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eCommerce Affiliate Tax Law War
Posted by: | CommentsThere is currently an ongoing state-by-state battle over tax collection by state governments with regards to purchases made on affiliate websites. Recently Amazon warned thousands of affiliates that their revenue streams would be eliminated if a tax bill passes. A few short hours following the announcement, Governor Jerry Brown signed the bill into a law. This indicates there will be tough times ahead for online business owners.
Amazon Released California-based Affiliates
Immediately following the signing of the bill, Amazon dropped affiliates. On the other hand, the American Bookseller’s Association saw this as a victory against companies like Overstock.com and Amazon to ensure fairness across the Internet. This bill simply indicates that U.S. states are extending the bill to include areas of eCommerce that it did not previously address.
States Scrambling for Money
The bill was clearly enacted because states are scrambling for any extra cash they can acquire. As a result, brick-and-more websites that did not clutch the many affiliate opportunities Amazon created have less online competition than ever. Also recently, specific states have passed laws that expand the definition of physical presence which includes eCommerce websites with many affiliates such as Amazon as Affiliates.
Amazon Following the Rules
Amazon is not attempting to avoid paying sales tax. Amazon obeys the state laws that specifically require companies to collect sales tax in the states they have physical locations. The company has locations in Kansas, Kentucky, New York, North Dakota and Washington. Therefore, they collect sales tax from those states.
Fighting Irrational Laws
Amazon is fighting individual states who are attempting to enforce irrational legislation. For instance, in North Carolina the company fought in conjunction with the ACLU to keep customer records private when tax collectors demanded private client information.
Colorado Affiliate Legislation
In 2010, Colorado also passed a law that required online retailers such as Amazon to bill Colorado residents on the amount they owe in sales tax from web purchases. The company provided summaries of purchases to state financial offices. Like in California, Amazon eliminated Colorado affiliates.
Many eCommerce and online legal experts feel this law is unconstitutional and therefore should be resolved at the federal level. Amazon has stated that it would support a national sales tax system that is much more organized and can be enforced. The current system of state-by-state implementation is going to cripple major economic powerhouses like Amazon and other online retailers.
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New Partner Program Announced by Tenzing
Posted by: | CommentsTenzing Managed IT Services recently went live with the Tenzing Partner Program, a new support program allowing partners and resellers to provider their customers with SLA-backed managed hosting services. The best aspect of this program is there’s no capital investment or risk involved to the partner, they simply need to sell the Tenzing service.
The program is developed to provide the necessary support to Tenzing partners which will help them expand relationships with their direct customers as well as increase revenue through a compensation plan. This program offers a plethora of services to help support partners in the design and delivery of solutions. In turn this improves effectiveness and profits while reducing cost and opening new business channels.
Tenzing is claiming their new program is one of the most competitive and comprehensive in the industry to date. The company recognizes that partners are an integral part of their go-to-market business strategy; therefore, Tenzing is willing to invest in them as they grow.
The Tenzing Partner Program delivers two different partnership levels to meet the needs of affiliates: Premier and Referral. The Premier program focuses on the continued development of collaborative strategies with numerous shared performance gauges. This indicates Tenzing will work closely with partners to create effective marketing strategies while building awareness of the services.
The Premier Partner program is aimed at the following:
- Joint marketing between Tenzing and the affiliate
- Scheduled strategic reviews
- Developing new business
- Competitive compensation
The Referral program targets a number of different industry professionals. Partners can be ecommerce store owners and developers, consultants, web development shop owners, SI’s and other information technology professionals looking for ad hoc projects and leads. The Referral program is an excellent opportunity to join a growing company that will guide you toward profits.
Each of these programs is an excellent opportunity to generate additional revenue. The better you do, the better they do so Tenzing would like to help your business as much as possible so they can maximize their revenue.
The partner programs offered by Tenzing are revolutionary for the affiliate marketing industry. This is not the run of the mill Clickbank affiliate program. Tenzing is willing to dedicate resources to help your business grow and for you to increase conversions and generate leads. If you are in this industry or are looking to expand operations, consider working with Tenzing because everyone will win.
Affiliate Survey and Feedback
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We are looking for feedback on our Lunarpages Affiliate Program, and need your help. You can easily earn $65 for every qualified referral you bring to Lunarpages, and we want to make this great system work even better for you.
Lunarpages knows that you can not have a successful affiliate program without successful affiliate partners, so with that said, we would like for you to take this short survey to share with us what you might like to see when it comes to the Lunarpages Affiliate Program.
