New Way you too can Support Southperry!

[Eos]

Not everyone can afford to waste money on donations, but nearly everyone shops online at some point.

Now you can show your appreciation & support for Southperry, at no extra cost to you, simply by including a referral/associate ID tag for Southperry in your Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/?tag=southperrynet-20) purchases. You get the same shiny price you've come to know and love from Amazon, Amazon gets their money & attention and Southperry gets a tiny slice of what you were going to be giving to Amazon anyway.

This form of support is completely anonymous, available to members and lurkers alike, and relatively painless so for those of you who've lamented not being able to give back and show your support before, here's a quick and simple way. You can even ask family and friends to use the link to do their shopping - It's a completely transparent tracker that won't change anything about how they use or experience the Amazon site, just means SP will get a bit of a kickback at the end.

To participate you can use the support link at the top of the page to do your shopping (in a separate window), bookmark the appropriate click through link for your version of Amazon from the list below or replace your browser's Amazon search with our tagged version.

Browser Search Links
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/s?url=search-alias=aps&tag=southperrynet-20&field-keywords=%s
Amazon.ca
http://www.amazon.ca/s?url=search-alias=aps&tag=southperryn04-20&field-keywords=%s
Amazon.co.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?url=search-alias=aps&tag=southperrynet-21&field-keywords=%s


Click Thru Links:
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/?tag=southperrynet-20
Amazon.ca
http://www.amazon.ca/?tag=southperryn04-20
Amazon.co.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=southperrynet-21


Important Note
You must use one of the tagged links as the means by which you put the items in your cart, you can not put stuff in the cart then come to Southperry to do the check-out; the whole process has to have started here to get credited.

Additionally various terms throughout the forum may become Amazon hyperlinks to provide contextually relevant sales opportunities. Note that when following a Southperry link to amazon anything you purchase will credit us, you don't have to purchase a specific item or the item that you originally enter the site by.

Thanks for your support!

[Corn]

Now to convince my dad to use this...

[Eos]

heh. I just reconfigured all the bookmarks and search links in various people's homes with their permission.

[Kevo]

Wow... I just ordered something from Amazon >.<

By the way, is Amazon.ca even eligible for this? I only see Amazon.com up there.

[Eos]

Wow... I just ordered something from Amazon >.<

By the way, is Amazon.ca even eligible for this? I only see Amazon.com up there.

No (https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/help/t22/a13?ie=UTF8&pf_rd_t=501&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=&pf_rd_s=assoc-center-2&pf_rd_r=&pf_rd_i=assoc_help_t22)
Gets messy quick trying to support every region since they all have different IDs and addresses. I may go so far as to support the .ca and .co.uk as well but that's probably it.

[Birdie]

I just bought stuff yesterday too, used a giftcard though so i dunno if it would have worked. I'll keep this in mind if i get anything else from amazon.

[Eos]

Supposedly method of payment doesn't matter, so even gift card purchases will count.

[Eos]

Ok I've added support for co.uk and .ca as well and added the link to our quick-buttons.
Where it sends you will depend on your country being indicated in the user profile, with usa & default being amazon.com, uk being Amazon.co.uk and canada being Amazon.ca
And made a pair of tags;




XBOX 360

Playstation 3




XBOX 360

Playstation 3


The crappy thing about the latter format is the ASIN is region specific, so links created for .com will not work for .co.uk or .ca, they'll return product not found messages in most cases, but allow for the searching of the intended item from there while still giving credit for any purchases.

Those of you sensing some potential content-aware links in our near future get a cookie. The digital kind. From google. They're tracking your every move.

[ranmalover]

They're tracking your every move.

George Orwell 1984 or anywhere u live in the usa today.... BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING

[Eos]

George Orwell 1984 or anywhere u live in the usa today.... BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING

And broadcasting to youtube.

[2147483647]

Do users get donator status from this?

[Eos]

Do users get donator status from this?

Let's use that deductive reasoning you expect the rest of the world to bless you with in answering your every whimsical question.

This form of support is completely anonymous, available to members and lurkers alike.

So. Using those two bits of information, how exactly would that work?


At some later point, depending on the information actually presented by the system when it credits us referrals, I might make a form where you can try to claim donor credits by entering in your order confirmation number or w/e, but that's further down the road, depends entirely on variables I don't have at this time, requires extra effort for everyone involved and would probably only credit at the end of cycle.

[2147483647]

I thought you meant that users can choose to be anonymous.

[rayhovite]

Let me show you my Amazons. My Amazons let me show you them.

