The agreement provided below is used to set forth the terms and conditions between “You,” the affiliate and “We,”Hammitt. By joining our affiliate program, you agree that you will comply to all conditions outlined below. Any breach of these terms and conditions may result in removal from the program or/and commissions being declined.
Advertising
You do not have permission to spend money on ads specifically promoting Hammitt or its products, especially in search engines and social media, unless express permission in writing has been granted. However, if you want to explore paid ads with our company, we are open to collaborating. Please reach out to our affiliate management team.
These restrictions include but are not limited to: pay per click, pay per view, pay per impression, media buys, social media marketplaces (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest ads), offline print publications, eBay, Craigslist, billboards, radio, tv/cable, YouTube, traffic exchanges and others. No direct linking, no trademark keyword bidding, no trademark plus coupon keyword bidding, no non-trademark keyword bidding. We monitor this account daily for violations.
PPC Policy
Affiliates must not:
1) Purchase or license any domain names similar to hammitt.com
2) Bid on the “hammitt.com” keyword, or any of its misspellings on any search engines that operate web services.
3) Use the keyword “hammitt.com” to perform search activity across any search engine that operates web services.
4) Use the term “hammitt.com” or its derivatives in the affiliate’ ad text for driving traffic from competitor’s brand terms to site or the affiliate’s sites.
5) Drive paid or unpaid traffic from search engines directly to “hammitt.com” pages. Affiliates have to use their own sites for traffic from search engines.
6) Please exclude "hammitt.com" from remarketing efforts.
Trademark
Trademark names include Hammitt, Hammitt.com and/or any misspellings or similar alterations of these keywords.
Affiliate agrees not to register or use any URLs, domains or social profiles (pages, groups, forums) which are considered by Hammitt to be infringing on the Hammitt name or trademark, including but not limited to any registered trademark and all pending trademarks.
Affiliate agrees not to use, purchase or otherwise contract with a third party to exploit any of the Hammitt marks or registered domain names, or any marks or domain names which may, in Hammitt's reasonable discretion, be confused with Hammitt marks or registered domain names, including but not limited to misspellings of Hammitt marks or registered domain names, whether in metatags or otherwise.
Email Policy
Affiliates are not permitted to send any unsolicited email (spam) under this affiliate program. If you wish to send out an email campaign on behalf of Hammitt, you must seek approval from the Advertiser.
Copy and Creatives
Affiliates should only use creatives provided by the Advertiser or supplied through Awin on our behalf. Any creative obtained through these channels must not be edited or modified unless expressed consent from the Advertiser.
Deals, Coupons and Promotions
Yes, you can purchase through your own affiliate links. We encourage you to purchase our products so that you may be able to share and speak to the entire customer experience from a place of genuine authenticity.
When promoting Hammitt, find all coupon codes through the Awin interface. Read our newsletters to learn about new deals/offers and promotional tips. Talk to the affiliate management team.
Affiliates are not permitted to use misleading text, images or links that imply any deal that is not expressly authorized through the affiliate channel.
The use of exclusive coupon codes by unauthorized affiliates will result in voided transactions. User-submitted coupon codes from other marketing channels such as email or Facebook marketing are prohibited from use by affiliates. We have the right to void those sales.
Expired coupons and deals must be removed or clearly marked as expired immediately. You are not allowed to post coupons/offers that are not available via the Awin Interface.
Forced click coupons/offers or offers/coupons that are hidden and require a click to reveal the actual coupon code/offer are prohibited. All coupon codes/offers must be viewable without additional clicks. Publishers who violate this rule may be removed from the program.
Only use logos, banners and images provided through the Awin interface or provided by the affiliate management team. Contact the affiliate management team before using any images from the merchant website or social media.
Sub-affiliate transactions without referring URLs are subject to voids. We must know who is promoting our products and where the traffic is coming from. Coupon, loyalty and paid search affiliates are prohibited from using sub-affiliate networks to promote Hammitt.
We reserve the right to reverse transactions due to order cancellations, duplicate tracking, returns, credit card fraud, disputed charges or violations of this agreement.
Sub-Networks
Subnetworks are required to filter out or remove all coupon and loyalty/cashback websites from joining the Hammitt affiliate program via their network. Coupon, Deal, Cashback, and Loyalty sites must apply to the Hammitt affiliate program directly through Awin.
FTC Compliance
You are required by Hammitt to disclose your affiliate relationship on any promotion for this merchant. This includes but is not limited to blog posts, videos, emails, social media and website pages. Your audience must understand you could earn commissions if they click your links.
This disclosure statement should be clear and concise, stating that Hammitt is compensating you for your review or endorsement. If you received the product for free from Hammitt for review, this also must be clearly stated in your disclosure.
Proper FTC disclosure is required to remain in the Hammitt affiliate program. Some specific examples that our affiliate management team will seek out when providing audits of your disclosures include but are not limited to:
- Disclosures must be made as close as possible to the claims.
- Disclosures should be placed above the fold; scrolling should not be necessary to find the disclosure. (I.e., the disclosure should be visible before the jump)
- For image-heavy platforms, such as Pinterest, Instagram Stories, Snapchat, etc., #ad should be on the image or the first image in a series. On video platforms, such as YouTube, verbal disclosure within the video as well as text disclosure in the description are sufficient
- Pop-up disclosures are prohibited. Disclosure statements in the sidebar or in the footer are not sufficient
- Social media posts must include proper disclosure which may include hashtags such as #ad, #advertisement and #sponsored. Hashtags such as #sp, #spon, #affiliate or #aff are NOT acceptable.
Forms such as Ad, (Ad), //Ad// are acceptable on Facebook, as is natural language disclosure, if it's clear and concise. Example:
This post contains an affiliate link, which means if you purchase after clicking the link I may receive compensation.
For more information and suggestions about how to comply with the FTC's Endorsement Guidelines, please review the FTC Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising, the FTC Endorsements website resource and the FTC Dot Com Disclosures.
Please note that the FTC guides and resources are only intended to provide guidance. They do not purport to provide legal advice and they do not guarantee that you will be in compliance with FTC regulations if you follow the suggestions presented. You are advised to seek and obtain your own legal advice on how these rules apply to your website or other promotional activities for which you receive compensation.
