As we reported earlier this week, online retail giant Amazon has cut ties with all affiliates in the state of California thanks to a new bill signed by governor Jerry Brown. The new bill online retailers like Amazon.com to start collecting sales taxes, even though the company isn’t actually based in the state. Amazon’s decision [...]

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The fat lady has sung for online affiliates of Amazon.com in California. On Wednesday, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law California’s tax on internet sales through affiliate advertising which will immediately cut small-business website revenue 20 to 30 percent, experts say. In response, Amazon.com and Overstock.com announced they would severe all ties with California affiliates [...]

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Amazon made some sweeping changes to the Amazon Associates, affiliate program today. Affiliates will no longer be paid referral fees on traffic to amazon.com, amazon.ca, and endless.com if that traffic comes via paid search marketing. This change will go into effect on May 1st. Another big change – Amazon will no longer make its data [...]

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Super Rewards (A.K.A. $uper Rewards) has expanded its virtual currency from social networking apps to the whole internet. The product has been a good way to make money with social networking applications like Mob Wars (below), in fact, some apps are clearing more than $1 million per month. Like competitor OfferPal, Super Rewards is an [...]

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If you’re an Amazon Associate, your life just got a whole lot easier. Amazon has announced that they have made the following changes to their widget creation system: 1. You can search for widgets by size 2. You can Select a predefined IAB (Internet Advertising Bureau) size OR just create a custom widget for My [...]

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There’s a nifty tool out there that you’re probably not using. Wikirank is an analytical tool that tracks hot and up-and-coming topics on Wikipedia.  It does things like display the 10 most-read articles in the last thirty days and even lets you compare stats for up to four different topics. Wikirank utilizes actual usage data [...]

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It looks like there might be problems brewing for Clickbank. The popular affiliate marketing website is now being called out on RipOffReport.com for shaving sales. It’s hard to know, however, whether or not this report can be believed.  First, the writer claims that he has videos proving his case but that Clickbank, as part of [...]

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