Show HN: ThingsOnReddit – Products linked to on Reddit • Hacker News Board

I'd be curious to see the success of this with Amazon Affiliates, since it is nearly a direct copy of a site I made 2 months ago (that Amazon shut down due to lack of original content). The site is https://fastandes.com (currently at limited functionality).

Re: Show HN: ThingsOnReddit – Products linked to on Reddit

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Post by codingdave » Sat, Sep 23, 2017, 10:19 PM UTC

techaddict009 wrote: post #3

Does this link are of amazon products only?

Amazon provides the affiliate revenue, so Amazon products are what gets linked. I'm not opposed to the business model, I use affiliate links to monetize my site, too. But it does seem silly to shy away from admitting that this is trying to make some money from the links.

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Sep 23, 2017, 10:19 PM UTC

kilroy123 wrote: post #6

As someone who frequents /r/watches, I appreciate this. But it would be great to see prices more easily highlighted.

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Re: Show HN: ThingsOnReddit – Products linked to on Reddit

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Post by yitchelle » Sat, Sep 23, 2017, 10:26 PM UTC

I don't fully understand the psychology behind this. Would someone be more likely to buy an item just because is it mentioned in a forum. There are similar sites that mine HN for the books that are mentioned here. Can some ELI5 to me?