I suppose it wouldn't hurt to do an extra couple clicks for SP.

[larmie]

The links turn to "http://www.amazon.com/ref=nb_sb_noss_null/" followed by a bunch of numbers. I don't think this is how it's supposed to work...


Those of you sensing some potential content-aware links in our near future get a cookie. The digital kind. From google. They're tracking your every move.

Great, now I have to disable cookies from Google, which means I can't uncensor my search results. Time to switch to Yahoo :f7: Would opt-out be possible?

[Fiel]

The google tracking cookie has been on here for well over a year. You're already infected, or so it seems.

For the content-aware links, can donors have it disabled? noadskthxbye

[Eos]

For the content-aware links, can donors have it disabled? noadskthxbye

Maybe. They'd actually be contextual links, not content aware links, so if you mentioned an XBOX for example the word XBOX may hyperlink automatically. No where near as intrusive as the real ads.

Still in R&D though so we'll see if it becomes a reality or not.

[ImagineAll]

Let's use that deductive reasoning you expect the rest of the world to bless you with in answering your every whimsical question.


So. Using those two bits of information, how exactly would that work?lololololololol

On topic: Wow, this sounds like such a good idea! /endpostingtoavoidspamminginfraction

[Zelkova]

i buyed musiks for my dad using your linkie. It was only like..30 dollars or something, so maybe youll get a small chunk. ^^

[Eos]

i buyed musiks for my dad using your linkie. It was only like..30 dollars or something, so maybe youll get a small chunk. ^^

May I show what the report I get looks like so everyone who's curious/concerned can see there's no identifying information about who did it? It's just a list of product names/prices.

[Zelkova]

May I show what the report I get looks like so everyone who's curious/concerned can see there's no identifying information about who did it? It's just a list of product names/prices.

Go on ahead i suppose. Its just a bunch of 80s music ._.

[Eos]

This is what it tells me about the transactions:

Product Line|Item Name|ASIN|Date (yyyy/mm/dd)|Link Type|Tracking ID|Product Link Conversion|Product Link Clicks|Items Ordered Through Product Links|All Other Items Ordered|Total Items Ordered
DVD|Scott Pilgrim vs. the World|B0041T52S6|31-Oct-10|ukn|southperrynet-20|N/A|0|0|1|1
MP3 Downloads|Dancing Queen|B001NB1RFM|31-Oct-10|ukn|southperrynet-20|N/A|0|0|1|1
MP3 Downloads|Dancing With Myself (2001 Digital Remaster)|B000SZHS4S|31-Oct-10|ukn|southperrynet-20|N/A|0|0|1|1
MP3 Downloads|Don't Go Breaking My Heart|B000WTYSC0|31-Oct-10|ukn|southperrynet-20|N/A|0|0|1|1
MP3 Downloads|My Sharona|B0019KAVW2|31-Oct-10|ukn|southperrynet-20|N/A|0|0|1|1
MP3 Downloads|NOW That's What I Call The '80s|B00157JLPM|31-Oct-10|ukn|southperrynet-20|N/A|0|0|1|1
MP3 Downloads|What I Like About You|B00136RNR8|31-Oct-10|ukn|southperrynet-20|N/A|0|0|1|1



Item Name|Seller|Price|Advertising-Fee Rate|Items Shipped|Revenue|Advertising Fees|
MP3 Downloads
Dancing Queen|Amazon.com|$0.99|10.10&#37;|1|$0.99|$0.10
Dancing With Myself (2001 Digital Remaster)|Amazon.com|$0.99|10.10%|1|$0.99|$0.10
Don't Go Breaking My Heart|Amazon.com|$0.99|10.10%|1|$0.99|$0.10
My Sharona|Amazon.com|$0.99|10.10%|1|$0.99|$0.10
NOW That's What I Call The '80s|Third Party|$9.99|10.01%|1|$9.99|$1.00
What I Like About You|Third Party|$1.29|10.08%|1|$1.29|$0.13


Note the DVD hasn't shipped yet so isn't actually crediting in the 2nd table (and might be from someone else's order). I'll be interested in what rate it credits at because the 10% on the music is 4% more than I was told the max was and if the DVD gets 10% too it'll double the shiny $1.43 MTD. :f2:

Note also the complete lack of order number or other identifying detail to be able to give credit for participating or know who got what.

[Zelkova]

That DVD is from a different order, I didnt buy it anyway XD

[Eos]

Interesting, well thanks for the support whoever did and has good taste :f2:

[Zelkova]

Interesting, well thanks for the support whoever did and has good taste :f2:

._. I see what you did there...

