Affiliate Retailers - They earn LFGSS money when you use them

Does the Amazon affiliate scheme work even if something is not referred from here? I add the "?tag=buro9-21" tag to the end of any Amazon page by default - does this mean that any Amazon purchase is automatically affiliated?

It does work, but Amazon pays more for direct links to products than for a general link. In fact, it's weighed heavily against the general link, so even spending a fair amount only adds a very little (even by affiliate standards).

Still... even at such low rates, the whole premise of affiliates is that it does ultimately add up.