In March I announced my PlayLog plugin http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44582 (info page: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/PlayLog.html) I thought there was a chance of actually recouping some money on it -- one of its features is easy links to search Amazon (well, its US store) for CDs or MP3s of music you've heard on your Squeezebox. I figured some folks would surely use PlayLog to track down interesting songs they'd heard on Internet Radio or music services and buy legit copies of those songs, or other records. So I applied for an Amazon Associates account and tagged the links to Amazon. The results? Only a few dozen actual click throughs to Amazon, and no orders at all. Zero.
With Amazon only giving me something like $0.04 for every $0.99 MP3 sale, and cutting no checks until something like $10 (about 250 MP3 sales), I certainly didn't expect to quit my day job. But in five months, not a single sale? I wouldn't be surprised if relatively few folks used PlayLog, but do Squeezebox owners not buy music at Amazon? Not even the DRM-free MP3s? -Peter -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ free plugins: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/#slim AllQuiet BlankSaver ContextMenu FuzzyTime PlayLog PowerCenter/BottleRocket SaverSwitcher SettingsManager SleepFade StatusFirst SyncOptions VolumeLock ------------------------------------------------------------------------ peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51108 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
