Merchants to NY Affiliates: Hit the Road!
Tuesday
Jun 3, 2008
June is here, which means the “Amazon Tax” law, as it’s been dubbed, is now in effect. Merchants with affiliates residing in New York state will now have to charge tax on orders of customers in New York. In short, the state of NY has decided that affiliates constitute nexus, i.e. a term used to describe whether a business has sufficient presence or activity in a state or other taxing jurisdiction to become subject to the tax(es) of the state or jurisdiction. So now in NY state online retailers with affiliates residing in that state have to charge tax, regardless of where their corporate headquarters actually are. Some good links that explain this better than I ever could are to TechCrunch’s May 14th post and Scott Jangro’s May 22nd podcast.
So many of the larger online merchants with a large number of affiliates in NY have made the decision to drop their affiliates who reside in NY. The great folks over at ABestWeb.com Affiliate Forums have kept a running list of the merchants who’ve dissed their NY affiliates. So if you’re from NY, be aware that these merchants may not approve your application if you apply in the near future.
4Checks (Shareasale) temporary
Acorn Media (Linkshare)
Amerimark (Linkshare)
Baby Universe (Linkshare)
Backcountry.com (CJ, Avantlink)
Binoculars.com (CJ)
CCVideo (Linkshare)
Celebrate Express (Shareasale)
Checks In The Mail (CJ)
Checks Unlimited (Shareasale)
Collectors’ Choice Music (Affiliate Future)
Compact Appliance (CJ)
CSN Stores (Shareasale)
Deep Discount (Affiliate Future)
DVD Planet (CJ)
Eastwood Company (CJ)
eToys (Linkshare)
Fingerhut (Linkshare)
Footsmart (CJ, Performics)
Gaiam.com (Linkshare)
Geeks.com (CJ)
Jewelry Television (CJ)
KB Toys (Linkshare)
LampsPlus (Linkshare)
Leaps And Bounds (Performics)
LinenSource (Linkshare)
Luggage.com (Shareasale)
Musicians Friend (CJ)
MyTwinn (Linkshare)
NetShops
One Step Ahead (Performics)
Oriental Trading (Linkshare)
Overstock (Linkshare)
Palo Alto Software (Independent)
Rei (CJ, Avantlink)
ReStock It (CJ, Shareasale)
Ritz Camera (CJ)
ShopNBC (Linkshare)
Spilsbury (Affiliate Future)
Thompson Cigars (Linkshare)
uBid.com (CJ)
Cribbed Content for May 16th
Friday
May 16, 2008
This week has been a roller coaster along with a devastating heat wave here in the SF Bay Area. But still, I’ve trampled along and have some great stuff to share with you today.
- I just found this online – GoogleGuide.com has a great article on improving your page rank. There’s some great tips that I’m sure to follow since I need to get the PR up on this piece!
- Robert Scoble wrote a great post on why you should love Disqus comment system as much as some of us already do – now with Seesmic video comment integration!
- The highly anticipate book Gary Vaynerchuk’s 101 Wines came out this week. I bought my copy and I can’t wait for it to show up!
- Overstock.com followed suit and dropped their New York affiliates. It’s an epidemic! There’s some whispers that California might be the next state to jump on the bandwagon, but I’m crossing my fingers that it doesn’t happen.
- Scott Jangro got the shirt I sent him as a thanks for helping me fix my RSS problem here. MLB.com for the fast shipping and DHL to a PO box for the win!
Finally, I’ll say that’s it’s been hot as a mofo out here, so here’s some dehydration prevention tips from WebMD for you! Stay cool and have a great weekend!
