As an affiliate of Whitestone LTD, it is important that you understand the marketing restrictions we have in place for the affiliate program. These are designed not just to protect us and our customers but also to create a fair environment for all affiliates in the program.
Failure to adhere to these restrictions may lead to your commissions being canceled and affiliate account banned.
Promotional Methods
1. No Direct Linking from Paid Advertising
If you are using paid advertising (PPC, POF ads, etc) of any type, you can not send the user
directly to our sites. A landing page or website, owned by you, must be used.
2. No Facebook Advertising
We do not allow affiliates to promote our offers through paid Facebook Advertising.
3. No Incentivized Traffic
Users you refer to our products cannot be given incentives to convert including, but not limited
to, cash or monetary rewards, loyalty points or gifts.
4. No Adult Traffic
We do not allow traffic from any sites that are of an adult or overtly sexual nature including, but
not limited to? pornographic sites, adult video sites, “hook up” or adult dating sites and sites that
promote adultorientated products or services.
5. Restricted Keywords for Paid Advertising
If you are using paid advertising, for example, Google AdWords, you may not bid on our restricted
keyword list (see the bottom of this document for the full list) or use them in your advertising
copy. The list includes our brand names and website addresses. Variations and misspellings are
also prohibited. If possible, the restricted keywords should be used as negative keywords.
6. Restricted Keywords for Domains
You may not use restricted keywords (see the bottom of this document for the full list), variations
or misspellings in your base domain name.
This includes registering social media pages e.g. facebook.com/whitestonedome and any other web properties that you do not own and control yourself e.g. whitestonedome.wordpress.com,
youtube.com/user/whitestonedome
7. No Pop Up / Pop-Under Traffic
We do not allow affiliates to promote our sites through pop-ups or pop-under banner
advertisements, also commonly known as PPV and bought through companies like Traffic
Vance and Lead Impact.
8. No Adware / Spyware / Toolbar Traffic
Affiliates must not use any adware software, browser helper object or toolbar to promote our
offers.
9. No Illegal Content
You may not place our affiliate links on any site that promotes illegal content or infringes on the legal rights of others.
10. No SMS/MMS Traffic
We do not allow our sites to be promoted by SMS or MMS methods.
11. No Classifieds or Chat Room Traffic
You may not post your affiliate links in classified sites (Gumtree, Craigslist) or in chat rooms that
you do not own.
12. No Cookie Stuffing / Cookie Dropping
You may not use cookie stuffing or cookie dropping techniques. A cookie may only be placed
when a user manually clicks on a link, on a website that you own, and goes to our site.
Other Restrictions.
13. No Framing
You may not frame our sites inside another site for any purpose.
14. No Unauthorized Creatives
You may not use custom creatives (banners, gifs, flash animations) without the express
permission of our Affiliate team.
You can not use member photos or member profile information to promote our offers.
15. No Misleading or Inaccurate Claims
You can not use inaccurate or misleading statements or claims when promoting our affiliate
offers. Your advertising materials, including imagery, should be in line with our guideline.
Restricted Keyword List
Amazon
Whitestone
Whitestonedome
Dome Glass
Walmart
etc...
