Amazon.com Terminates Contracts of California-Based Associates in Light of New Tax
And I never got a dime after all these years…. Amazon just sent this notice indicating that they’ll terminate my contract as a long-time associate/affiliate in light of the passage of the Internet sales tax clause of the state budget approved by the California legislature, requiring Internet-based businesses to pay sales tax on all items sold to state residents. The bill is on Gov. Jerry Brown’s awaiting his signature. C’mon, Jerry… don’t do it!
Very disturbing to come across THIS at http://amazon.com -- generally believed to be one of the strongest and most stable web companies with servers so trusty that thousands of businesses lease space via Amazon's S3 Web service. UPDATE: It's been shaky, but back up after nearly two hours of all…
Amazon has been chilling on the UI and widget innovation while other Internet companies go berserk with it. In that same time, Bezos and Co. focused on their new Web service products, the inexpensive storage offerings of S3 and the collab ingenuity of Mechanical Turk. And wouldn't you know that…
I've been an Amazon associate for years and have yet to reap any rewards, however, I've always had fun playing with their new tools, from the Omakase ad widget to clicking on my own ads to (eventually) get an additional 5% off and now to testing their new MP3 clips…
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Andy Sternberg
Andy Sternberg is a digital strategist and marketing specialist with a focus on enhancing interactive and user experience through content and social media. He's been tweaking content and music-related websites since the '90s and has a Master's in Online Journalism. He's currently the head of Social & Digital Media at Rotary International. Find him on Twitter @andysternberg.
