{"id":10336,"date":"2016-10-26T13:47:14","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T17:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/?p=10336"},"modified":"2016-10-26T13:47:14","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T17:47:14","slug":"vermont-banned-amazon-associates-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/vermont-banned-amazon-associates-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Vermont Banned from Amazon Associates Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon banned Vermonter&#8217;s from their Associates Program in response to Vermont&#8217;s online sales tax ruling potential; as reported by <a href=\"http:\/\/digital.vpr.net\/post\/amazon-shutters-vermont-program-over-tax-issue#stream\/0\" target=\"_blank\">NPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[bctt tweet=&#8221;Amazon Shutters Vermont Program Over Tax Issue #amazon #Vermont #associate #banned http:\/\/digital.vpr.net\/post\/amazon-shutters-vermont-program-over-tax-issue#stream\/0&#8243; username=&#8221;Bodynsoil&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>The article comments reveal that many people have lost revenue from this withdrawal, myself included. Reading further, you can see the thought process as people try to game the system; they can&#8217;t!<\/p>\n<p>I was shocked when I saw this notice on my sign in page.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10338\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/vermont-banned-amazon-associates-program\/associates-program-operating-agreement-affiliate-program_amazon_com_help_operating_agreement-2_001\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Associates-Program-Operating-Agreement-affiliate-program_amazon_com_help_operating_agreement-2_001.jpg?fit=809%2C199&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"809,199\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"associates-program-operating-agreement-affiliate-program_amazon_com_help_operating_agreement-2_001\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Associates-Program-Operating-Agreement-affiliate-program_amazon_com_help_operating_agreement-2_001.jpg?fit=300%2C74&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Associates-Program-Operating-Agreement-affiliate-program_amazon_com_help_operating_agreement-2_001.jpg?fit=500%2C123&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10338\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Associates-Program-Operating-Agreement-affiliate-program_amazon_com_help_operating_agreement-2_001.jpg?resize=500%2C123&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Vermont Bannded Amazon Associates\" width=\"500\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Associates-Program-Operating-Agreement-affiliate-program_amazon_com_help_operating_agreement-2_001.jpg?resize=500%2C123&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Associates-Program-Operating-Agreement-affiliate-program_amazon_com_help_operating_agreement-2_001.jpg?resize=300%2C74&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Associates-Program-Operating-Agreement-affiliate-program_amazon_com_help_operating_agreement-2_001.jpg?w=809&amp;ssl=1 809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/dailypost.wordpress.com\/prompts\/banned\/\">Banned<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon banned Vermonter&#8217;s from their Associates Program in response to Vermont&#8217;s online sales tax ruling potential; as reported by NPR. [bctt tweet=&#8221;Amazon Shutters Vermont Program Over Tax Issue #amazon #Vermont #associate #banned http:\/\/digital.vpr.net\/post\/amazon-shutters-vermont-program-over-tax-issue#stream\/0&#8243; username=&#8221;Bodynsoil&#8221;] The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[303,1106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging","category-daily-prompts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qEFP-2GI","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3884,"url":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/vermont-update-of-road-travels\/","url_meta":{"origin":10336,"position":0},"title":"Vermont: Update of Road Travels","author":"Bodynsoil","date":"September 26, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"It hasn't been very long since the August 28th, the day when Irene visited our beautiful state and left behind damage and despair. 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Having such a huge animal cross just in front of your car is both thrilling and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photography&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/category\/photos\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3666,"url":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/photos-irene-was-a-terror-that-left-a-lot-of-damage\/","url_meta":{"origin":10336,"position":2},"title":"Photos: Irene was a terror that left a lot of damage","author":"Bodynsoil","date":"August 29, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Irene was a terror that left a lot of damage The scenes around the country were awful, we hope everyone remains safe and wish them a speedy cleanup and recovery.\u00a0 New England was directly in the path of the storm and Vermont took a beating yesterday.\u00a0 The photos around the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Irene Damage","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/316953_10150265880041479_58365611478_8051713_1311363_n.jpg?fit=720%2C481&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/316953_10150265880041479_58365611478_8051713_1311363_n.jpg?fit=720%2C481&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/316953_10150265880041479_58365611478_8051713_1311363_n.jpg?fit=720%2C481&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/316953_10150265880041479_58365611478_8051713_1311363_n.jpg?fit=720%2C481&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10944,"url":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/path-trail-or-road-biking-preference-is-personal\/","url_meta":{"origin":10336,"position":3},"title":"Path, Trail, or Road: Biking Preference is Personal","author":"Bodynsoil","date":"May 31, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A recent blog post brought up the issue of safe bike travel. 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