[Eos]

lol, pointing out the DVD was in good taste doesn't imply anything about the music downloads :f3:
Besides, I have three of those :f4:

[Corn]

Shall we gamble to see who ordered the Scott Pilgrim DVD?

[Sarah]

OMFG.

My Sharona! Buh-bum buh-buh-bum, MYY MYY MYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[Zelkova]

OMFG.

My Sharona! Buh-bum buh-buh-bum, MYY MYY MYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

@_@ my mom...

[Rob]

OMFG.

My Sharona! Buh-bum buh-buh-bum, MYY MYY MYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

YES MY MY MY MYYYYYY SHARONA

Who doesn't like that song anyway?

[FrozNlite]

YES MY MY MY MYYYYYY SHARONA

Who doesn't like that song anyway?

Never heard it.

Ordering textbooks and shiz soon for fall semester. Can't wait to help out.

/post attempt to get this thread noticed before people buy fall semester textbooks elsewhere

[Eos]

/post attempt to get this thread noticed before people buy fall semester textbooks elsewhere

Thanks for the shilling, should help out quite a bit if people remember it.

Last month made $6.49. This month has made $0.00. Wee.

[Kevo]

Oh gosh... does the Amazon link need a flashy background too? Just spent a chunk of money on Amazon and I totally forgot about going through Southperry.

[Kalovale]

I support the obscenely attention craving button notion.

[Salguod]

Completely forgot about this method.. I support the button, especially during shopping seasons.

[Rayquaza2233]

Last month made $6.49. This month has made $0.00. Wee.

Welcome to retail.

[Eos]

I support the obscenely attention craving button notion.

Granted :f3:

[Raul]

Granted :f3:

...now it's just italicized.
MAKE IT PRETTY SHINY COLORS.

[Eos]

...now it's just italicized.
MAKE IT PRETTY SHINY COLORS.

Try refreshing your CSS cache before you comment on how a CSS change looks :f7:

[maplefreak26]

MAKE IT AN OUTRAGEOUS COLOR THAT WONT WORK WITH BLUE...... LIKE PINK!

[MetaSeraphim]

Gidnab you Eosian and your filly tabs with their filly flashing colors! I don't know if it is possible or not, but can we get an ignore tab option?

[maplefreak26]

I LOVE IT!

[Milelke]

That is way too flashy and distracting. One color that isn't flashing is fine. The current COLOR FLASH is annoying.

[maplefreak26]

That is way too flashy and distracting. One color that isn't flashing is fine. The current COLOR FLASH is annoying.

No its not, its wonderful. :f3:

[Eos]

That is way too flashy and distracting. One color that isn't flashing is fine. The current COLOR FLASH is annoying.

Well for contrast I can make all the others do the same thing in reverse :f2:

[Locked]

Is it possible to make it a different colour than green?

[Eos]

Is it possible to make it a different colour than green?

Considering it's been four so far tonight I imagine so.

[MetaSeraphim]

it is possible for us get an ignore tab option?

For people who don't need to see Market, Groups, ETLs, Site Rules, and Scams.

[Kalovale]

Well for contrast I can make all the others do the same thing in reverse :f2:

That would be awesome. In fact, you should program them to dance around in the most annoying pattern possible.

[FrozNlite]

I like the purple.

[MetaSeraphim]

That would be awesome. In fact, you should program them to dance around in the most annoying pattern possible.

Hey! I have a great idea! Let's put a really big flashing rainbow gif in the background!

[Eos]

Hey! I have a great idea! Let's put a really big flashing rainbow gif in the background!

That's what it was at the time.

[MetaSeraphim]

That's what it was at the time.

I meant, the background of the forum, as in, that big empty light blue space behind all the words.

[Zelkova]

I have made some mistakes in this past year that could have netted you some money. LIIIKEEE.... buying a 2000 tv etc etc <<

Sorry Eos. Maybe ill remember now that the button is purple.

[Eos]

:f7:

That would've been a nice 120$ commission there.

[Nikkey]

:f7:

That would've been a nice 120$ commission there.

Do not fear! I'll buy a ton of books on amazon.co.uk just for you <3

On a serious note: I will actually do so, when I get my money and my curriculum.

[MetaSeraphim]

That would've been a nice 120$ commission there.

Is Southperry/You/Paul really that hard up for money?

[Eos]

Is Southperry/You/Paul really that hard up for money?

