October 6, 2011

Amazon Associates, Amazon Vine, Gather & Epinions

1.  As a California resident I am happy to share that we have been reinstated.  Unfortunately, this is not retroactive.  You will also have to log into the site and check mark that you agree to the terms and conditions.  Once you have done that you will get a confirmation email and you are back in business.

I already had access to how many clicks so far this month - 70 as of yesterday Oct 4th and two items were sold, but I do not know if I am getting credit for that.

I am looking forward to doing some reading and writing some reviews so I can expect an amazon certificate the end of December.

2. The Amazon Vine Program is for Amazon Reviewers.  There is a monthly email that is sent out with the offerings.  You need to write reviews before you will get more products. Now that the Amazon Associates program is back for California residents I will be visiting the site again.  I was avoiding it due to their treatment of us. 

3.  I plan on being more active on gather.com since the activity there gives you points for a redemption thru paypal.  I noted the last payout of $25 took several weeks.  They give you points for commenting and posting.  My page is http://autismfamily.gather.com

4.  I get a monthly amount through epinions and should get back to writing product reviews there that do not fit elsewhere so I can add to my monthly amount.  Been a few years since I wrote a review, but I have over 800 from 2000-20008 or 2009 and that gives me about $25. 

http://www.epinions.com/user-bonniesayers

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