Well I had no idea these were things people did

[Maraya1969]

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

1. Kick

[brooklynite]

10. What if you accidentally hit the CHECKOUT button?

[Mars and Minerva]

15. Nothing if you haven't entered your credit card or paypal acct. nt

[paleotn]

24. And nothing unless you've got that kind of cash or credit limit.

[Fresh_Start]

28. I feel weak...I only have 22000 of merch in my cart nt

Nt

[Fresh_Start]

30. they changed the site, you cant add huge quantities anymore

they haven't dump the cart yet, though

[Tribetime]

2. Why would anyone ever do that 👍

[JenniferJuniper]

3. Oh, god, they actually have a little girl wearing

MagaBabe hat. I can't even. She's a little girl.

[CurtEastPoint]

6. THis one's credible, no?

?

[DesertRat]

18. uh...

[calimary]

25. Hope they at least paid her a modeling fee.

Wonder how much.

How much does a conscience cost?

[CurtEastPoint]

26. THey are all pro models and get paid. But yes... conscience much?

[soothsayer]

4. Sort of hilarious

[brush]

5. Clicking on the ad costs who money?

[JT45242]

7. The site owner -- this is how google started turning a profit

For most google searches, the location towards the top of the list is sold out to the highest bidder, plus there is a per click that the website owner must pay to google, even if you do not buy anything. Usually, it's something small like 1 to 10 cents. But that can really add up if say everyone on DU were to click through to a campaign and then not donate and not buy stuff.

You can cause the change to happen over and over again if you click through the google seach and click on the one's that say 'ad' next to them. If you really hate someone's site, you can troll them for a lot of money by just clicking through.

On the flip side, many sites get a per slide click through 'ad bonus' when you click on one of those '40 celebrities who let themselves go' type click bait for each slide that you progress through.

Google now makes money from selling your info. They first became profitable by selling the top search spots and charging click through fees.

[ToxMarz]

12. Google doesn't sell your info like Facebook does

Google sells access to a target audience through the data it has about you, but they do not release any of their collected data to outside parties. They actually guard against that fiercely, that's their bread and butter. Yes, there are problems with Google's data collection, but selling your info isn't their big issue.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Wasn't clearly written. It costs tRump campaign money everytime a Google ad for them is clicked. nt

[thesquanderer]

9. The person or company who placed the ad. (n/t)

[Chakaconcarne]

11. $1-$2 per click?

https://www.webfx.com/blog/marketing/much-cost-advertise-google-adwords/

[WinstonSmith4740]

13. With the realization that both sides can play this game...

And the knowledge they certainly will, wouldn't it be nice if the campaigns had to shut down their sites, and have the candidate actually get out there and talk to people? I'm thinking of Truman and his whistle stop campaign. Think about it. Trump continues to build walls between himself and the public, both physically and metaphorically. Joe has the human touch...he needs to make that a big part of his campaign.

[DesertRat]

31. "Get out there and talk to people" is how it would be without the coronavirus

Even though Donald may be risking his supporters lives by holding rallies and pretending like there isn't a pandemic going on, I'm thankful that Joe Biden cares enough about people not to do that.

[iscooterliberally]

14. Yeah, but then you get right wing trump shit all over your browser every time you surf the net.

You'll also get your email spammed with their BS.

[KS Toronado]

16. You can stop that by clearing out your browsing history

[iscooterliberally]

17. True, but then all the cool guitars I have been looking at will disappear.

[KS Toronado]

21. Just think of all the new cool guitars you could be searching for

[reACTIONary]

27. You can open an "incognito" window that...

...prevents access to current history clears browsing history just for that session after.

[marie999]

19. Great posts, now I can fill up my cart with all kinds of Trump stuff but not finish it.

Anyone else I should be doing this to? I have plenty of time on my hands.

[cannabis_flower]

20. Mitch McConnell

Mark Gaetz, John Cornyn, Jeff Sessions, Lindsey Graham. Among others

[lillypaddle]

22. Oh that was fun!

Not spending my money with wild abandon. I got bored though, so only didn't buy about $4,000.

[tanyev]

23. I did not realize sticking things in a cart played havoc with inventory.

I'm going to have to be kinder to the online stores I use.

[DesertRat]

29. I've been doing some shopping on the trump merch site

I have over $2,000 worth of stuff sitting in my cart right now. I'll come back later to add more and then finish checking out, if I remember...

https://support.bigcommerce.com/s/question/0D513000035koPDCAY/items-added-to-abandoned-carts-remove-inventory-from-my-store-for-7-days