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FTC Seeks to Regulate Online Merchants With Proposed Changes to Mail Order Rule

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is proposing amendments to the Mail Order Rule that would result in its regulation of all sales made over the Internet regardless of how a buyer might initiate the purchase. If you’re an online merchant, the ramifications are significant. The Mail Order Rule The Mail Order Rule (Rule), actually The Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule, was issued in 1975 and later updated in 1993 for purposes of clarifying a merchant’s obligations regarding shipment of merchandise. The FTC passed the Rule to force merchants to consider and state the time of shipment, or at least to ship within 30 days.

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New Rules for E-commerce – An Exclusive SPN Article – Part One

When the Internet was conceived, it was developed as an ‘information highway.’ It has evolved into an e-commerce solution that is a mandatory component for every business. In this article we introduce the new rules and how they impact consumers. • In Part 2 we will discuss how the new rules impact online merchants. • In Part 3 we will discuss how the new rules impact web hosting companies. • In Part 4 we will discuss how the new rules impact shopping cart developers. • In Part 5 we will discuss how the new rules impact smart phone application developers. • In Part 6 we will discuss how the new rules impact smart phone banking applications.

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Internet Marketers – Proposed Legislation Wants to Appoint You as Tax Collector

Proposed legislation in the U.S. Congress, if passed, will essentially make online merchants tax collectors, forcing them to collect sales taxes for all purchases. This is the latest attempt by cash-strapped states to collect sales tax revenues from online sales. The Main Street Fairness Act (MSFA), introduced by Senator Dick Durban (D-IL), would change the current law which requires merchants to collect sales tax only when the merchant has a physical presence in the state. The effect of MSFA on online merchants, particularly small merchants, could be huge. The Current Sales Tax War The general rule regarding sales taxes is that merchants are required to collect sales taxes on the sale of tangible property to purchasers located within the merchant’s state. For sales to purchasers outside the merchant’s state, the merchant is required to collect sales taxes only for sales into a state where the merchant has a “nexus”, meaning a physical presence.

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Why Are 95% Of Internet Marketers Unsuccessful?

It’s an unnerving fact, but of all potential internet marketing wannabees, only 5% go on to sell products and make a success of their ventures. There is a huge drop-out rate with the vast majority failing to make it even past the first hurdle. Why do so many people give up before they’ve barely begun? These figures are in stark contrast to those published for more traditional business start-ups. According to statistics published by the Small Business Administration (SBA), seven out of ten new employer establishments survive at least two years and 51 percent survive at least five years. This is a far cry from the previous long-held belief that 50 percent of businesses fail in the first year and 95 percent fail within five years. So why the big difference?

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The Low-Down on Local Places Listings

Though the World-wide-web is often praised as the foundation for globalization, and links us across countries and continents, new developments have shown the relevance of emphasizing the local places listings and other local aspects of internet marketing. How to SEO is Over. Local Places Listings are in. Facebook Check-in, the rise of Foursquare and Yelp, and the popularity of Google Places listings and Google Maps establish this point. There are several main aspects to your local business listings: local directories and your business address; the content of your local listing and customer reviews. Let us look at each of these in greater detail.

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Citysearch Joins MerchantCircle Network

IAC online local guide and operating business, Citysearch, has entered into a partnership with online network and marketing company for local businesses, MerchantCircle.

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