Well, I've had no central air for three weeks and it's going to cost me 12k to replace it after just having spent my entire nest egg buying a house after having had everything I own destroyed in a flash flood, does that answer your question?

[MetaSeraphim]

Well, I've had no central air for three weeks and it's going to cost me 12k to replace it

What? I've seen the house you got so I know it isn't huge, so why in the world is it costing that much? Even if you have to rip everything to do with the air out and put all new stuff in I have never heard of it costing 12k.

[Eos]

I am in fact ripping everything out, including rebuilding the platform in the attic and access to it, and all new piping due to the change in freon types, and my choices were pay 6k up front or finance 12k over 10 years.

And I question how you've arrived at the "not huge" conclusion considering my bedroom alone is the size of two or three efficiencies, not to mention the house can hold eight, easily.

Anywho, I just got confirmation that they'll be calling me in the morning to schedule my repairs at last. Wee!

[Katie]

Hmmm. Just noticed this amazon thing. My fiance and I are going to be buying a few kindles and e-books from amazon for our kids this christmas.... I'll have to remember to use this! (if I can figure it out)

[Eos]

(if I can figure it out)

It's pretty simple. You just click the Amazon link on SP (either the tab, or your appropriate version in the Click Thru Links) and make your purchases from there instead of going directly to Amazon, then SP gets the referral credit.

[Katie]

Is your credit based on how much is purchased or by the number of purchases?

[Eos]

Is your credit based on how much is purchased or by the number of purchases?

It's a sliding scale where the more that gets shipped the more each purchase becomes worth.

Total Items Shipped|Referral Rates
1-6|4.00%
7-30|6.00%
31 - 110|6.50%
111 - 320|7.00%
321 - 630|7.50%
631 - 1570|8.00%
1571 - 3130|8.25%
3131 +|8.50%


Note that's items, not checkouts, so 10 items one at a time count the same as 10 items purchased at once.

[Locked]

3131+ items.. Jesus. That's a lot of items.

[Katie]

Is that chart you posted items per person or items total? cause holy cow 3131+ items for 1 person is crazy lol

[Eos]

3131+ items.. Jesus. That's a lot of items.

I'm sure they have corporate affiliates who can do it easily.


Is that chart you posted items per person or items total? cause holy cow 3131+ items for 1 person is crazy lol

Items period. Doesn't matter how many people the items that ship are representative of.
1 person with 100,000 items is the same as 100,000 people with 1 item each.

[Myles]

Oh crap, I just bought a £200 monitor and a £15 poster and forgot |:

[VirgilDiablo]

wish i would have seen this before i dropped $600 on books... lol

[FrozNlite]

Quick, yet important question: I'm currently making a cart with all of my novels for English classes and a couple other things I want (read: LOTSAITEMS) in a general Amazon tab. Can I close out of said tab, click back to Amazon through the redirect link at the top of Southperry, then go immediately to my basket and purchase everything with the donations still working?

[Eos]

I think so.
I should still tag the referrer since you pass through it before going to checkout.

Guess we'll know for sure after you try :f2:

(Well, after they ship)

[MetaSeraphim]

And I question how you've arrived at the "not huge" conclusion considering my bedroom alone is the size of two or three efficiencies, not to mention the house can hold eight, easily.

I deal with housing and housing related stuff, due to the normal size of houses I deal with yours isn't even close to "huge". It might just be your area, but in the areas I work in ripping everything out costs around 6 - 10k (8k financing) so that is why I was kind of surprised by the 12k price tag.


Oh crap, I just bought a £200 monitor and a £15 poster and forgot |:


wish i would have seen this before i dropped $600 on books... lol

Eosian, how do you feel about being "mocked"?

"LIKE DUDE! I JUST BOUGHT 20K+ IN ITEMS AND I TOTALLY FORGOT TO USE THE LINK! SORRY BRO!"

[Nikkey]

I think so.
I should still tag the referrer since you pass through it before going to checkout.

Guess we'll know for sure after you try :f2:

(Well, after they ship)

Oh yeah, I did the same thing. Hopefully it works.

[FrozNlite]

Just placed the order through the link. 12 items, so yay for 6% referral rates, but meh @ the fact that said items didn't total a huge amount. Fingers crossed it still works and Southperry gets the couple bucks!

[Eos]

At the very least it'll be nice to know what "works".

Lemme know when they ship and I'll verify.

[Spaz]

I did that (put stuff in cart, realize I forgot to use the SP link, click to Amazon via SP, complete purchase) about a month ago with that anime sale. If you see Code Geass, Fumoffu, Gunslinger Girl, School Rumble, and Ghost in the Shell, it works.

