Jeremy's Giveness Blog

Amazon Tip

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:03:51 GMT

Lets say you go to Amazon directly and put some items in your cart. Then you remember, I want the commission on these items to go to charity. So you browse to giveness.com select a charity and go to Amazon. The items are still in your cart from before, but this is the problem! Because you went directly to Amazon and put the items in your cart they will NOT earn commission. You must make sure that you add all the items to the cart after you have browsed to Amazon by way of Giveness. Items get tagged for commission when they are put into the cart. Well I learned this the hard way and I want to make sure others don't make the same mistake.

DRM Free MP3s on Amazon

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:22:47 GMT

Amazon now has a MP3 download section, and best of all the MP3s are DRM free! This means any MP3 I buy from Amazon can be played on any device I wish to play it on, from my IPod to my XBox 360. If you buy your MP3s from Amazon through Giveness, your selected charity will receive a 20% commission. This commission rate will last through the end of the year, at which point it will go down to 10%, which is still a great commission rate.

More things to buy on Amazon

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:22:13 GMT

I keep being surprised at the things you can buy on Amazon that will generate commissions for my favorite charity. Here is what I have found now:

Amazon pays 6% commissions on Amazon gift certificates. An Amazon gift certificate is the perfect gift for anyone. They can be sent via email, an e-card or on paper through the mail.

Amazon pays 10% commissions on the Unbox service, thier video download service

Amazon sells cell phones and cell service, who knew?

Keep searching, browsing and buying on Amazon to support your favorite charity.

Another thing I didn't know you could buy on Amazon

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:04:53 GMT

I just realized I can purchase magazine subscriptions on Amazon. I found some of the magazines I like: American Woodworker and Guitar World. They even had my wifes favorite magazine, Cooking Light. What will I find next?!?

I wish I could recommend this product

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:30:22 GMT

Several people have mentioned that it has been a while since my last blog, well you asked for it...

I saw an article on digg.com about this crazy item on Amazon. It is a replica of a vehicle from Star Wars. It goes for $20k (that would generate some sweet commission for some charity wouldn't it). I tried to recomend it on Giveness but couldn't. Some third party products are tricky to find through Giveness.

Amazon's 30 day price guarantee

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:54:03 GMT

Did you know that Amazon has a 30 day price guarantee. If an item you buy from Amazon (not a third party vender on the Amazon site) drops in price within 30 days of your purchase, you are eligible for a refund of the price drop. Price Protectr is a web site that makes this really easy. All you have to do is copy the Amazon link to the item you purchased and paste it into the Price Protectr web site along with your email, if the price drops within 30 days, it will notify you by email. The email even includes the link to the page on Amazon where you request the refund. I have received refunds on three items on my last two purchases from Amazon.

I know some might argue this takes money away from charities on Giveness and I am sure they are correct. I am sure Amazon takes refunds into account when they calculate commissions each month. But I think knowing you will get the lowest price on an item for the next 30 days is a good incentive to buy more things from Amazon in the future, which will then create more commissions for charities.

Between Amazon's free shipping on most items over $25 and the 30 day price guarantee, along with a portion of your purchase going to a charity of your choice, how can you not think of making your next purchase at Amazon via the Giveness site.

Be selfish and feel good about it

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:33:56 GMT

Sitting on my right should is little angel Jeremy saying "You should do something good for somebody, why don't you make a donation to charity." Well making a donation to charity would make me feel good, but that doesn't seem like enough motivation to make me go through with it. I could scratch an itch and I would feel good too. Then the little devil Jeremy sitting on my left shoulder says "Hey the new Chimaira cd just came out yesterday." Oooh, that would make me feel good, and buying a cd is just a few clicks away.

Giveness.com is the perfect solution to my dilema. I can go to the site, select a non-profit and buy the new Chimaira cd for myself. A portion of the money I spend on the cd will be given to the non-profit. Now I feel good because I helped support a cause of my choice and I get a new cd for myself.