Lunarpages Affiliate Plan Survey
Earn Cash on Web Hosting Referrals
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There are hundreds of web hosting providers out there that provide affiliate programs for you to join. The questions now are, what is an affiliate program? Why would I want to join one? What can I do to make my affiliate links more successful? Well, I hope to bring you up to speed as I discuss the benefits of affiliate programs for your average webmaster.
The simplest way to define an affiliate program is to say that you get paid for bringing a web host more customers. For example, say your friend needs web hosting space and asks you for a suggestion. You, in turn, give them your affiliate program link to click through. When they sign up, you get the credit for bringing them in, and the web host gets a new customer. It is a winning situation for everybody involved.
Affiliate Ad Placement
Once you have signed up in a web host’s affiliate program, you will be given a way to bring new customers in. This is most often done though a link that is unique to your affiliate account with them. You can then use this link to put up either text link advertisements on your web site or banner links. Some people love these types of systems because they get paid more when/if somebody signs up for the service in question than they do when they run the more traditional web site advertisements.
When placing you advertisements, you should follow the general rules:
- Make sure you put it above the scroll line (so people don’t have to scroll down to see it).
- Put it in close with your web site’s content, so it blends in well and will more likely be seen.
- Only use one or two banners per web page, because using any more than that tends to look tacky.
Who’s affiliate program is the best? There are too many out there to rank them all. Usually when somebody asks me this question, I would say check with your current web host first, to see it they offer one. If not, you might search Google for, “Web Hosting Affiliate Programs” and do some research. Just because there is a high payout per sign up does not mean they are the best. You will want to look at the quality of the hosting experience too. By advertising that web host, you put your “seal of approval” on it. So if you do not want your name tarnished, make sure you team up with a respectable web host.
So what affiliate program questions do you have? Leave your thoughts, questions and comments and we will all be here to help you out.
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Making Money on Affiliate Hosting – Podcast 206
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I might have been missing in action for a few weeks, but I have finally figure out a way to make it up to you. I’m going to share my tips with web hosts on how to get more web hosting clients and I’m going to tell the webmasters out there how to earn more money. So what is the secret? I have one word for you. Affiliate.
Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 206!
Running Time: 8 minutes | File Size: 3.48 MB
The world of affiliate hosting, for both web hosts and web hosting clients is surrounded with a lot of buzz words and scariness.
Today I will cut through the clutter to help you understand it all. Here is what I have lined up for this week’s show:
Earn Cash on Web Hosting Referrals
There are hundreds of web hosting providers out there that provide affiliate programs for you to join. The questions now are, what is an affiliate program? Why would I want to join one? What can I do to make my affiliate links more successful? Well, I hope to bring you up to speed as I discuss the benefits of affiliate programs for your average webmaster.
How to Setup an Affiliate Program
Are you a web host looking for a way to bring in new customers, and reward current customers or web site owners for doing the dirty work for you? Then you might want to look into setting up an affiliate program. It takes some capital stored up to get started, but once you do – you will see your new accounts list grow and grow every single day.
This week’s podcast should be a lot of fun. Hope you enjoy listening to it, and let me know some of your favorite affiliate tips and tricks too. By sharing our ideas and opinions we can all make the world of affiliate hosting a better place for everybody to make money in.
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How to Setup an Affiliate Program
Posted by: admin | Comments Comments OffAre you a web host looking for a way to bring in new customers, and reward current customers or web site owners for doing the dirty work for you? Then you might want to look into setting up an affiliate program. It takes some capital stored up to get started, but once you do – you will see your new accounts list grow and grow every single day.
Most of the time when a web host starts an affiliate program they either host and setup the script themselves or they let a third party control things. If you go the self hosted route, you can always search Google for, “affiliate program scripts” to find some script suggestions. I have not had much experience with scripts like this, so I will leave that as homework for you to do. For smaller web hosts, letting a third party handle things might seem more efficient. You have less to worry about and all you really have to do is dump some money in, and then decide who gets paid for what referral.
Two third party affiliate program providers you might check out are:
Both have their own good and bad points, but have also established themselves as leaders in their field. I would highly suggest either one of them (or both!).
How Much Should You Pay Per Referral?
Now, how do you determine how much to pay out per referral? On average, I would say pay out half the yearly price of your most popular plan. So if your most popular web hosting plan costs $120 a year, you should pay your affiliate partners $60 per referral. Not going to say you have to play by that rule, but I have seen it as a success time and time again.
Unless you have an endless supply of cash you will need to make sure you are still making enough profit in the long term to meet the discount you are providing now.
I hope that helps any web hosts out there listening with their own affiliate program questions. Now I have to ask you, what have you seen that works as far as setting up an affiliate program? Please give us all a few suggestions in the comments.
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