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.
