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Anyone look at the Amazon "Product Previews" beta program?

Discussion in 'Amazon' started by gary99, Nov 21, 2005.

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    Has anyone tried this yet? Darren's got a post up on ProBlogger about it here

    It creates a nifty little expanding javascript window that appears when you hover over one of your Amazon affiliate links. I threw it up on a couple of posts on my "Good Stuff" blog. Figure since it doesn't take any screen real estate it probably won't hurt.

    I think it's pretty cool. I still don't imagine I'm going to be making a whole lot of money off of Amazon.

    BTW if you want to see the previews on your own site, you may have to clear your cookies, close your browser, refresh, and repeat several times. Someone decided they should do a real "scientific method" experiment, so half of your users will get a cookie which disables the feature. Cute. :)

    I also found I had to upgrade to Firefox 1.07.

    -Gary
     
    gary99, Nov 21, 2005 IP
  2. Cartman

    Cartman Active Member

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    I've got it up on a few pages that get alot of traffic.. It's pretty cool, but I'll have to wait and see if it actually generates any sales. For those of you who haven't seen it before, I've got it up on the following pages:

    http://www.celebrityseats.com/concerts/billy-joel-tickets.html
    http://www.celebrityseats.com/concerts/gwen-stefani-tickets.html
    http://www.celebrityseats.com/concerts/pearl-jam-tickets.html

    Scroll down to the Shipping and Availability section, and you'll see the small text link.. Hover your mouse over it, and the window will pop it. Pretty cool feature!
     
    Cartman, Nov 25, 2005 IP
  3. gary99

    gary99 Guest

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    Actually I'm thinking about taking it down. I'm a little worried that people will click just because it's cool, but not really want to buy the thing at Amazon. Meanwhile they'be left my site and I lost potential AdSense/Chitika clickers. Maybe I'll leave it up a few more days and see if I actually get any sales.
     
    gary99, Nov 25, 2005 IP
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    I used it for a couple of weeks, but found that my clickthrough rates didn't improve, so I scrapped it.
     
    largeheartedboy, Nov 26, 2005 IP
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    Vrindavan Well-Known Member

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    any more feedback ?

    i have difficulty locate the cookie file and
    having it displays on my sites
     
    Vrindavan, Dec 27, 2005 IP
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    plugged it in but amazon generally performed pretty bad. removed it and amazon altogether.

    ps. tried amazon for about 3 months gave them thousands of clicks a month. near nill sales..
     
    liquidboy, Dec 27, 2005 IP
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    Please tell me:
    Where can I find it at german Amazon.de????
     
    Wally, Dec 28, 2005 IP
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    I tried it for a bit but I wasn't impressed.
     
    justtara, Dec 28, 2005 IP
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    good links Peon

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    I tried to come up with a good way how do use it. But in the end I removed it because I think that my Amazon affiliate page works better without it.
     
    good links, Jan 1, 2006 IP
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    I thought I installed it, but it isn't popping up anything when I hover over a link on my own site. Any ideas what I might have done wrong?
     
    error10, Jan 4, 2006 IP
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    no sale for me though there are some clicks
     
    ravianz, Jan 6, 2006 IP
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    Thank you for your tip. I usually don't promote Amazon, because everyone know it's address, and can buy later, when they no longer have my affiliate tracking / cookies on...
     
    Coupons, Jan 6, 2006 IP
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    how to locate the amazon cookie and delete it ?
    the file name ?

    please help, thanks a lot
     
    Vrindavan, Jan 11, 2006 IP