Affiliate Program: Permitted and Prohibited Activities

to maintain the integrity of the firstsales io brand and ensure a fair and effective affiliate environment, affiliates must adhere to the following guidelines permitted activities content creation and sharing original content develop and share original content such as blog posts, articles, and reviews that highlight the features and benefits of firstsales io social media promotion share your unique affiliate links on personal social media accounts, ensuring compliance with each platform's policies and including necessary disclosures (e g , #ad, #sponsored) email marketing send promotional emails to subscribers who have explicitly opted in, ensuring compliance with anti spam laws and including clear disclosures of affiliate relationships use of approved marketing materials brand assets utilize official logos, banners, and other marketing materials provided by firstsales io without alteration, ensuring accurate representation of the brand seo and organic traffic content optimization optimize your content for search engines using relevant, non branded keywords to attract organic traffic interested in email outreach solutions prohibited activities unauthorized use of brand terms trademark bidding do not bid on firstsales io or little saas, inc branded keywords, including variations and misspellings, in any pay per click (ppc) advertising platforms such as google ads or bing ads domain squatting avoid registering domain names that include firstsales io trademarks or any confusingly similar variations misleading advertising practices false claims do not make unverified or exaggerated claims about firstsales io's services that could mislead potential customers impersonation refrain from creating social media profiles, pages, or channels that impersonate firstsales io or its official representatives unethical marketing techniques cookie stuffing do not engage in practices that place tracking cookies without the user's informed consent to illegitimately claim commissions ad hijacking avoid creating ads that mimic firstsales io's official advertisements to divert traffic and commissions unauthorized communication channels spam do not send unsolicited bulk emails or messages promoting firstsales io, as this violates anti spam laws and can harm the brand's reputation inappropriate platforms avoid promoting firstsales io on websites or platforms that contain offensive, defamatory, or illegal content improper use of brand assets unauthorized modifications do not alter firstsales io's logos, banners, or other marketing materials without explicit permission unapproved content refrain from using images, videos, or content that infringe upon intellectual property rights or are not approved by firstsales io no self referrals allowed affiliates are strictly prohibited from referring themselves to firstsales io's affiliate program this includes, but is not limited to, the following activities personal sign ups using one's own affiliate link to create a personal account on firstsales io immediate family referrals referring immediate family members, such as spouses, children, or parents, where the primary intent is to generate affiliate commissions rather than genuine promotion associated entities referring businesses or entities in which the affiliate holds a significant ownership or controlling interest engaging in self referral practices undermines the integrity of the affiliate program and is considered fraudulent behavior such actions are subject to strict penalties, including forfeiture of commissions any commissions earned through self referrals will be revoked program suspension or termination affiliates found engaging in self referral activities may face suspension or permanent removal from the affiliate program firstsales io employs monitoring mechanisms to detect self referral attempts and maintains the right to take appropriate action against violators to preserve the program's fairness and integrity by adhering to this policy, affiliates contribute to a trustworthy and effective partnership, ensuring mutual success and the protection of firstsales io's brand reputation compliance and enforcement monitoring firstsales io reserves the right to monitor affiliate activities to ensure compliance with these guidelines consequences of violations non compliance may result in corrective actions, including suspension or termination from the affiliate program and forfeiture of pending commissions reporting violations affiliates are encouraged to report any observed violations of these guidelines to maintain the program's integrity by adhering to these guidelines, affiliates contribute to a trustworthy and effective partnership, ensuring mutual success and the protection of firstsales io's brand reputation