I made a post asking for bore sight recommendations and noticed something that got some wheels spinning.
If you post a normal amazon link like https: //www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001U7GX8K the website rewrites the URL to include a referral. See for yourself I'll post the same link without the space https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001U7GX8K
The website rewrites the URL to include this at the end - /ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001U7GX8K&linkCode=as2&tag=jdteta-20
It doesn't do it when you preview the post but only after pressing the Submit button. Apparently the info that comes after the tag variable is the Amazon user who gets the affiliate credit.
jdteta-20 is the account that will get referral moneys if someone were to buy the product after clicking the link. If you search for "jdteta-20" in quotes on Google you get quite a few results. It looks like there are quite a few gun forums that do this URL rewrite - https://www.google.com/search?q="jdteta-20"
The google search shows amazon affiliate links for jdteta-20 on warriortalk.com, surplusrifleforum.com, gulfcoastgunforum.com, mdshooters.com, yellowbullet.com, ingunowners.com, preparedgunowners.com, and arizonashooting.com and of course bayoushooter.com.
If you post a normal amazon link like https: //www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001U7GX8K the website rewrites the URL to include a referral. See for yourself I'll post the same link without the space https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001U7GX8K
The website rewrites the URL to include this at the end - /ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001U7GX8K&linkCode=as2&tag=jdteta-20
It doesn't do it when you preview the post but only after pressing the Submit button. Apparently the info that comes after the tag variable is the Amazon user who gets the affiliate credit.
jdteta-20 is the account that will get referral moneys if someone were to buy the product after clicking the link. If you search for "jdteta-20" in quotes on Google you get quite a few results. It looks like there are quite a few gun forums that do this URL rewrite - https://www.google.com/search?q="jdteta-20"
The google search shows amazon affiliate links for jdteta-20 on warriortalk.com, surplusrifleforum.com, gulfcoastgunforum.com, mdshooters.com, yellowbullet.com, ingunowners.com, preparedgunowners.com, and arizonashooting.com and of course bayoushooter.com.