You cannot analyze based patent filing on the basis of what you see because there are many attributes to any patent. Let me just say that what may seem to be the heart of any patent may not be it at all ~ especially for software patents that have dozens, if not hundreds of underlying claims.

Software and networks are so complex and not even been remotely explored by human ingenuity.

They can’t be serious to apply for a patent for something that simple and I KNOW that it is definitively not “prior art”. There are a few ecommerce solutions available in both Europe and the US which support so called “affiliate shops” / “white label shops” for their affiliates. People can also buy there without leaving the website of the affiliate.

Maybe the patent authority in the US is stupid enough to give a patent to something like this but at least in Europe we do not have software patents and even with them simple solutions would not be allowed.

Greets, Taylor

It is secure though? I guess that it is probably an iframe going to a secure location?

We are not doing an affiliate system through a service like Amazon. We are going to the source…this lets us open up the profit margin for bloggers as much as possible. Over time we should be able to increase the margins even more…our goal is to give as much to the bloggers as possible (that’s the “Capitalism Done Right” goal of GoodStorm). It’s why the custom apparel service that GoodStorm offers now is able to give away 70% of the proceeds above the cost of the printed shirts.

The markup on a book like the “All Music Guide” (this is one of the samples we rotate through on the front page of MeCommerce’s site) would bring the blogger over $7. We can’t compete with Amazon on low value pricing….for the visitor to your blog it’s the difference between “value” shopping and “values” shopping. It’s about encouraging your readers to support you.

On the design, we’ll work on more options. Let us know what you’d like to see.

Sounds like a great idea though, major impulse marketing and in this fast paced blogosphere, impulse is everything.

Interested to know about profits though, I would assume the owner of this service isn’t going to be sourcing all of the products so I would guess a database is setup with amazon.

If it increases purchases though sharing profits with yet another middle man might not be so bad.