Comments on: No Longer a CBD Affiliate

By: Renae

Renae — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:32:06 +0000

CBD terminated your relationship!? I didn’t catch that at first. (Yeah, I know, I miss the obvious. My husband teases about that all the time.) I haven’t heard anything about it, so Texas must not be so greedy (yet).

And yes, I have two other affiliates, Amazon and YWAM Publishing. YWAM Publishing is actually the best as far as commission, and they give credit for any returning customer (whether they use your link or not), but unfortunately they don’t offer very many products.

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By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:09:12 +0000

Man that’s frustrating! I just ordered through your site this month too…did it in the nick of time, I guess!

I’ve never used their links because of all the hoopla…but I like supporting them…

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By: MInTheGap

MInTheGap — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:24:10 +0000

@Gary: You’re right, Gary. It’s been really strange to get all of these e-mails where they’re telling me that I can’t be an affiliate because it costs them money. I know it’s not personal, but it still seems pretty crazy.

It’s been shown, time and time again, that raising taxes and trying to get every last cent out of our citizens causes them to leave or choose not to come in the first place.

In terms of NYS, why do you think they need Empire Zones and other tax incentives for businesses to come (which all seem to sunset pretty quickly)? Because otherwise no one would want to come here.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:13:18 +0000

The same thing happened to me. The dumb thing is that if more affiliate retailers (like amazon) follow suit, the actual effect will be LESS taxes collected by the state. The state will no longer get income tax collected from my revenue nor will they get sales tax from purchases I make with that revenue. Sure, it’s not much but multiply those few dollars by thousands of NY based affiliates and you have something.

Amazon is fighting this in court. Let’s hope in the mean time they don’t get the same bad legal advice as CBD.

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By: MInTheGap

MInTheGap — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:08:42 +0000

@Renae: I really liked supporting CBD, and I was sad that there were plugins and tools that hooked up to Amazon and not them. And yes, I was delighted that I could actually order stuff through CBD and I was not violating my agreement. I don’t know why Amazon doesn’t want that business.

CBD, in recent months, had some improvements, but they seem to be mostly cosmetic.

The funny thing is that this is only the latest of many affiliate programs that I’ve had terminated because of this arrangement. Are you in many programs, Renae?

By: Renae

Renae — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:54:31 +0000

I agree that Amazon is easier to use, but I like supporting CBD. And I like using my own links for money back. At Amazon you’re not supposed to do that.

I’m hoping CBD will revamp their links and such soon. They could really use some new graphics, too. In the meantime, I may figure out how to make my own.

Anyway, best of luck on your new endeavor.

Renaes last blog post..A Boy’s Dream Fulfilled