By signing up to our affiliate programme, you are agreeing to these Terms and Conditions. Please keep in mind that these Terms and Conditions are subject to change at the discretion of Medela. Updates to these Terms and Conditions will be available via this application and are available upon request. We will do our best to inform you of any changes made.
PPC Activity
- Affiliates are required to not bid on our brand terms, or misspellings, on all search engines or such services. These terms include, but are not limited to:
- Affiliates are not authorised to use “Medela” in their ad headers. This also includes Shopping search / Image search and all other bidding services through search engines
- You are, however, welcome to use the brand within the ad text itself.
- Affiliates are not permitted to register URLs/domains containing ‘Medela’ or any misspells.
- Affiliates are permitted to use “Medela” in URLs for articles and pages about Medela.
- Affiliates are to be responsible in their promotion of the Medela brand, and avoid any use which may be interpreted as ‘spamming’.
- Affiliates are not permitted to submit a feed of products stocked at Medela to Google Product Search, as this contravenes Google's own Product Search policies and terms of service.
Negative keywords
- Medela request that affiliates review their negative keyword list so as to ensure that online partner bidding does not allow the “Medela” terms to appear against non-brand appropriate terms.
- Medela request that its proprietary URL is included as a negative keyword (e.g. medela.com/co.uk etc.)
- Medela encourage you to run search query reports to identify any search terms that need to be added in as negatives on an ongoing basis.
Cashback
- Cashback will be declined when voucher codes are used in conjunction with cashback.
Discount/Voucher codes
- Voucher/discount code affiliate sites are only to be used during a main sale period – and will be accepted onto the programme on a case by case basis.
- Medela will not pay commission if traffic is pushed to the site during a time when not specified by the affiliates team.
- Only voucher codes supplied by Medela through Affiliate Window should be promoted by affiliates on their websites, newsletters, or through any other form or communication.
- Affiliates found to be promoting unauthorised discount codes or those issued through other marketing channels will have their sales declined.
- With all vouchers please include relevant T&Cs and an end date must be provided.
- Sites must not use click to reveal functionality where there is not a valid discount code.
Creatives / logo usage
- Advertising creative and logos have been provided to support the programme and these are regularly updated.
- Bespoke creative can be supplied on request.
Social Media
- Affiliates should not register social media, YouTube or any sharing application accounts containing the Medela brand name, logo, or any similar references.
- When linking to the Medela site via social media, it must be clear that the poster is an affiliate, or the link must land first on the affiliate’s own site and the user must click again to visit Medela. Re-directs where the user does not see the affiliate site are unacceptable.
Site Exclusions
- As Medela is a family-friendly brand, affiliates will not be accepted if their site contains pornography, adult, or mature content. This includes, but is not limited to, images of sexual acts, nudity intended to sexually arouse the viewer, graphic photos or videos and fetishes.
Commission
Blog / Editorial Rates
- All blogger/editorial websites will receive 4% commission on all orders.
- This is based on gross revenue, excluding delivery costs.
- There is the potential for an increased commission rate for key partners, this will be decided as we go forward, based on individual performance.
- Rates will not be paid for those that don’t follow these Terms and Conditions, i.e. bidding on Brand terms etc.
Voucher / Discount Site Rates
- All voucher / discount based affiliates will receive a flat rate of 4%.
- This is based on gross revenue, excluding delivery costs.
- Rates will not be paid for those that do not follow these Terms and Conditions regarding voucher / discount sites, i.e., pushing traffic when not authorised by the affiliate team.
- Voucher / Discount site affiliates will be taken on a case by case basis.
Cookie Period
- Medela has a 30 day cookie period.
Affiliate independence
- Nothing in these Terms and Conditions will be construed as limiting the independence of our affiliates.
- Medela will not restrict, or seek to restrict, any publication by an affiliate unless such published content has been found to be in breach of the law by a competent court or tribunal, or in breach of these Terms and Conditions.
- Medela do however reserve the right to question or dispute any publication by an affiliate if we believe it to contain information that is misleading or incorrect.
