Tag Archives: Commerce

Software taxes

Most states charge sales tax for “products”, but not for “services”. So, if you go to the store and buy a can of beans, you are charged tax. If you hire a lawn service to cut your grass, you are not.

Due to the way that commercially sold computer software is typically licensed, most states didn’t charge sales tax on it. [...]

Now playing…

About a year ago, I started to work on some code to include a “now playing” feature here. It would track music I was listening to in my media player (Winamp, at the time), and put the info in the sidebar of this site. [...]

9rules Network chooses WordPress

The 9rules Network is a website affiliate network. They have chosen WordPress to power their blog, and hint at more things to come.

Wordpress’ powerful theme architecture and plugin API gives us
the ability to not only build a powerful blog, but to empower an entire
Network - as you’ll soon see. [...]

eBay Storefronts?

Has anyone else noticed brick-and-mortar stores that offer auction services through eBay? There are two in my area that I’m aware of so far. One is TheTradingBay, in Marietta, which I pass each day on my way to work. [...]