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New IRS rule requires sellers to report web purchases
It looks like the IRS will be getting 1099 data in 2011. It will be mandatory for Mastercard/Visa, Paypal, AmEx to report credit card receipts over 20K or 200 transactions a year. Credit Cards, PayPal to Report Seller New housing law brings tax implications for U.S. eBay sellers. by Auctiva.com staff writer – Aug 07, [...]
There is no perfect registrar – A look at Namecheap and GoDaddy
After reading through the 50 different sections of the GoDaddy Domain Name Registration Agreement and 21 sections of the Namecheap Registration Agreement, it’s clear there is no such thing as the perfect registrar. If someone tells you otherwise, they are trying to sell you something. The focus. While, at first glance, GoDaddy’s contract looks intimidating, [...]
Keep learning the same lesson – Read Your License Agreements
Well, it seems GoDaddy has covered itself with regard to taking my domain. It’s not looking good as far as avoiding their $75 fee to recover my domain name. After reading through a few sections of the Domain Registration Agreement, I see the following… 6. suspension of services; breach of agreement You agree that, in [...]
The bewildering array of GoDaddy’s poilicies and agreements
I have a vested interest in going through every single one of GoDaddy‘s online documents, as they relate to domain names, since they seized one of my domains. They are holding it for a $75 ransom, so it’s my goal to get it back for nothing (that money can buy a lot of hosting and [...]
GoDaddy and their Ridiculous License Agreements
GoDaddy hosts most of my websites. Their web hosting is not bad and they have lots of tools to make things easier and to discover new services as you feel more confident. Now, it can be a little intimidating at first, but it didn’t take too much for me to start using them productively. GoDaddy [...]