TVWB is a member of the Amazon.com Associates Program. Using the Amazon links on TVWB for all your Amazon shopping generates a referral fee that helps offset the cost of publishing TVWB.

Do All Items I Purchase At Amazon Help Support TVWB Or Only Certain Items?

Everything you purchase at Amazon.com—books, movies, music, games, computers, electronics, home & garden, groceries, toys, apparel, tools, and even gift certificates—helps support TVWB.

How Can I Make Sure TVWB Gets Credit For My Amazon Purchases?

1. To begin your shopping, you must enter Amazon.com using one of the Amazon links on these pages:
   • TVWB homepage
   • Support The Virtual Weber Bullet
   • BBQ Shopping
   • Bulletin Board homepage
   • Amazon.com links embedded in various TVWB articles.
2. All items added to your shopping cart during the next 24 hours will be credited to TVWB.
3. If you leave Amazon without completing the checkout process, make sure to re-enter Amazon using one of the links on TVWB. This starts a new 24-hour clock and ensures that any additional items added to your shopping cart will be credited to TVWB.
4. You must complete the Amazon checkout process before your shopping cart expires—usually within 90 days. TVWB gets the referral fee for your purchase only after you go through the checkout process, accept delivery of your items, and pay Amazon in full.

What Common Mistakes Prevent TVWB From Getting Credit?

• Mistake #1: You add items to your Amazon shopping cart first, then go to back to TVWB and click one of the Amazon links. TVWB gets no credit for your purchases in this case. You must always enter Amazon.com using one of the links on TVWB before adding items to your shopping cart.
   
  Solution: Delete the items from your shopping cart, go to TVWB and click one of the Amazon links, then add the items back to your shopping cart. TVWB now gets credit for your purchases.
   
• Mistake #2: On Monday you use the Amazon link on TVWB to add items to your shopping cart, but you leave Amazon without checking out. You return on Friday by typing "www.amazon.com" and add more items to your shopping cart. TVWB only gets credit for the items on Monday, not the items on Friday.
   
  Solution: Always make sure to re-enter Amazon using one of the links on TVWB before adding items to your shopping cart.
   
• Mistake #3: On Tuesday you use the Amazon link on TVWB to add items to your shopping cart, but you leave Amazon without checking out. You return on Saturday using an Amazon link from a barbecue website other than TVWB and add more items to your shopping cart. TVWB only gets credit for the items on Tuesday, not the items on Saturday.
   
  Solution: Always make sure to re-enter Amazon using one of the links on TVWB before adding items to your shopping cart.
   
• Mistake #4: Someone pastes an Amazon link from their browser into a bulletin board post. You click the link and add items to your shopping cart. TVWB does not get credit for your purchase because the Amazon link was not coded to give credit to TVWB.
   
  Amazon links on TVWB always contain the phrase thevirtualweberb or tvwb-20 within the URL. If you don't see one of these phrases in the link you're about to click—especially in posts on the bulletin board—TVWB will not get credit for your purchase.
   
  Solution: Click one of the Amazon links on TVWB first, then click the link in the bulletin board post and add items to your shopping cart. TVWB gets credit for all items added to your cart during the next 24 hours.
   

Once I've Entered Amazon, How Can I Tell If TVWB Is Getting Credit?

Unfortunately, you can't. Once you enter Amazon.com using a link on TVWB, the phrases thevirtualweberb or tvwb-20 begin to disappear from the the URLs you see on various Amazon pages. Rest assured that as long as you enter Amazon using a link on TVWB, the Web site is getting credit for all purchases.

Can I Save TVWB's Amazon Link To My Browser Favorites?

Great idea! Just start all your Amazon.com shopping by clicking this link in your browser favorites and TVWB will get credit for all your purchases, every time!

If using the Internet Explorer browser, click this link to add TVWB's Amazon.com link to your Favorites list:
 
Add TVWB's Amazon.com link to IE Favorites
 
Otherwise, right-click this link and click "Add to Favorites" or "Bookmark this link":

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/thevirtualweberb

Can TVWB See What I'm Purchasing?

No. TVWB can see what items are being purchased, but not who is purchasing them. Only Amazon.com knows your identity.