Comment by daft_pink
2 hours ago
Why would Amazon pay out on scam affiliate links? That’s the thing I don’t really understand from the honey scam.
2 hours ago
Why would Amazon pay out on scam affiliate links? That’s the thing I don’t really understand from the honey scam.
As long as real customers are buying stuff, what incentive does Amazon have to question the source?
Because they are forking over some of their revenue to affiliates. If there is no affiliate, Amazon keeps that money for itself. Paying the affiliate only makes sense if it's driving purchases that wouldn't have happened otherwise.
If they're paying out on purchases that otherwise would have been organic, they're losing money.