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0 pointsdholowiski15y ago0 comments

If your only source of income is affiliate commisions, then it is extremely risky. What happens when amazon decides they don't like your site any more,and cancels your affiliate account? Im sure you don't want to be posting here 6 months from now saying "amazon killed my startup"

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jordan0day15y ago· 1 in thread

If OneFatPig is bringing Amazon revenue, why would they try to kill it off? I mean, certainly there's ways to make someone mad at you, but from a business sense if OneFatPig "plays nice" I don't see why Amazon would arbitrarily do that.

dholowiskiOP15y ago

Sure, Amazon shouldn't want to kill it off, but what if they do anyway? Remember the guy who posted a few weeks ago on HN about how 'google fired me'? It's pretty easy to make a small violation of the TOS without realizing it.

I'm just making a suggestion - don't put all of your eggs in one basket. If you depend on one company for 100% of your revenue (Google, Paypal, Amazon etc)that's a huge risk.

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