Social Network and Affliate Marketing

[misterdonman]

Hello everyone. I have a question, does someone know if there's a policy against promoting affiliate program on social networks such as facebook and myspace?
I really appreciate any answer.
Have a nice day

[5StarAffiliatePrograms]

Hi misterdonman, good seeing you again!

There have reportedly been lawsuits against affiliate networks for letting affiliates promote on MySpace, so lots of networks prohibit it.

See this article:
Myspace 500 Million Lawsuit Against 20 Ad and Affiliate Networks

More and more affiliate programs and networks (including Amazon) now only allow you to drive traffic that comes from your own site and don't allow Twitter, Facebook, Myspace or other social network traffic.

So you need to check the TOS for each affiliate program.

Hope this helps and best of luck!

[MayaLocke]

Originally Posted by 5StarAffiliatePrograms

Hi misterdonman, good seeing you again!

There have reportedly been lawsuits against affiliate networks for letting affiliates promote on MySpace, so lots of networks prohibit it.

See this article:
Myspace 500 Million Lawsuit Against 20 Ad and Affiliate Networks

More and more affiliate programs and networks (including Amazon) now only allow you to drive traffic that comes from your own site and don't allow Twitter, Facebook, Myspace or other social network traffic.

So you need to check the TOS for each affiliate program.

Hope this helps and best of luck!

Hmm that is interesting. I have seen merchants that don't want affiliates bidding on their brand in PPC ads, but not banning social networks. I guess it depends on the program, I imagine some merchants who have not mastered social networks may be ok with it.

[KeithCash]

If you view some of my the folks I am following on Twitter, then I would say Yes, some will post their stuff 100 times a day or more ....... these are what they call the un-follows