Question about affiliate links
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Hello, I just started my WordPress, transferring over from Blogger. I do understand about the limitations on advertising for free accounts, but I need clarification on affiliate links. I currently work with Amazon, Entertainment Earth, Commission Junction (includes ThinkGeek) and Rakuten Linkshare (includes Walmart). Are links of any sort under these programs allowed, including text links and banner links placed in sidebars?
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There is no restriction on affiliate marketing on wordpress.com . Affiliate link are considered as normal links only.
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Thank you! I thought so, but I wanted to run it by some folks to make sure and avoid having the blog suspended if I wasn’t reading the rules correctly.
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Please read http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/ The Amazon widget code will not work on a WordPress.COM hosted blog.
1. WordPress.com allows bloggers to insert text affiliate links within post and page content to most third-party affiliate programs, provided they are not the primary content of the site in question.
2. Image affiliate links in posts and pages and any banners, affiliate links in sidebar or footer widget areas, are still considered to be advertising and are not allowed on WordPress.com blogs.
Please read what Staff said at https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-it-allowed-to-link-to-amazon?replies=6#post-2359341
The only advertising program at WordPress.COM is called WordAds and it’s for blogs on their own domains.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
http://en.wordpress.com/apply-for-wordads/No blogger initiated advertising for driving traffic to third party sites is allowed. PPC is not allowed. Affiliate marketing banners and any and all advertising outside of WordAds at WordPress.COM are not allowed.
Here’s what gets a blog suspended:
http://wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/suspended-blogs/
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Thank you timethief. That sort of post was the exact thing I was looking for (and hadn’t found), especially in relation to image links vs. text links. Having a staff member comment in that post clarifies it for me.
I appreciate your time!
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