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Re:Examine.com has grown up: $700,000 in the past year by halcyondaze on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @04:12PM (#8139079)
What prompted dropping all links to supplements purchasable online? Because you guys are an unbiased source, did you still feel it was wrong to offer an affiliate link to the product?

I absolutely love Examine.com and have shared it with many friends, but I seriously questioned that move from both a business and helpfulness perspective.

1. From the user's perspective, it's helpful to click right out and get the product if you want it.

2. From the business perspective, that's a shit load of Amazon cookies to be dropping, and you're not compromising your message since you treat all supplements equally and back it with research.

Thanks for creating an amazing resource!

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Re:Examine.com has grown up: $700,000 in the past year by SoloX5 on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @04:16PM (#8139113)
It's easier and simpler.

While we linked to only the generic search from Amazon.com, it's easier to doubt the research when we still profit from the sales.

Examine.com is run as a lifestyle business. If we wanted to maximize revenue, we could easily 2-3x our revenue in the span of 6 months. Just not our approach.

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Re:Examine.com has grown up: $700,000 in the past year by halcyondaze on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @05:25PM (#8139548)
Gotcha. Makes sense. Time for money tradeoff. Thanks for the answer!
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Re:Examine.com has grown up: $700,000 in the past year by monksy on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @10:08PM (#8140632)
I appreciate the work you do!
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