Further clarification on monetization

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  jethomasv1 · Member · Jan 31, 2023 at 8:17 pm

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  Hi,

  Would a site thats a catalog of products with details of each product such as price/description/name/discounts & vouchers available etc. that also allows the visitor to visit the product page on the merchants website via an affiliate link, be in breach of WordPress T&C’s?

  The following page states:
  ‘We also do not allow sites that exist primarily to drive traffic to affiliate links.’

  https://wordpress.com/support/monetize-your-site/#affiliate-linking

  The sentence on the WordPress page is open to interpretation so I’m looking for further clarity in regards to the mentioned site idea.

  Thanks,

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  Correct account: Yes

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  staff-95percentghost · Staff · Feb 1, 2023 at 7:07 am

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  Hi! Just so we understand correctly, were you thinking of setting up a site which primarily only shows the product information (and shares affiliate links), or was this intended as part of a greater site project? We’re happy to look over this with you; feel free to let us know what sort of site you’re looking to build so we can help point you in the right direction.

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  jethomasv1 · Member · Feb 1, 2023 at 1:19 pm

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  Hi,

  Were you thinking of setting up a site which primarily only shows the product information (and shares affiliate links) – At a top level yes this was the purpose of the site.

  Thanks,

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  deancroyal · Staff · Feb 1, 2023 at 1:43 pm

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  Hi there – Thanks for sharing the additional information. In this case, you will want to take a look at our User Guidelines: https://wordpress.com/support/user-guidelines/ — specifically the last area “Spam or machine-generated content.”

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  jethomasv1 · Member · Feb 1, 2023 at 7:22 pm

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  thanks, that clears things up.