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Connor · 03-26-2007, 02:34 PM

So I've been kicking around some various affiliate programs, and I stumbled across the one for Abby Winters. I think that a lot of webmasters, especially those that operate TGP sites, end up signing up for a bunch of affiliate programs and then promoting whatever is working best. So when you start signing up for a lot of these programs, it can be a bit of a pain when you have to remember special rules for every program. Fortunately, most programs have similar rules. But some of the rules I came across on the Abby Winters affiliate program struck me... here is the excerpt that I'm talking about....

* We require a written contract, both with us and our primary biller.
* You must present our site and models respectfully.
* You must present other sites' and models respecfully when you use them along side us.
* You may not use freehosts that add advertising.
* Your pages must be entered in a database of URLs.
* You must use ICRA tags
* You must avoid keywords, domain names, and meta tags with words on the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection's List of Unacceptable Words.

I am a firm believer that every affiliate program has the right to set its rules, so I'm certainly not suggesting otherwise here. We all need to do what we feel is best. But I couldn't help but wonder how many people would bother with a program that MIGHT terminate them if their models appeared on a page that said "hot sluts" or something similar (who knows what that "respectful" term means, sounds subjective to me). Additionally, looks like anyone who uses this program has to agree to let ASACP set bans on words they can use, and has to supprt ICRA. Now I have had no problem with ICRA in the past... until their support for .XXX surfaced, so now I'm not sure I want to support ICRA. And of course written contracts and entering a URL in a database just smack of a company that MIGHT be more trouble than its worth to promote them.

So maybe I'm all alone on this, but I can't help but think that they must lose a TON of potential affiliate traffic with that seemingly simple list of rules. I'm sure their intentions are the best though.

03-26-2007, 02:34 PM
Connor Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,294	Affiliate Program Rules So I've been kicking around some various affiliate programs, and I stumbled across the one for Abby Winters. I think that a lot of webmasters, especially those that operate TGP sites, end up signing up for a bunch of affiliate programs and then promoting whatever is working best. So when you start signing up for a lot of these programs, it can be a bit of a pain when you have to remember special rules for every program. Fortunately, most programs have similar rules. But some of the rules I came across on the Abby Winters affiliate program struck me... here is the excerpt that I'm talking about.... * We require a written contract, both with us and our primary biller. * You must present our site and models respectfully. * You must present other sites' and models respecfully when you use them along side us. * You may not use freehosts that add advertising. * Your pages must be entered in a database of URLs. * You must use ICRA tags * You must avoid keywords, domain names, and meta tags with words on the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection's List of Unacceptable Words. I am a firm believer that every affiliate program has the right to set its rules, so I'm certainly not suggesting otherwise here. We all need to do what we feel is best. But I couldn't help but wonder how many people would bother with a program that MIGHT terminate them if their models appeared on a page that said "hot sluts" or something similar (who knows what that "respectful" term means, sounds subjective to me). Additionally, looks like anyone who uses this program has to agree to let ASACP set bans on words they can use, and has to supprt ICRA. Now I have had no problem with ICRA in the past... until their support for .XXX surfaced, so now I'm not sure I want to support ICRA. And of course written contracts and entering a URL in a database just smack of a company that MIGHT be more trouble than its worth to promote them. So maybe I'm all alone on this, but I can't help but think that they must lose a TON of potential affiliate traffic with that seemingly simple list of rules. I'm sure their intentions are the best though. __________________ YNOT v5 IS NOW LIVE! \| SEEN YNOT MAIL YET?