Goodies of the week! Subsim store and Amazon

Onkel Neal · 11-25-07, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

They give you 6.5% of the item's price? That is more than I would have estimated. I wouldn't even have expected a 1 in front of the decimal. If I were you I would make using subsim for amazon orders obligatory for forum-membership and then stop working!

Ha, you have have seen it back in 2000-2002, Chips and Bit were giving me a 20% commission on game sales

In those days, I didn't bother with advertising at all.

If Amazon only paid 1%, man, that would not even be worth setting up and maintaining the links. The thing is, a lot of people are not aware of the Subsim/Amazon affiliation. If I remind people too much, I become a nagging telemarketor

; if I don't mention it enough, they never know about it.

Skybird · 11-25-07, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

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Originally Posted by Skybird

They give you 6.5% of the item's price? That is more than I would have estimated. I wouldn't even have expected a 1 in front of the decimal. If I were you I would make using subsim for amazon orders obligatory for forum-membership and then stop working!

Ha, you have have seen it back in 2000-2002, Chips and Bit were giving me a 20% commission on game sales

In those days, I didn't bother with advertising at all.

If Amazon only paid 1%, man, that would not even be worth setting up and maintaining the links. The thing is, a lot of people are not aware of the Subsim/Amazon affiliation. If I remind people too much, I become a nagging telemarketor

; if I don't mention it enough, they never know about it.

Send an email to everybody, and mention the numbers. I really did not know that it is so much, and maybe many people know about the deal, but think it is too minor as if their participation would make any difference at all: "These Texan oil barons all are millionairs, so if I order that bundle of items for 50 dollars, what use could it have for Neal to earn 20 cents from that?"

Onkel Neal · 11-26-07, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

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Originally Posted by Skybird

They give you 6.5% of the item's price? That is more than I would have estimated. I wouldn't even have expected a 1 in front of the decimal. If I were you I would make using subsim for amazon orders obligatory for forum-membership and then stop working!

Ha, you have have seen it back in 2000-2002, Chips and Bit were giving me a 20% commission on game sales

In those days, I didn't bother with advertising at all.

If Amazon only paid 1%, man, that would not even be worth setting up and maintaining the links. The thing is, a lot of people are not aware of the Subsim/Amazon affiliation. If I remind people too much, I become a nagging telemarketor

; if I don't mention it enough, they never know about it.

Send an email to everybody, and mention the numbers. I really did not know that it is so much, and maybe many people know about the deal, but think it is too minor as if their participation would make any difference at all: "These Texan oil barons all are millionairs, so if I order that bundle of items for 50 dollars, what use could it have for Neal to earn 20 cents from that?"

Yeah, but a billion US dollars doesn't buy much these days!

nikimcbee · 12-07-07, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

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Originally Posted by Skybird

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

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Originally Posted by Skybird

They give you 6.5% of the item's price? That is more than I would have estimated. I wouldn't even have expected a 1 in front of the decimal. If I were you I would make using subsim for amazon orders obligatory for forum-membership and then stop working!

Ha, you have have seen it back in 2000-2002, Chips and Bit were giving me a 20% commission on game sales

In those days, I didn't bother with advertising at all.

If Amazon only paid 1%, man, that would not even be worth setting up and maintaining the links. The thing is, a lot of people are not aware of the Subsim/Amazon affiliation. If I remind people too much, I become a nagging telemarketor

; if I don't mention it enough, they never know about it.

Send an email to everybody, and mention the numbers. I really did not know that it is so much, and maybe many people know about the deal, but think it is too minor as if their participation would make any difference at all: "These Texan oil barons all are millionairs, so if I order that bundle of items for 50 dollars, what use could it have for Neal to earn 20 cents from that?"

Yeah, but a billion US dollars doesn't buy much these days!

Speaking of billions... I ordered some military hardware through amazon via subsim. Did you get you cut?

Brubata · 01-15-13, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Send an email to everybody, and mention the numbers. I really did not know that it is so much, and maybe many people know about the deal, but think it is too minor as if their participation would make any difference at all: "These Texan oil barons all are millionairs, so if I order that bundle of items for 50 dollars, what use could it have for Neal to earn 20 cents from that?"

I'll be looking for the subsim link on Amazon!

Sailor Steve · 01-15-13, 11:16 PM

WELCOME ABOARD!

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Originally Posted by Brubata

I'll be looking for the subsim link on Amazon!

Other way around. It's the Amazon link on Subsim, right at the top of this (or any) page.

Sailor Steve · 01-15-13, 11:18 PM

Boston Harbor Desk Lamp.
http://www.amazon.com/Boston-Harbor-...rbor+desk+lamp

Extra Hands.
http://www.amazon.com/TEKTON-7521-He...ds=extra+hands

Sailor Steve · 01-17-13, 12:32 PM

Dremel 7-piece drill bit set.
http://www.amazon.com/Dremel-628-Pie...ds=dremel+bits

Started some work and found out my last drill bit was broken!

Herr-Berbunch · 01-17-13, 01:29 PM

Can we rename this to Sailor Steve's Subsim Store.

Jimbuna · 01-17-13, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Dremel 7-piece drill bit set.
http://www.amazon.com/Dremel-628-Pie...ds=dremel+bits

Started some work and found out my last drill bit was broken!

Hey...I've got those in my garage

Probably twice the price/cost to post them to you

U49 · 11-25-07, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

The thing is, a lot of people are not aware of the Subsim/Amazon affiliation. If I remind people too much, I become a nagging telemarketor

; if I don't mention it enough, they never know about it.

That must be at least me. I only learned through one of those posts about GWX donations how this site is kept up, and what some numbers are.

Maybe you create a part in the FAQ or in the GT with the topic: "How this site is run"? :hmm: Hell, maybe it is there, but until now, it didn't came to my eye

danlisa · 11-27-07, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

The thing is, a lot of people are not aware of the Subsim/Amazon affiliation. If I remind people too much, I become a nagging telemarketor

; if I don't mention it enough, they never know about it.

Shouldn't worry about that. Gotta keep Subsim going somehow.

26,264 Captains registered to Subsim @ $1 each.:hmm:

Shoot, with the current exchange rates, this really isn't too much of hardship for people.

nikimcbee · 12-07-07, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

That If I remind people too much, I become a nagging telemarketor

; if I don't mention it enough, they never know about it.

You need to start calling at dinner time:rotfl: .

Husky42 · 12-07-07, 05:49 PM

I work for Amazon.com but I'm not sure I quite follow this thread, is somebody having issues or no?

STEED · 12-07-07, 06:00 PM

@Neal

When is the 2008 Submarine Almanac going to pop up for sale in the UK amazon store?

PS: You can send me another free copy which I would be glad of.

01-15-13, 11:18 PM	#7
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Boston Harbor Desk Lamp. http://www.amazon.com/Boston-Harbor-...rbor+desk+lamp Extra Hands. http://www.amazon.com/TEKTON-7521-He...ds=extra+hands __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-17-13, 12:32 PM	#8
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Dremel 7-piece drill bit set. http://www.amazon.com/Dremel-628-Pie...ds=dremel+bits Started some work and found out my last drill bit was broken! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-17-13, 01:29 PM	#9
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Can we rename this to Sailor Steve's Subsim Store. __________________

12-07-07, 06:00 PM	#15
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	@Neal When is the 2008 Submarine Almanac going to pop up for sale in the UK amazon store? PS: You can send me another free copy which I would be glad of. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

12-07-07, 05:49 PM	#14
Husky42 Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Tri Cities WA Posts: 10 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I work for Amazon.com but I'm not sure I quite follow this thread, is somebody having issues or no?