Linus Tech Tips Affiliates, Referral Programs and Sponsors

[fishy]

You could try out http://www.borderlinx.com/

great idea

but then it gets a bit on the expensive side

about 150$ for 3 t-shirts..

if I select my neighbour country, total cost comes to 92$

[ReidWeb]

I'm a long time viewer and reader of forums, but only just signed up for an account today and I'm developing chrome and firefox extensions to "auto-tag" people's  amazon and potentially thinkgeek sessions so that the Linus Media Group affiliate codes get used without even having to find their bookmark.

 

for example:

Bob visits amazon.com to order a new CPU; he searches through and finds his item. Bob wants to support Linus Media Group with his purchases, Bob has my chrome extension installed, so that Bob doesn't even have to think about tagging his session; it's automatically tagged by the chrome extension; Linus Media group get their cut and the viewer isn't even slightly inconvenienced.

 

The Amazon Italy link appears to be going to .es? And if you get the thinkgeek affiliate sorted i can sort it out in the extension;

 

I'm currently testing out the chrome extension, will move onto the firefox extension when i get done on chrome.

 

The extension can potentially be expanded to work with any affiliate.

[Socratic]

amazon uk link is fixed

I'll make sure to use it on my next purchase. 

 

They use Yodel mostly for deliveries, but so do Ebuyer where I like to buy my components so no real love lost.

[Trentonxx]

The italian affiliate code redirect to the Spanish version!

[ajlouni]

i  would  love a t-shirt with linus saying im gay i will buy for sure 

[colonel_mortis]

i  would  love a t-shirt with linus saying im gay i will buy for sure 

Especially considering your signature, that's really not on. He has a wife and kid...

[Manzoman]

 

 

If you're a fan of Linus Tech Tips and you wish to support Linus Tech Tips, please consider using one/some of the links below. Some can be used once, others can be used multiple times. When you use these links it shows that Linus Tech Tips is referring business to these companies and in return we get the resources we need from them to keep doing our jobs and bringing you the best tech content we can! Thank you for supporting Linus Tech Tips.

 

 

Table of Contents

• Direct Support (Link)
• T-Shirts! (Link)
• NCIX (Canada/International - United States)
• Amazon (United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, France, Italy
• Audible (International)
• Squarespace (Offer Code: LINUS1)
• Hotspot Shield (Offer Code: LINUS)
• GameFanShop (Coming Soon)
• Netflix (Coming Soon)
• Ebay (Coming Soon)

 

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Direct Support Link

 

Linus Media Group creates videos about computers and technology.

 

We've had viewers asking us for years how they can help contribute to us and help us continue to make the best computer & technology videos we can make. Now we have an option that allows anyone to become a Linus Media Group Contributor. By being a contributor you are helping us cover the day-to-day expenses that go along with making videos including paying employee salaries, video & tech equipment, Internet, electricity, rent, etc. This stuff might sound boring, but not having to worry about this kind of stuff lets us focus on what we do best: creating more new, exciting video content for you guys to enjoy

 

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T-Shirt Store Link

 

We finally (by popular demand) have T-shirts.

 

Represent Linus Tech Tips with a shirt from the official store. We use only the highest quality shirts from District Lines (similar to American Apparel T-shirts) and shipping is available internationally. Make sure you check back from time to time because we'll be adding more designs in the future!

 

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Canada/International - United States

 

NCIX.com - The place where it all started.

 

Linus worked at NCIX for about 5 years during which he learned a lot and made a ton of friends. NCIX.com has web stores in Canada (also ships internationally) and the USA (ships only domestically) and retail stores in BC and Ontario Canada. NCIX.com helped Linus start up Linus Tech Tips and continues to provide overwhelming support to Linus and his team. Linus still hosts videos on the NCIXcom Youtube Channel from time to time, so you should definitely check them out and make sure you're subscribed!! http://youtube.com/ncixcom

 

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United States - Canada - United Kingdom -  Germany -  Spain -  France -  Italy

 

Amazon.com is the online super store. From computer components to mayo.

