Comment by seanw265
I assume that payments from purchases come from you guys, rather than me needing to create and manage an affiliate account with each individual vendor?
You say that commissions average 5%, but what is the variability and where does it come from?
Last, a bit of feedback about the product.
I tried searching "nintendo switch 2" on your homepage and the results that came up kind of sketched me out. You mention that the products are US-only, but the first result clearly says "hong kong" in the title. And the store listed is "My Nintendo Store PT"; is that the official store? When I google that it takes me to the Portuguese version of the nintendo website, and that makes me even more confused.
The second result for the same search appears to be a dress, which is obviously completely unrelated to video games in general.
EDIT: I'm noticing irrelevant results for many queries. Searching "plain white pillowcase", the third result is a t-shirt, the seventh result is a dress, and the eleventh result is a light bulb.
Searching "men's wallet" the very first result is an outdoor picnic table.
Regarding payments, your understanding is correct. We have and manage our affiliate partnerships, all you have to do is drive sales and we forward on the commission to you. We're working on improving signal into the range of commissions you can expect, but, in short, the variability stems from merchants and product type. For example, technology (e.g. iPhones, laptops) typically have lower commissions than beauty supplies.
Thanks for the feedback. Managing and cleaning this volume of data is an ongoing task, and our catalog is getting better each day. I'll check out the nintendo case in particular.