking system will register that PF sent you. Easy! Thanks!

https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=
http://www.ebay.com
http://www.chegg.com
http://www.ecampus.com
Why don't you associate with some Indian sites also, like amazon.com and flipkart.com? Then, if I also buy books online (which I do less frequently, as Kolkata has a whole place where there are about 500 book shops, College Street), I'll also buy from here. :smile:
 
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Wrichik Basu said:
Why don't you associate with some Indian sites also, like amazon.com and flipkart.com? Then, if I also buy books online (which I do less frequently, as Kolkata has a whole place where there are about 500 book shops, College Street), I'll also buy from here. :smile:
Wish I could, but our affiliate partnership with Amazon does not include the Indian site.
 
  • #82
Greg Bernhardt said:
Physics Forums has opened an affiliate account with Amazon.com and others.

5-7% of any purchase you make is sent to Physics Forums. Think about buying your school textbooks and other materials this way.

Just click this link and the tracking system will register that PF sent you. Easy! Thanks!

https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
http://www.ebay.com
http://www.chegg.com
http://www.ecampus.com
Why is the ebay.com link opening up ebay.ca? My father buys stamps from ebay.com, so that can be helpful in contributing here.
 
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  • #83
Wrichik Basu said:
Why is the ebay.com link opening up ebay.ca? My father buys stamps from ebay.com, so that can be helpful in contributing here.
Do you reside in Canada? Ebay might be doing a redirect depending on your country.
 
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@Greg Bernhardt your links are creating a problem only on phone site, not on desktop. Changed the links in bookmarks.

Can you also partner with Delcampe? It's an online store for stamps. As my father buys a lot from there, I believe you'll get some good addition.
 
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Wrichik Basu said:
@Greg Bernhardt your links are creating a problem only on phone site, not on desktop. Changed the links in bookmarks.

hmmm, nothing should be different. The code is the same.

Wrichik Basu said:
Can you also partner with Delcampe? It's an online store for stamps. As my father buys a lot from there, I believe you'll get some good addition.

Unfortunately we can't just add sites. We use an auto affiliate service and they manage the contracts with retailers.
 
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  • #88
Where can I get cheaper :HBooks are too expensive :sorry:
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
We've ditched our old affiliator and are now directly connected with Amazon Affiliate. Here is the new link with our tag. Thanks!
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
I clicked on the link, and it opened up the page properly. But when I navigated to a product, the "?tag=pfamazon01-20" was no longer there in the URL. Is this normal? How does this work? Cookies?

By the way, I tried adding that tag to Amazon India, and the page opened with the tag properly. Changed the bookmark on my browser. Will be buying something soon, so hope you get some percentage of Amazon's revenue.
 
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  • #90
Wrichik Basu said:
I clicked on the link, and it opened up the page properly. But when I navigated to a product, the "?tag=pfamazon01-20" was no longer there in the URL. Is this normal? How does this work? Cookies?

Only needs to be set for the first page, from there on, it won't be added to amazon URLS for that session. You need to add the tag for each session.

Wrichik Basu said:
By the way, I tried adding that tag to Amazon India

It won't register for Amazon India I'm afraid.
 
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  • #91
Greg Bernhardt said:
We've ditched our old affiliator and are now directly connected with Amazon Affiliate. Here is the new link with our tag. Thanks!
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=pfamazon01-20
In case we need a bump ...
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  • #92
For quick access, simply open either one or both sites and add it/them to your favorites list.
 
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  • #94
Does this apply to all textbooks and lab equipment? I spend a lot of money on books and lab equipment and other material and if this applies to them then I'll make sure to buy everything through PF from now on.
 
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  • #95
TimeDoctor said:
Does this apply to all textbooks and lab equipment? I spend a lot of money on books and lab equipment and other material and if this applies to them then I'll make sure to buy everything through PF from now on.
Absolutely!
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Absolutely!
Wonderful! Thank you.
 
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  • #97
MathematicalPhysicist said:
I don't understand, why would amazon share the cost of a book with others?
Unless ofcourse they're raising the price of the books when you purchase through the link. :-D
its because the link encourages more sales. For example i was not planning to buy from amazon but now i see that i can support my favorite website and amazon has the same books i wanted so i buy them its a win win win
 
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  • #98
Greg Bernhardt said:
Yes it should as long as you click here first.

I am confused. That post from a decade ago says that clicking the .com link and then navigating to the .co.uk website and buying a product from that non-US site too will benefit Physics Forums. But a more recent reply says that buying from at least one of their non-US sites doesn't give the affiliate benefit. Could you tell the list of countries where they recognize the Physics Forums affiliate account and share a portion of the purchase cost?
 
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Not anonymous said:
I am confused. That post from a decade ago says that clicking the .com link and then navigating to the .co.uk website and buying a product from that non-US site too will benefit Physics Forums. But a more recent reply says that buying from at least one of their non-US sites doesn't give the affiliate benefit. Could you tell the list of countries where they recognize the Physics Forums affiliate account and share a portion of the purchase cost?
Sorry for the confusion. Only the US version works, thanks!
 
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  • #100
Gold membership has become cheap due to inflation. Can we have Platinum, Rhodium, Einsteinium, etc. ?
 
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  • #101
I insist then to also have Darmstadtium ;-)). SCNR.
 
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Fredrik said:
The link itself doesn't contain an ID, so there must be a cookie involved. I also noticed that if I right-click and choose to open the link in a new tab (Firefox), the ID isn't included in the URL that appears in the address bar. The obvious "workaround" is of course to just click it. It still opens in a different tab.
It Does contain a ID its just Some browsers hide it, double click the Address bar and it will show it
 
  • #103
MathematicalPhysicist said:
I don't understand, why would amazon share the cost of a book with others?
Unless ofcourse they're raising the price of the books when you purchase through the link. :-D
Amazon charges 15% to give sellers access to its customers; it pays 6% or 7% to get access to PF's customers, who could go elsewhere to buy things ##-## that seems like a mutually advantageous arrangement.
 
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  • #104
what about the amazon smile program? can i enable you there as well?
 
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scottedwards2000 said:
what about the amazon smile program? can i enable you there as well?
Unfortunately, they conflict. I'd stick with the smile program. Good stuff!
 
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