Can I link to my friend's store?

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  themtgspace · Member · Aug 6, 2014 at 4:17 pm

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  I have a blog where I write articles about a card game. My friend is opening a store that sells products for that card game. Can I put his store’s logo with a link to his site on my home page? Or does this break the advertising rules?

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  timethief · Member · Aug 6, 2014 at 4:19 pm

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  Of course that would be third party advertising and no it’s not allowed. No blogger initiated advertising, no sponsored or paid content is allowed, and no you cannot have a blog that is deigned to drive traffic to a third party site? The only blogs that can be equipped for ecommerce are those with the $299. per year business upgrade. http://en.support.wordpress.com/ecommerce/

  The only advertising program at WordPress.com is called WordAds and it’s for blogs on their own domains. http://en.wordpress.com/apply-for-wordads/

  Advertising outside of WordAds at WordPress.com is not allowed.
  http://support.wordpress.com/advertising/
  There are no restrictions if you setup a self-hosted WordPress.org blog instead of a WordPress.com blog, but there are some added responsibilities.

  Please see this guide to learn about the differences.
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
  We have hosting recommendations at the following link if you are interested. http://get.wp.com/hosting/

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  themtgspace · Member · Aug 6, 2014 at 4:49 pm

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  The intent is not to advertise, but to show where we play. Any ideas of what I could do without breaking the terms?

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 6, 2014 at 5:16 pm

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  Don’t do that.