[Eos]

Disappointing if true, none of those seem to be present year to date.

[Eos]

Just placed the order through the link. 12 items, so yay for 6% referral rates, but meh @ the fact that said items didn't total a huge amount. Fingers crossed it still works and Southperry gets the couple bucks!

I am going to guess it didn't work. Month to date I still show nothing but two text books.

[FrozNlite]

I am going to guess it didn't work. Month to date I still show nothing but two text books.

Damn. Yeah, I've already received 75% of my orders. So future notice to all: you must create the entire order through the Southperry link, not clicking through it when you're ready to place the pre-made cart order.

[Eos]

So future notice to all: you must create the entire order through the Southperry link, not clicking through it when you're ready to place the pre-made cart order.

I've updated the OP to include that tidbit as well, since it's apparently rather important to the whole point.

[kwaz]

Damn. Yeah, I've already received 75% of my orders. So future notice to all: you must create the entire order through the Southperry link, not clicking through it when you're ready to place the pre-made cart order.

I've updated the OP to include that tidbit as well, since it's apparently rather important to the whole point.

So now, if I'm reading correctly...


SP Credit|Process
YES | chose item after clicking the link; complete order
NO | choose item, click link, complete order
??? | click link, choose item, leave site, add more items w/o link, click link, complete order

[Eos]

The latter step will only credit for the newly added items as far as I can tell.

Also it appears you may have to complete the entire process within 10 minutes. As in if you step away for more than 10 minutes or sit on a single page more than 10 minutes the session aborts. Used to be 24 hours.

They're not making this easy :/

[LittlePrincess]

Well I tried it for Christmas shopping so hopefully you get some items this month.
I found what I wanted, then used the SP link, searched for the item by name, added it and bought it right away. =)

[Eos]

Awesome, thanks, hopefully it will work nicely this time.

I just bought a kindle fire for a gift and was wishing I could get credit for it. :f4:

[Zelkova]

I bought some DLC stuff via Amazon, not sure if they would count that since it doesnt really "Ship".

[Eos]

I bought some DLC stuff via Amazon, not sure if they would count that since it doesnt really "Ship".

I've seen MP3s credit before so I assume any form of DLC will if it's purchased through our referral.

[FrozNlite]

I just bought a book through the link the other day, too. Can you let us know if referrals went through successfully for any of these recent purchases?

[Eos]

I'd need the title and to know if it shipped. Just because it's you, I'm guessing the AiA part 1 and 2 were yours.

I do see two DLC games that credited in the past 7 days that I am assuming are Zels, 1 book, 3 DVDs and a CD and an alarm clock.

(Grand total spent: $114.79 | SP earned: $6.00 )

[Sarah]

Wow that's miniscule

[Eos]

Wow that's miniscule

It's better than zero. And increases the more who use it.

[FrozNlite]

It's better than zero. And increases the more who use it.

This. If every Southperrican making Amazon purchases did so through the SP link, I'm would definitely generate a lot.

And yes Eos, of course that was mine.

[Eos]

And yes Eos, of course that was mine.

You say of course, but it's not like you're the only 'mo here. Hell, if anything we're 'mo rich.

[FrozNlite]

Fair enough :).

[Tay]

Oh, I bought something via the amazon link but I won't say what it is cause it's a gift.
:ohno:

[LittlePrincess]

Cool it worked! =)
Good, I bought more stuff. This is great, Christmas shop away from crowds and support one of my favorite sites at the same time! <3
I guess the trick is to do all the searching in advance and know what you want when you use the referral link.

[Eos]

Glad we've finally got it figured out.
Shame it's not a little more user-friendly / convenient, but I appreciate anyone willing to take the little bit of extra time/effort.

[FrozNlite]

True that, and not a moment too soon with the holiday season upon us and round two of textbooks for college students within the next 4-6 weeks.

[Corn]

Feck, I keep on forgetting to make my dad use this link.

[Locked]

iirc all you have to do is add the tag at the end of the url and it'll work no?

[Shidoshi]

iirc all you have to do is add the tag at the end of the url and it'll work no?

From some past experiences (not mine), no.

[Eos]

iirc all you have to do is add the tag at the end of the url and it'll work no?

It's rather picky.

If you add in &tag=southperrynet-20

It may work, but it strongly depends on where you are in the process when you do it and if it doesn't detect us as a referrer it might ignore it.

[Rob]

Just bought like 2 books, 2 shirts and a charger for my iPod. Let me know if it credits anything.