WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Can we or can we not post Amazon Affiliate links and aStore links? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-we-or-can-we-not-post-amazon-affiliate-links-and-astore-links WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Can we or can we not post Amazon Affiliate links and aStore links? en Sun, 26 May 2013 05:05:44 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 weddingsmith on "Can we or can we not post Amazon Affiliate links and aStore links?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-we-or-can-we-not-post-amazon-affiliate-links-and-astore-links#post-1135022 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 21:38:58 +0000 weddingsmith 1135022@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you for the reply!

]]> kathrynwp on "Can we or can we not post Amazon Affiliate links and aStore links?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-we-or-can-we-not-post-amazon-affiliate-links-and-astore-links#post-1099019 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:29:06 +0000 kathrynwp 1099019@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi liliandmums/weddingsmith,

Linking out to your Amazon store on this one page is fine:

http://liliandmums.wordpress.com/lili-mums-amazon-com-astore/

]]> noxrecife on "Can we or can we not post Amazon Affiliate links and aStore links?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-we-or-can-we-not-post-amazon-affiliate-links-and-astore-links#post-1097873 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 04:12:57 +0000 noxrecife 1097873@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Disagree completely, you are only viewing the extreme. And, in theory, we could spend a little to have our own advertisements (the "no ads" upgrade must should allow this).

"raincoaster", they (we) are losing a lot, a lot of creative people for example. Not for any other reason, in the past two years the new features and themes tastes of Tumblr.

]]> timethief on "Can we or can we not post Amazon Affiliate links and aStore links?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-we-or-can-we-not-post-amazon-affiliate-links-and-astore-links#post-1097643 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:05:28 +0000 timethief 1097643@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @raincoaster

Affiliate programs and sales complicate that immensely and vastly increase the demand on support services (HEY I AM TRYING TO MAKE MONEY HERE).

Agreed 100% and as soon as that happens the blogging environment and support forum environment becomes uglier day by day. I'm now recalling how many hours and even months I put in reporting Blogger blogs to their support forum for affiliate marketing and for click fraud.

]]> timethief on "Can we or can we not post Amazon Affiliate links and aStore links?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-we-or-can-we-not-post-amazon-affiliate-links-and-astore-links#post-1097638 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:01:33 +0000 timethief 1097638@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I don't feel the same way at all. I have been in business for over 30 years. My advice is the same as raincoaster's advice. If you want to go into business then recognize the reality that takes spending a little money to make more money.

]]> raincoaster on "Can we or can we not post Amazon Affiliate links and aStore links?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-we-or-can-we-not-post-amazon-affiliate-links-and-astore-links#post-1097633 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:57:56 +0000 raincoaster 1097633@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ No, they lose nothing at all. Remember, they make money by selling ads on WordPress.com sites. Affiliate programs and sales complicate that immensely and vastly increase the demand on support services (HEY I AM TRYING TO MAKE MONEY HERE).

]]> noxrecife on "Can we or can we not post Amazon Affiliate links and aStore links?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-we-or-can-we-not-post-amazon-affiliate-links-and-astore-links#post-1097630 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:54:50 +0000 noxrecife 1097630@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Timethief, I do not want a wordpress.org. I just think wordpress.com lose a lot with these restictions.

]]> raincoaster on "Can we or can we not post Amazon Affiliate links and aStore links?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-we-or-can-we-not-post-amazon-affiliate-links-and-astore-links#post-1097610 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:38:42 +0000 raincoaster 1097610@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you want to go into business, any successful business person will tell you there are start up costs involved. In the case of web hosting, those costs are pretty minimal.

]]> timethief on "Can we or can we not post Amazon Affiliate links and aStore links?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-we-or-can-we-not-post-amazon-affiliate-links-and-astore-links#post-1097608 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:36:54 +0000 timethief 1097608@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

There are excessive restrictions in wordpress.com

You are welcome to hire a web host and set up a WordPress.org install. Please read the comparison > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

]]> timethief on "Can we or can we not post Amazon Affiliate links and aStore links?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-we-or-can-we-not-post-amazon-affiliate-links-and-astore-links#post-1097606 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:35:31 +0000 timethief 1097606@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Amazon stores are not allowed. The only exceptions to the affiliate links policy are found here in italics:

Affiliate marketing blogs: Blogs with the primary purpose of driving traffic to affiliate programs and get-rich-quick schemes (“Make six figures from home!!”, “20 easy steps to top profits!!”, etc). This includes multi-level marketing (MLM) blogs and pyramid schemes. To be clear, people writing their own original book, movie or game reviews and linking them to Amazon, or people linking to their own products on Etsy do NOT fall into this category. Here is a thread in the support forums that talks more about which affiliate links are OK or not OK. http://en.wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/

]]> noxrecife on "Can we or can we not post Amazon Affiliate links and aStore links?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-we-or-can-we-not-post-amazon-affiliate-links-and-astore-links#post-1097597 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:31:34 +0000 noxrecife 1097597@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I want to konow this too. There are excessive restrictions in wordpress.com

]]> weddingsmith on "Can we or can we not post Amazon Affiliate links and aStore links?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-we-or-can-we-not-post-amazon-affiliate-links-and-astore-links#post-1090638 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 14:20:10 +0000 weddingsmith 1090638@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Here is the page:
http://liliandmums.wordpress.com/lili-mums-amazon-com-astore/

WordPress staff, is this ok?

Please answer!

]]> raincoaster on "Can we or can we not post Amazon Affiliate links and aStore links?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-we-or-can-we-not-post-amazon-affiliate-links-and-astore-links#post-1089818 Sat, 08 Dec 2012 02:14:06 +0000 raincoaster 1089818@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Your best bet is to create a post with the links you want in it and ask staff if it's okay.

]]> weddingsmith on "Can we or can we not post Amazon Affiliate links and aStore links?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-we-or-can-we-not-post-amazon-affiliate-links-and-astore-links#post-1089665 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:55:39 +0000 weddingsmith 1089665@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am confused. The WordPress.com help section says, "There are exceptions to this policy. Amazon.com and other select affiliate links are permitted so long as they are not the primary content of the blog in question. Other exceptions are made on a case-by-case basis." regarding affiliate links. However, answers to similar inquiries, for example: the aStore, forbid it. I just want to know if we can post a link on our blog to an Amazon aStore or affiliate links to Amazon.

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