From the category archives:

Merchant-Affiliate Relationship

Retroactive Terminations

June 13, 2008

If we learn nothing else from the whole NYS internet tax fiasco it is this - Affiliates need to find a way to work together to ensure that we are protected to some degree or networks need to take the steps. When some merchants chose to terminate affiliates with less than 24 hours notice I didn’t think  [...]

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Some Things We Got Right

June 9, 2008

It wasn’t all bad. As promised, I wanted to take some time to talk about what we got right in dealing with the NYS internet tax. Many people, both in public and behind the scenes, really stepped up and it is only right to acknowledge it. There is no way that I can make this [...]

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How Merchants and OPMs/AMs Got it Wrong

June 5, 2008

Yesterday I wrote about how I, as an affiliate, went about this whole NY internet tax in the wrong way. Today I am addressing how some merchants and OPM’s got it wrong.  This also may not be a popular opinion but I feel the need to say it. I think it is important to look [...]

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