{"id":998,"date":"2008-10-06T18:25:02","date_gmt":"2008-10-06T23:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/?p=998"},"modified":"2008-10-06T18:42:44","modified_gmt":"2008-10-06T23:42:44","slug":"toms-amazoncom-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/06\/toms-amazoncom-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom’s Amazon.com Store"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Over the years I have received many questions like “What is a good camera to buy?” or “What computer would you recommend?”, or even “Why do you always look so\u00a0handsome?”. OK, not the last question but you get the idea. People ask me because I’m a nerd, and I’m always reading reviews and tech articles. I’m always glad to help because I know what it’s like to need that kind of help in other areas of my life, and I know it can really be a big help.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I’ve always said if I got a dollar for each product I sold I would have a nice little piggy bank. Well now it’s possible for me to do that by having an\u00a0affiliate\u00a0store with Amazon.com<\/p>\n

Here’s how it works. If I send you a link to a product as an answer to a question you asked me, the link will be to Amazon.com (as it usually was in the past) but will be coded with a special number that gives me credit for any the purchase you make. The price for you is exactly the same, but I’ll get a small percentage of what you purchase.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In addition, there is a new page on this site (Tom’s Recommendations)<\/a> that has some of the things people most commonly ask me about. In most cases they’re things that I currently own and really like.<\/p>\n

I don’t really care if you buy it from Amazon.com or not, but in case you do it will be nice that Amazon.com pays me a small fee for sending you there.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the years I have received many questions like “What is a good camera to buy?” or “What computer would you recommend?”, or even “Why do you always look so\u00a0handsome?”. OK, not the last question but you get the idea. People ask me because I’m a nerd, and I’m always reading reviews and tech articles. 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