Re: Amazon referrals firefox extension for GNOME

["Jaap A. Haitsma" <jaap haitsma org>]

OK, I now have a 0.99 version of the Friend of GNOME extension setup
with all the new referrals code we made

Can you give it a try
http://ftp.haitsma.org/friendofgnome.xpi

It basically adds a referrer code to the url whenever you get onto the
amazon site from another site and there is no referrer set yet.
(Changing a referrer is not allowed by the terms of Amazon)

You'll see the following added to your url

tag=friendofgnome-20  for .com site
tag=friendofgnome-ca-20  for .ca site
tag=friendofgnome-uk-21  for .uk site
tag=friendofgnome-de-21  for .de site
tag=friendofgnome-fr-21  for .fr site
tag=friendofgnome-jp-22  for .jp site

Would be nice that somebody could actually buy something so we can see
if it works OK. Let us know what you bought and we can check if the
GNOME foundation gets the referral fee.

When it works I'll put the extension on addons.mozilla.org and look at
where to put it on the gnome site

Regards,

Jaap


On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 08:07, Jaap A. Haitsma<jaap haitsma org> wrote:
> Done. For Japan you just had an option to go for gift certificates or
> a bank account. I believe bank account should be in Japan. So I went
> for the gift certificate at the moment. We should have japanese
> speaking GNOME member have a look at this.
>
> For the french store I've made friendofgnome-fr-21 for the japanese
> friendofgnome-jp-21
>
> Stormy,
>
> I'll sent you the passwords in a seperate email
>
> Jaap
>
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 23:36, Stormy Peters<stormy gnome org> wrote:
> > Very cool.
> >
> > I did the German one. That high school German was good for something more
> > than ordering beer. :)
> > friendofgnome-de-21
> >
> > If you could do France and Japan, that'd be great.
> >
> > amazon gnome org
> > GNOME Foundation
> > Box 101
> > Groton, MA 01450
> > +1-617-206-3947
> >
> > And I selected payment by check for all the ones I filled out.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Stormy
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Jaap A. Haitsma <jaap haitsma org> wrote:
> > > Stormy,
> > >
> > > If you are on american affiliate page
> > > https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/
> > > You can select the locale at the top right that gives you access to
> > > all the others including the French and German
> > >
> > > I can do the French and German one, without too much trouble and can
> > > have a go at the japanese one (the sites are pretty similar and google
> > > translate always helps). Which email address should I use?
> > > I need contact information
> > >
> > > street,
> > > postal code
> > > city
> > > state
> > > tel phone number
> > >
> > > Jaap
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 20:47, Stormy Peters<stormy gnome org> wrote:
> > > > I created accounts in:
> > > > http://affiliate-program.amazon.co.uk, friendofgnome-21
> > > > http://associates.amazon.ca, friendofgnome06-20 (friendofgnome-20 was
> > > > not
> > > > available)
> > > >
> > > > Now I could use some help:
> > > >
> > > > I found the web page for https://affiliate.amazon.co.jp but it was in
> > > > Japanese ...
> > > > I couldn't find France or Germany's affiliate pages.
> > > > Any others?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Stormy
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Jaap A. Haitsma <jaap haitsma org>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I packaged up the friendofgnome amazon referral extension. It's here
> > > > > if you want to try it
> > > > > http://ftp.haitsma.org/friendofgnome.xpi
> > > > > Comments appreciated. I'll put it on mozilla addons site when we
> > > > > decide it's ready
> > > > >
> > > > > I also added for the non-US stores the referral code. It's also
> > > > > friendofgnome but in europe a -21 gets added and in japan -22.
> > > > >
> > > > > This is the relevant code
> > > > >
> > > > >       if (check('co.uk')) { return 'friendofgnome-21'; }
> > > > >        else if (check('de') || check('at')) { return
> > > > > 'friendofgnome-21'; }
> > > > >        else if (check('fr') ||
> > > > > uri.host.toLowerCase().indexOf('amazone.com') != -1) { return
> > > > > 'friendofgnome-21'; }
> > > > >        else if (check('ca')) { return 'friendofgnome-20'; }
> > > > >        else if (check('co.jp') || check('jp')) { return
> > > > > 'friendofgnome-22'; }
> > > > >        else { return 'friendofgnome-20'; }
> > > > >
> > > > > Stormy,
> > > > >
> > > > > Can you make these referral accounts in the respective shops?
> > > > >
> > > > > Jaap
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:14, Dave Neary<dneary gnome org> wrote:
> > > > > > Hi Jaap,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It's also possible to add in the extensions as we get new ones - with
> > > > > > just
> > > > > > amazon.com it's already useful.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > Dave.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Stormy Peters wrote:
> > > > > > > Thanks, Jaap!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On amazon.com <http://amazon.com> we have friendofgnome-20
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > <https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/network/your-account/manage-tracking-ids.html?ie=UTF8&idbox%5Ftracking%5Fid=friendofgnome-20&tracking%5Fid%5Fsearchterm=>
> > > > > > > (in addition to others). I'll work on the other accounts the week
> > > > > > > after
> > > > > > > GUADEC.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Stormy
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 12:14 AM, Jaap A. Haitsma <jaap haitsma org
> > > > > > > <mailto:jaap haitsma org>> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >    Hi,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >    I picked up the task from
> > > > > > > http://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/Tasks
> > > > > > >    that wants to make a copy of iheartmiro
> > > > > > > http://www.iheartmiro.org/
> > > > > > >    It's mostly ready and I called the extension: friendofgnome
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >    What I'm missing are the affiliate ID's for all the different
> > > > > > > regions
> > > > > > >    (.com, .co.uk <http://co.uk>, ca, .fr, .de, .co.jp
> > > > > > > <http://co.jp>).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >    Stormy,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >    Can you set up these accounts and id's? Once you have setup the
> > > > > > >    accounts you can add extra id's to it. I suggest you use
> > > > > > >    friendofgnome.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >    Jaap
> > > > > > >    --
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> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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