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RE: 1), you'll notice a lot of big market states have all jumped at the same time. That makes the jump look a lot more appealing to me if I'm a state legislato
by jbooth 15y ago
RE: 1), you'll notice a lot of big market states have all jumped at the same time. That makes the jump look a lot more appealing to me if I'm a state legislator. Eventually Amazon won't want to forfeit affiliate business in every big state economy except Texas and Delaware. Or that's the gamble, at least.
- jonkelly 15y agonostromo had the right response to that below. There are plenty of jurisdictions for the larger affiliates to jump over to. I'd be very surprised if Amazon doesn't have a 95/5 ratio like most affiliate programs in terms of revenue produced by largest affiliates. The bigger affiliates will have no problem incorporating in one of the no tax states.
- 18pfsmt 15y agoJust to illustrate your point, in Colorado the legislature did this same thing (lobbying by small business was used as justification), but the large affiliates I'm familiar with (2, specifically) moved their offices to Laramie, Wyoming (2.5hrs from Denver). Keep in mind, there are ~5M people in our entire state.