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Archive for March, 2009

More Affiliate Sales Tax

Posted by Ryan Yurewicz on Mar 31, 2009

Recently California introduced Assembly Bill 178, also known as the “Amazon Tax.”  (Sales tax on orders received through many affiliate web sites.) California is not the only state looking to do this.  Minnesota, Connecticut, Tennessee,  and Hawaii are also looking to pass the “Amazon Tax.”  This is not good news for the affiliate world.  [...]

Girl Scouts Squash Online Innovation

Posted by Michelle Pushefski on Mar 12, 2009

Just another sad case of a traditional business model not embracing ecommerce. <sigh>
There’s not one person I know who doesn’t wait for Girl Scout Cookie Season… Thin Mints, Samoas, Taglongs and more!  But, wouldn’t it be fantastic to be able to order them online, while still helping out your local troop?
Today, Newsweek featured an article [...]

Commission Junction gets Overstock.com

Posted by Michelle Pushefski on Mar 11, 2009

Earlier this year Overstock.com announced it was parting ways with LinkShare after a lengthy relationship on the network. The logical question was where the program was moving.  A lot of speculation about Commission Junction arose, and even some mentioned taking it independent.  But nothing had been confirmed until an official release from [...]

Let the Madness Begin

Posted by Ryan Yurewicz on Mar 6, 2009

To me March is the best month of the year.  How can any other month compete.  March has the famous college basketball tournament, known as March Madness (Go Tarheels), and the best Holiday ever, St Patrick’s Day.  If you can not tell already I am both a huge college basketball fan and Irish.
But enough about [...]