These rules apply to all affiliates. If they are broken, your participation ends, you are removed from the program, and unpaid commissions are cancelled. The full rules are in section 18 of our Terms and Conditions.
Not allowed
- Self-referrals: using your affiliate link for accounts for your own personal use, or earning commission on your own purchases.
- Cookie stuffing.
- Browser extensions, add-ons or toolbars to set affiliate IDs or send traffic.
- Traffic exchanges or incentive offers.
- Pages that hide or disguise affiliate links (for example iframes), or that suggest visitors are on the Host2Go site.
- Spam or any unsolicited mass email.
- Address bar keyword or URL trafficking through ISPs or mobile carriers.
- Promoting Host2Go on sites whose main purpose is to share coupon or promo codes.
- Promoting exclusive offers negotiated outside the affiliate program.
- Promoting to audiences who only want a trial, a quick scheme or short-term use (for example class settings or sign-ups just for an incentive).
- Affiliate networks, without written permission from the affiliate manager.
- Teachers referring students from a course or class.
Search ads and SEO
- Keyword bidding is allowed, but not on the Host2Go brand. Add these negative keywords to your campaigns: Host2Go, Host2Go Hosting, Host2Go Web hosting, Host2Go Ltd, Host2Go Limited, host2goo.com, clients.host2goo.com, host2goo, host 2 go, host2go.com.
- Do not use "coupons", "discounts" or similar words in your SEO, page title or meta title without permission in advance.
Agencies
Agencies may sign up on behalf of a client, but the order must use the client's details and the client's own payment method. You may not order under your agency's details or pay the client's invoice for them.
Email and disclosure
- Promotional emails must follow the Anti-Spam Policy (section 18.5) and the CAN-SPAM Act: no false sender details or misleading subject lines, a working opt-out, and opt-out requests handled within 5 business days.
- Clearly disclose your relationship with Host2Go in reviews and endorsements, following the FTC guidelines (section 19).
Important: Sites with discriminatory, sexually explicit, illegal or otherwise objectionable content can be refused or removed from the program.