Interesting theory about Amazon Affiliate code

I agree. I'm not trying to say the opposite, rather just wondering if other people have similar trends with people not actually buying the products they click through on, however buy something else during the 24hour cookie period.

How many times do we go into a store looking for one item and come out with ten? Targeted Traffic ends at your door step - once they're in, the buyer is in control. You don't sell the majority that come. But the majority that come do buy things otherwise. It is the presence of opportunity that works in this case - they have an opportunity to look and shop at Amazon. Therefore, your site is a glorified "adsense" type site.

Using Amazon in this way is good and they foster it. I make sales mostly from things I'm not selling on my key sites. I can get the traffic, but they like to search and make themselves a find through my affiliate link.

We must understand the nature of what it is you're advertising. Adsense is different from Clickbank and Amazon is distinct from them both. There are common things that many marketers use to address in their efforts but their differences is where the money is to be made.

Adapt your site and efforts to these differences and you will make money. Different nature to the offer and different market searching for each = different site / marketing approach to implement and different traffic engagement to expect and foster.