 

Amazon.com has an excellent affiliate program. If you shop there, please amend your Amazon bookmark with the appropriate Linus Tech Tips affiliate link (just use the links above). Anything you buy in the next hour after navigating to the site with that affiliate code will give Linus Tech Tips a commission that ranges from 4% to 8% or even more!

 

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International

 

Get your first audiobook free when you create a new account to sign up for their monthly audiobook service.

 

Audible.com is the easy way to buy and manage your audiobooks. Some examples of times when audiobooks might be perfect (there are tips from Linus himself): commuting, laying in bed waiting to feel tired, and working on mundane tasks like writing blurbs about your sponsors. It's nice to have some entertainment other than music sometimes. When you sign up using the Linus Tech Tips affiliate link you will get your first audiobook free.

 

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Squarespace

Offer Code: LINUS12

 

Try it for free and get 10% off your first order on new accounts with our offer code!

 

For beginners and experts Squarespace makes designing and hosting a website easier and more beautiful than ever. They have many templates suitable for blogging, eCommerce, photography portfolios and much more. They also have scalable hosting solutions so that your bandwidth and hosting can scale with you. The Linus Media Group website is hosted using SquareSpace. It took only a couple days to get up and running and and as hard as we've tried to crash it by directing everyone to it during our weekly live cast, we've never once managed to do it.

 

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Hotspot Shield

Offer Code: LINUS

 

20% Off Elite Prices

 

Hotspot Shield is a VPN service that Linus has used for a number of (completely legitimate) purposes since first being introduced to it. VPNs are great for protecting your privacy online by making it more difficult for your location and identity to be tracked while you're browsing. They also allow pesky geographical restrictions such as Netflix's notoriously different regional libraries, YouTube/Google blockages, and news site blackouts to be circumvented. The free version is ad-supported, so we really recommend going with an Elite membership, and of course you can save 20% with our offer code

 

 

Links that need to be added:

 

Thinkgeek (if I can figure out how to do this...)

dealzon

gamefanshop

Netflix

Ebay

 

Linus the Italian link leads me to Amazon Spain!

[Renegron]

Does anyone know if i can use the Amazon US link along with smile.amazon.com ?

[colonel_mortis]

Does anyone know if i can use the Amazon US link along with smile.amazon.com ?

I don't know but you can try adding &tag=linustechtips-20 to the end of the URL. I would suggest though that it's more important to give the contribution to charity than to Linus though, so even if it doesn't, keep using Smile.

[duynhanle1]

I love all the Tshirts!

[TOHRz]

Those t-shirts look good!

Edited July 2, 2014 by TOHRz

[Leonard]

Does the customer get cash back or a percentage off the item when they purchase?

[colonel_mortis]

Does the customer get cash back or a percentage off the item when they purchase?

From where?

As per the first page, you get 1 free audiobook from audible, 10% off squarespace and 20% off Hotspot shield. The others have no benefit to you except better content from Linus (&co), but I would say that that's more than worth the effort for clicking one link instead of another.

[Leonard]

From where?

As per the first page, you get 1 free audiobook from audible, 10% off squarespace and 20% off Hotspot shield. The others have no benefit to you except better content from Linus (&co), but I would say that that's more than worth the effort for clicking one link instead of another.

I am just trying to find out if Linus Media Group made any agreement with amazon regarding special promotion codes. Some companies do that.

[Jordan]

get a frozen CPU 10% off code.

[Goodmane]

Thanks for Hotspot Shield deal guys. I wasn't able to reach Youtube and some other websites because of weird goverment laws we have. Now I'm able to watch videos on Youtube, post tweets and even watch porn ! (try living without it if you are laughing)

[OneGuy83]

I was going to Try out FiveFour Club However there is a $25 dollar Surcharge for Canadians.... no FiveFour for me......

