http://simonwillison.net/2009-11-23T21:44:43+00:00Simon Willison2009-11-23T21:44:43+00:002009-11-23T21:44:43+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Nov/23/hackernews/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=957851">Hacker News thread on Negative Cashback</a></strong></p> Is it common practice for online stores with affiliate referral schemes to artificially inflate their prices if they’re going to have to pay out a referral bonus? <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/affiliates">affiliates</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/cashback">cashback</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/hacker-news">hacker-news</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/referrals">referrals</a></p>

2009-11-23T21:24:12+00:002009-11-23T21:24:12+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Nov/23/bing/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://bountii.com/blog/2009/11/23/negative-cashback-from-bing-cashback/">Negative Cashback from Bing Cashback</a></strong></p> Some online stores show you a higher price if you click through from Bing—and set a cookie that continues to show you the higher price for the next three months. It’s unclear if this is Bing’s fault—comments on Hacker News report that Google Shopping sometimes suffers from the same problem (POST UPDATED: I originally blamed Bing for this). <p><small></small>Via <a href="http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2009/11/23/4652/bing-gets-more-evil">Peter Van Dijck</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/affiliates">affiliates</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/bing">bing</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/cookies">cookies</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/google">google</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/microsoft">microsoft</a></p>