It was horrible! All I wanted to do was read an article online and there were so many ads loading slowly and impossible to close pop up videos that I couldn’t actually get the information I needed without raising my blood pressure.
This is why I have never put ads on my website and use affiliate links instead to help offset the cost of running a website. Affiliate links are a win-win. They cost you nothing and I get a small percentage for referring you when you make a purchase.
The wild thing about affiliate links, like at Amazon or Dick Blick is, that they work even if you don’t buy art supplies. For example, let’s say you use this affiliate link to look at the art books I’m reading lately.. But perhaps you already have them so you keep shopping on Amazon to buy those vitamins you just ran out of.
Since you clicked on my affiliate link to start your shopping at Amazon, I’ll get a small percentage of the vitamins purchased or anything you buy that day. Even if it isn’t art supplies. So when you get vitamins or sandals or a smoke detector, you’ll be supporting the arts! Any artist who has affiliate links you can support this way!
With Amazon Prime Days coming up, you can support the artists you enjoy! If you’re so inclined to click on one of my affiliate links as you start shopping I’m sending you a great big THANK YOU! It really does make a difference and keeps my website completely ad free!
