Amazon cuts off Rhode Island affiliates

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Amazon cuts off Rhode Island affiliates

Jul 01 2009

Following closely on the heels of Amazon's decision to end its "business relationships" with marketing affiliates in North Carolina, the company has made a similar move in Rhode Island. The Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon "sent an email to its Rhode Island affiliates on Monday saying that it was closing their accounts immediately." This was in response to a bill passed by the state legislature recently "that would force companies to collect sales taxes if they have online-marketing affiliates--businesses that get a sales commission by featuring links to outside e-commerce sites on their own Web sites--in the state."

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