Comments on: It just got harder to make money on the Internet

By: Ned

Ned — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:06:56 +0000

Are you sure you are understanding the ABC correctly? An ad by a retailer is fee based or click based, not commission based. The blogger is not engaged in the direct sale of wine to consumers and using the license of the retailer to do it. That practice is called “third party sales” I believe and the ABC has issued memos
warning license holders not to engage in it. Were I to offer wines
for sale that I was getting from a retailer partner, that would seen as a third party sale. Many wine clubs fall into this category too.
I’m pretty sure that general advertising with no direct sales involvement is not.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:04:54 +0000

I don’t see why that would happen. Where’s the motivation to do that?

By: John Kelly

John Kelly — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:58:08 +0000

Hmmm… Does ABC have any jurisdiction outside California?

By: spiltwine

spiltwine — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:47:16 +0000

Damn those bureaucrats!!