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giarc on July 16, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Prime Down: Amazon’s sale day turns into fail day

The ad dollars are only spent if the ad is shown to users. If the site isn't up, ads can't be displayed.

tssva on July 16, 2018 [–]

A lot of the ads were shown prior to Prime Day . They were to drive traffic to Amazon on Prime Day and not to promote product the day of.

CamelCaseName on July 17, 2018 | [–]

A lot of vendors also advertise off Amazon

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