From the monthly archives:

November 2008

The Story of Herb, NY Affiliate

November 30, 2008

Over the last few weeks I have been reviewing the stories of many NY Affiliates. In reaction to the NY Affiliate Tax, hundreds of merchants terminated NY Affiliates. The merchant terminations of NY affiliates had devastating effects on the businesses of thousands of NY affiliates. Hearing the stories of its impact is extremely tough. Many NY Affiliates [...]

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Fear or Apathy

November 26, 2008

A couple of weeks ago someone asked if I thought apathy caused the lack of action on the NY Affiliate Tax issue. I replied in Apathy and the Affiliate Industry that I thought the failure to act was because of a lack of urgency rather than because of apathy. It is normal, sometimes you care but believe tomorrow [...]

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NY Affiliate Voice in the News

November 23, 2008

The struggle of NY small businesses can probably be seen in most towns. NY Affiliates, who are actually small businesses, have been hurt by the economy and of course the NY Affiliate Tax. The impact of the NY Internet Tax is not limited to NY Affiliates. As I learned, the NY Affiliate Internet Tax is [...]

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Another Parasite Exposed

November 17, 2008

As I was writing Silence is Not Golden and worrying about where the industry is heading  because of lack of actions, Haiko de Poel Jr  of ABestWeb was hard at work. He was exposing yet another parasiteware that is stealing millions of dollars from affiliates. This parasite is particularly disturbing because it has a network [...]

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Silence is Not Golden

November 13, 2008

Prior to June 1, 2008, NY affiliates had what they thought were valued relationships with many merchants. It is a fact that thousands of NY affiliates were terminated by hundreds of merchants on or around May 31. NY Affiliates have lost thousands and thousands of dollars in income, income that is gone for good. NY [...]

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