> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.chrismessina.me/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Make me money, make you money - URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/make-me-money-make-you-money/ - Published: 2006-12-14T11:05:01.000Z - Updated: 2026-03-25T03:39:04.000Z - Author: Chris Messina - Tags: Life online [](http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/322391592/?ref=chrismessina.me)Ok, I've avoided overly commercial messages in the past, but when I do find good deals, I think it's worth it to pass them on, since I appreciate it when other people do the same. I've used [Trezr](http://www.trezr.com/?ref=chrismessina.me) for this lately, but today I'm going to whore out my own blog because I think this is actually a pretty good deal for everyone. If you go check out [Ebates](http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?id=41365&ref=chrismessina.me) today (note: *affiliate link*!), you'll find a [Cyber Thursday sale](http://www.ebates.com/promos/cyber%5Fthursday%5Fcash%5Fback.htm?ref=chrismessina.me) that's only on for another seven hours. Some of the rebate rates they're offering are pretty sweet -- but the one that caught my eye was 2% off at Apple... double the normal 1% rate. This is a pretty good discount if you're looking to buy a laptop or G5 (hint: 2% of $2500 is $50). Anyway, here's what's in it for me. You sign up using my [affiliate link](http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?id=41365&ref=chrismessina.me), you make a purchase using Ebates, and I make $5 and you make $5\. That's it. It's not like they're doing anything special for me -- but I figured that today's deals were good enough to put it out there and, *should you choose*, you could take advantage of this. As you can see from the screenshot above, I've saved a bit of money using Ebates since 1999... So, again, if you want, [go sign up](http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?id=41365&ref=chrismessina.me) and make me some money and you some money too. And thus concludes this overtly commercial message. Which, I might add, will be an extremely rare exception in the course of things. --- ### 💬 Comments from the original post **[Rebecca](http://blog.ebates.com/?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2007-01-08 16:46:37 Hi Chris, I'm Rebecca, the blogger for Ebates. Thanks for posting your referral link! I've added you to our blogroll at http://blog.ebates.com and wonder if you'd like to do the same! Thanks again! **[Chris Messina](http://factorycity.net/?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2007-01-08 20:03:25 Weird! Ebates has a blogger! **[Microformats: What They Are and How To Use Them | Smashing Magazine](http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/05/04/microformats-what-they-are-and-how-to-use-them/?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2007-05-03 15:57:01 \[...\] “Microformats are simple codes that you can use to identify specific kinds of data, like people or events, in your webpages.” \[Chris Messina\] \[...\]