Affiliate Retailers - They earn LFGSS money when you use them

Read the first post:

Urban Cyclery will presumably be making a substantial donation to LFGSS now, say 1% of this week's sales.

We actually earn approx' 1% of the value of sales referred to 3rd parties (though some specific items from some retailers might actually have up to 3% or 4% fees).

So if Urban Cyclery sold a nodder jacket for £40 as a result of referral, then generally I'd only expect to see 40p revenue.

If you're curious as to how much this earns, here are some examples:
Cycle Surgery: £1.41 last month
CycleStore: £2.13 last month
Evans: £23.28 last month
Wiggle: £67.86 last month

Most schemes, each month... don't earn a penny. Though I've not included in the above the figures from the 2 most profitable schemes.

This is why this thread exists... LFGSS relies on a combination of affiliates and donations, and affiliates are seasonal (more in the summer when people buy more). So we try and maximise the off-season affiliate revenue by encouraging those about to buy something to do it via here so that LFGSS gets 1% (without it increasing the price you pay).