https://survivalblog.com/2021/01/26/im- ... ent-282981
I'm not renewing my Amazon Prime Account when it expires in March. I've been buying more directly from manufacturers and locally.I’ll feel clean, once I’ve left the brown-tinged waters of the Amazon behind.
Let me begin by explaining that I joined the Amazon Associates program in 2007. At that time, Amazon’s corporate management was already liberal, but their politics didn’t influence the way that Amazon was operated to any great extent. And Amazon was not yet a provider of web/cloud computing services. I found Amazon to be a handy place to shop for books, DVDs, and various merchandise. They offered commission-earning links that never expired. By becoming an Amazon Associate, I earned an average of about 7% on any items that SurvivalBlog readers ordered, by clicking through from any of our links. Because I have so many readers, that equated to about $60,000 in income for the blog, in the first few years.
Then, in March of 2017, Amazon reduced their commissions by an average of 40%. And then, in April of 2020, they made a further reduction. That brought my Amazon Associates income down to about $30,000 per year. But it was still worth the time and trouble to create Amazon product links.