Online shopping is bound to be killed up

[catherin]

Online wholesale is labor-saving and convenient; however with the increasing of associated
consumer disputes, problems in online wholesale have become more highlighted. Currently online
wholesale mainly exist discrepancies between advertising and the fact, after-sales service can not
be guaranteed, goods not seen after payment and other third party problems.
Because of small investment and low threshold of online wholesale, legislation does not sound to
some of the opportunity of obtaining illegal gains. There are some so-called "phishing" those who
use the Internet technology to disseminate viruses, theft computer secrets, or to build a false e
-commerce website, forgery a famous e-commerce site for consumers to implement fraud.

In the long run, shopping online will definitely die out, coz the consumers are always get
deceived and cannot get what they really want from the internet, while the government has
difficulty to catch the online sellers. There is no such place for consumers to complain and sue,
they never see the seller.

Then there must be ways to kill the disgusting fake online sellers, otherwise, they ruin the
whole online market, which will lead to the consequence of above---die out.

[Madness of the World]

I totally disagree. Look at the reputable sellers - Amazon, Next, etc etc etc. Do you really think that people will turn away from sellers that guarantee their products and sales?

Personally, over the years I have spend £1000s online and have only been disappointed once or twice that I can think of and both times when I have bought products too cheap to be real - my own fault!

I agree that EBay and other such sites have lost their appeal - mainly through mass sales of cheap and tacky Chinese imports/copies but mainline brands sold online will continue to grow in the current economic market.

[stephen todd]

There is a development that could effect the sales of some of the big sites

Individual states in the USA are now trying to grab taxes from affiliates that reside in their state

Several big names are now using ip detection to refuse access to affiliate sign-up forms

The big name companies would rather deny or even terminate affiliates in certain states of the USA than comply with state government tax grabbing legislation (the shopping sites would have to calculate and pay the tax)

Less affiliates means less visibility for the big shopping sites and less overall sales

[Nathan]

Do you have any of those "big names" and "state names" for us? I'm interested to know.

[Betsyanne]

That is so interesting about the new possible tax changes. And about Ebay, I hope they go back at least partway to their old "small seller" focus. I agree that focusing on all the bigger companies has hurt it and caused many smaller sellers to sell elsewhere. I think part of the fun of Ebay used to be (and sometimes still is) finding a great deal, and unique stores and products you couldn't find anywhere else.

I do like buying online, but I must feel that the company or site is safe before I buy anything there.

[chosen1]

Online shopping die. NO WAY! I love online shopping. I had 1 or 2 bad experiences but I get good deals. Everybody I know shops online. Don't speak evil of online shopping. LOL!

[stephen todd]

Originally Posted by Nathan

Do you have any of those "big names" and "state names" for us? I'm interested to know.

biggest name is Amazon

quite a few states - new york was one, think north carolina, can't remember the rest

only the beginning, state goverments are bust and looking for cash


this is even worse:

the FTC are threatening $11,000 dollar fines on sites and blogs that make money from endorsements/affiliate sales without stating that the site will make a commission from purchases

they also expect you to state what the average result will be - i.e. the average user of this product can expect xxx

so, no more over hyped, make money while you sleep type ad copy and banners

even the big name marketers don't know what to think - the official info available is so unspecific and general - but apparently, if you get reported, you get warned, then if you don't comply you get fined $11,000 dollars for each occurence

glad I don't live in the USA - don't see how they can enforce it on UK residents

[stephen todd]

Originally Posted by Nathan

Do you have any of those "big names" and "state names" for us? I'm interested to know.

just done a search on google for "state goverments taxing amazon affiliates" loads of info on it came back, but I got the heads up from emails

[stephen todd]

this is what it boils down to:

Over the last year, several states have introduced legislation defining affiliates as tax nexus for businesses. This means that if a merchant has affiliates in a state with this kind of law, they are required to charge sales tax for all online orders made to customers in that state.

This started in May 2008 with New York, and quickly spread to California, Minnesota, Rhode Island, North Carolina, Hawaii, and other states. Affiliate marketing advocates were successful in stopping the laws from passing in most states, however Rhode Island and North Carolina have passed similar laws to New York.

Just this week, the Performance Marketing Alliance joined Amazon and Overstock in an amicus brief to ask the New York state appellate court to reverse the law enacted last summer.



above is from: Affiliate Marketers to Courts – Kill the Amazon Tax!

[chosen1]

So should I post that I am making commission from my affiliates or not to my blog. I dont want trouble.