Big Wheel Posted May 15, 2009 Report Posted May 15, 2009 Has anyone seen this site before? http://store.scienceblog.com/ They appear to be using an Amazon API to essentially create another frontend on top of Amazon.com....but some of their listed prices are significantly cheaper than Amazon's. When you click "checkout," it takes you to the Amazon sign-in page. I haven't yet tried to enter Amazon from here. Is it a bad idea to enter my Amazon password on this page? Quote
Big Wheel Posted May 15, 2009 Author Report Posted May 15, 2009 Ah...I think I figured it out. It appears that they are just pulling all the Amazon and Amazon Marketplace prices, but instead of showing you the Amazon.com price as the primary price and telling you that it's available from Marketplace sellers "used and new for $5.99", they instead just show the cheapest one as the primary price. So scienceblog.com is a pure affiliate - they don't process your order or do anything else with what you bought, they just get commission from Amazon for sending you over there and buying from them or one of the sellers in the Marketplace. Quote
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