Amazon will end affiliate program in California if new law passes
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Re: Amazon will end affiliate program in California if new law passes
#2Are they doing this for tax reasons?
Re: Amazon will end affiliate program in California if new law passes
#3Frickin fantastic. There goes my business model...
Re: Amazon will end affiliate program in California if new law passes
#4They're clearly doing this because they know the affiliate marketers will complain a lot, and not because there's much of a direct relationship financially.
Re: Amazon will end affiliate program in California if new law passes
#5I received notice today from 4 of my affiliate programs that they are terminating their programs in California. I expect the remaining few to notify me soon enough. I may end up registering again with these program using an Oregon address if I feel like my site is something I still want to work on if this goes down the way it is looking.
Re: Amazon will end affiliate program in California if new law passes
#6Affected companies will end their affiliate programs so they don't have to pay the tax. This means that the state won't collect the tax revenue anyway. It's obvious that this is just a ploy by competitors (Walmart) of companies with successful affiliate programs (Amazon).
Re: Amazon will end affiliate program in California if new law passes
#7Lawyer types: if one were to, say, incorporate in Delaware, and then rejoin the Amazon program from a Delaware address (presuming that's possible) -- would that be legal?
Re: Amazon will end affiliate program in California if new law passes
#8I received notice today from 4 of my affiliate programs that they are terminating their programs in California. I expect the remaining few to notify me soon enough. I may end up registering again with these program using an Oregon address if I feel like my site is something I still want to work on if this goes down the way it is looking.
Perhaps you'd like to consider a Wyoming shell company?
Re: Amazon will end affiliate program in California if new law passes
#9I received notice today from 4 of my affiliate programs that they are terminating their programs in California. I expect the remaining few to notify me soon enough. I may end up registering again with these program using an Oregon address if I feel like my site is something I still want to work on if this goes down the way it is looking.
I got a notice from Amazon as well. Though they specifically said they plan to terminate if and when the law passes, so the program (at least at AMZN) isn't dead quite yet.
Re: Amazon will end affiliate program in California if new law passes
#10Are they doing this for tax reasons?
Sort of. As I understand it this law would require amazon to start collecting sales tax. It does not mean amazon would be paying more themselves. Only that customers final bill would now include the local sales tax.