The  Supreme Court had  once ruled that online sales tax did not need to be collected, if the seller did not have a brick and mortar or a warehouse in the state.  New York, Rhode Island and North Carolina are circmuventing the old law, by proposing that websites and affiliate websites should be treated as a physical presence because one or the other is hosted in their state.  I'm sure many more states are going to jump onto this bandwagon and consumers will be paying higher prices across the board.  Taxes are inevitable, if you are doing online business pay the tax, please.
     Let's plug some corporate tax loopholes while we're at it.  If everybody pays their share, then I won't feel so bad for not finding a loophole to serve my interests.