Comments on: New York Sales Tax, Merchants and their Affiliate Programs

By: Gary M

Gary M — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:13:50 +0000

Interesting article related to this matter. InternetRetailer.com from May 28th: New York clarifies recent e-commerce sales tax law

By: blake

blake — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:20:05 +0000

Mayank, I am no expert but it also seems that some merchants are also discouraging PPC that goes directly to the merchant site instead of affiliate’s (aka an “aff” link on Adwords). That makes sense to me and I would probably avoid that too.

By: AvantLink Throwing Email and Search Affiliates Under the Bus at CostPerNews

AvantLink Throwing Email and Search Affiliates Under the Bus at CostPerNews — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:52:38 +0000

[...] out the issue with practical examples, this part at the end of the post caught me by surprise: New York Sales Tax, Merchants and their Affiliate Programs · AvantLink’s Affiliate Marketing Blog: “To prevent falling into the scenario of Example 2 we propose adding the following terms to [...]

By: Gary M

Gary M — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:30:29 +0000

Mayank, Our recommendation does not disallow email marketing and PPC altogether. Rather, email and PPC targeted at New York residents.

By: Mayank

Mayank — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:45:13 +0000

While restricting flyers and telephone calls is all right, banning PPC and email will severely affect the affiliates’ capability to generate sales.
The New York legislators have opened up a pandora’s box here.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:50:53 +0000

Thanks again for the great service!

By: blake

blake — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:23:07 +0000

Thank you to AvantLink for being one of a shortlist of networks truly thinking this over, reading the memos, communicating with merchants and generally making this very uncool situation better.