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From what I've read, an Amazon smile link will superceded any affiliate link you clicked on. That means Amazon goes from paying out multiple percent to 0.5%.

I'm guessing the administrative burden of so many organizations is a big driver behind the shutdown.

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I don't think this is true, I run an affiliate site that directs people to Smile, and my commissions have been the same whether I direct to Smile or not. I have heard that your conversions typically go down when you use Smile. However I think that might be because many customers have never signed up for Smile and are scared away. I decided to stick with Smile links because I thought that in the long term it would motivate people to continue using my site and I figured at worst I'd help charities a lot more than the income I'd lose so I'm a bit sad to learn about this.

Oof, really? Then I actually feel bad that some of the smaller blogs I follow that published legit reviews didn't get credit for my sales. (I use the Always Smile browser extension.)

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