Comments on: Affiliate Expert Matt Enders Stands-up for Affiliate Marketers in North Carolina

By: Kris Jones

Kris Jones — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:59:59 +0000

Matt,

Thanks for your leadership!

Please post a link back here to your post.

Kris

By: Matt Enders

Matt Enders — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:21:45 +0000

Kris, thanks for the message and the detailed post. I truly appreciate it.

You are right on the money when you say that legislators are acting out of desperation, and many online retailers are forced into a knee-jerk reaction.

We were at the General Assembly in force yesterday and had over 20 meetings with Finance Committee members, including Senators Hoyle and Luebke who were the original sponsors of the bill, before it was rolled into the actual Budget Bill.

I feel like we made some progress yesterday, particularly with Luebke. Hoyle was resitant at first, but started to see the big picture towards the end of the meeting. The questions remains: Will it make a difference when it comes time to vote.

I’ll be posting a full recap on our blog later today. We’ll keep fighting here in NC, and elsewhere when affiliates are under attack in different states.

By: Kris Jones

Kris Jones — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:09:49 +0000

Jay – exactly.

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:05:28 +0000

“Law Makers” just don’t get it. They’re doing this to increase revenue for their state yet they don’t see that if retailers like Amazon terminate affiliates in that state, then they’ve gained nothing and ruined the business of many affiliates in the affected state.

So state legislators, please take off the blinders…