[Arshdeep]

Damn that kid grew. Remember back when the Titan came out.
I assume that is how Linus takes care of him.

Started growing teeth - When Titan came out
First word - When 780 came out.
First walk - Release of mantle. 

[Gualty]

Hey Hey Hey, it looks like the amazon Italian link is instead linking to Amazon Spain

[lnxpro]

I signed up for the FiveFour Club and got my first "package" (bubble envelope).

All I got were 2 shirts and a t-shirt. definitely not worth the normal $60 price. luckily I got it for $40 thanks to Linus. But definitely not impressed.

I was expecting a nice looking package like they have in the video, and I was expecting a complete look (t-shirt, shirt, jeans and shoes). nope. not the case here.

If I wouldn't had to spend $10+ to ship this back to them I would.

 

I emailed them to cancel my membership.

[DaveSimonH]

Just spent about £226 using the Amazon UK affiliate link, hopefully it went through OK. Will probably be spending another £500 or so in the coming weeks and will try to remember to use the affiliate link again.

 

Finally putting together my new build. Using pcpartpicker, I've been playing around with different builds for months. Thankfully everything I'm after seems to be available through Amazon. The plan is;

 

CPU - i5-4670K

Cooler - Hyper 212 EVO

MB - GIGABYTE GA-Z97-HD3

GPU - MSI R9 280 

RAM - Corsair Vengeance 2x 4GB DDR3-1600

SSD - Samsung 840 EVO 250GB

Case - Corsair 200R case (windowed version)

PSU - EVGA 600W 

Optical - Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray Writer

 

 

EDIT:

Put in an order for the rest of the parts today, using affiliate link

 

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[xBlizzDevious]

Have been planning on watercooling my PC since May last year and have never gotten round to it for a number of reasons. I'm currently on holiday and will be heading home tomorrow afternoon, but I've been without a computer (decent one, at least) for nearly two weeks and I've decided that I should maybe spend the money for my watercooling on buying myself a decent laptop. It just so happens that a friend had an Asus G750JW (I think.. The one with the 765M) that they lent me to play some games with other friends. I was really impressed by the build quality and quite impressed by the performance of even the lower end model. As such, I'm really tempted to get a G750 but I'm still contemplating which one and how much I'm willing to spend. Then I remembered that Linus was sponsored by that laptop at the moment and wondered if there was an offer code or anything for it. Can't find one anywhere and I can't even find a reference to use to say that Linus' sponsor got me to buy one. Does either exist? If so, what is it?

 

TL;DR: Asus G750JZ sponsor code, anyone?

[colonel_mortis]

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TL;DR: Asus G750JZ sponsor code, anyone?

There was none afaik, it was just a sponsored mention on the show. The idea was that it's so good that you don't need a discount

[Guest]

I was going to Try out FiveFour Club However there is a $25 dollar Surcharge for Canadians.... no FiveFour for me......

Each month, or once?

[xBlizzDevious]

There was none afaik, it was just a sponsored mention on the show. The idea was that it's so good that you don't need a discount

 

Haha. Don't think I can deny that. But it is dang expensive. Though if I look at similar specs, it's actually not bad. The two I'm looking at are the "low-end" version and the top-end version.

 

Links here:

G750JW-T4099H, ASUS G750JW-T4099H, 66534778 - Simply Asus

G750JZ-T4056H, ASUS G750JZ-T4056H, 6387732 - Simply Asus

Not bad prices and damn good specs. I don't think I could live without the 16GB RAM though. May even have to upgrade to 32GB (what, I use a lot of RAM... A lot of the time...). Not really sure what performance I'll get from the 765M, but I know it's not too bad. But I know what to expect from the 880M and that's really kinda why I want to get it. Not only that, but if I ever go 4K, the 880M will be able to play a lot of games at lower settings at reasonable framerates, whereas the 765M will just die.

 

Right, well I better get to sleep as I'll be travelling for the next 36-ish hours. Good night.