peterw;329407 Wrote: > 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? > > -PeterSorry Peter, I do use your plugin but I forget about it. It's kind of hidden and I seem to stumble upon it just every once in a while. It's a great plugin and I do buy from Amazon, it's been fine and DRM free, but just haven't in the last couple of months. When I do buy some again I'll try to remember and run it through your link.
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