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Agreeing to these terms

By visiting affiliatelineup.com, reading its pages, or using any link on it, you agree to these Terms of Service. If you disagree with any part, please stop using the site. The terms apply to every page, including articles, comparisons, review pages, and the pages that explain how the site works.

The site is informational. It publishes guides, comparisons, and reviews about affiliate marketing, and part of its purpose is to point readers toward Wealthy Affiliate through an affiliate link. Nothing here is a paid membership, and you do not need an account to read.

What the site offers

The content covers three areas: comparisons of affiliate networks and tools, such as which network or software suits a person starting out; building a review library efficiently when time is limited; and diagnosing traffic and conversion problems on an existing site.

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Our readers are mostly people considering a move away from a full-time job, or looking for income that can continue before and after retirement. The articles are written for that reader, but they are general. They are not tailored to your finances, your market, or your circumstances.

If you want to see how the comparisons are put together, start with Affiliate Tools: Our Comparisons and Picks.

No income guarantees

This site does not promise or predict any particular earnings. Affiliate marketing results vary widely. They depend on the niche, the quality and volume of the content, how much traffic a site gets, how well that traffic converts, and the time a person can put in. Many people earn little or nothing, and some stop before they see any return.

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Any figure, timeline, or goal mentioned on the site is there to explain a concept or describe a plan. It is not a forecast of what you will earn. Do not make financial decisions, such as leaving a job or taking on debt, based on anything published here.

For a grounded look at timelines, the article on how to replace your 9 to 5 income with affiliate marketing walks through what the process involves.

Affiliate links and compensation

Many links on this site are affiliate links. If you click one and later sign up for or buy something, the site may earn a commission. The price you pay is set by the merchant and is not increased because you used our link.

This applies most directly to Wealthy Affiliate, which the site recommends and links to through its referral link. Commissions may also apply to other tools and networks we mention. Our full explanation is on the Affiliate Disclosure page, which forms part of these terms.

Earning a commission does not change the facts we report about a product. We compare options and say where one fits a reader better than another. You should still read the merchant’s own pages before you decide.

Third-party sites and products

Links on this site lead to pages we do not own or control, including affiliate networks, software companies, and other publishers. We are not responsible for their content, their policies, how they handle your data, or what happens when you use their services.

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Prices, features, plan names, commission rates, approval requirements, and payout rules are decided by those companies and can change without notice. A comparison on this site reflects what we understood when we wrote it. Before you sign up for anything, check the current details on the provider’s own website.

When you create an account with a third party, your agreement is with that company and its terms apply to you. This site is not a party to that agreement.

Information is general, not professional advice

Content on this site is provided for general information and education. It is not legal, tax, financial, or accounting advice. Running an affiliate business can raise questions about business registration, tax reporting, advertising disclosure rules, and data privacy, and the rules differ by country and region. Talk to a qualified professional about your own situation.

We try to keep articles accurate and up to date, but software changes, programs close, and terms are revised. Some pages will be out of date by the time you read them. If you spot something wrong, please tell us through the contact page so we can correct it.

Intellectual property

The text, structure, and original images on this site belong to the site’s owner unless a page says otherwise. Product names, logos, and trademarks of other companies belong to those companies. We mention them to identify the products we discuss.

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You may:

Read and print pages for your own personal use.
Quote short excerpts with a clear credit and a link back to the original page.
Share links to our pages on social media, in emails, or on your own site.

You may not:

Copy whole articles, or substantial parts of them, and publish them elsewhere.
Republish our comparisons or reviews as your own work.
Sell, license, or redistribute our content without written permission.
Use scrapers or automated tools to copy the site in bulk.

If you want to use more than a short excerpt, ask first through the contact page.

Acceptable use

You agree to use the site lawfully and in a way that does not harm it or other readers. In particular, you agree not to:

Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the site, its hosting, or its data.
Introduce malware, or send automated traffic intended to overload or disrupt the site.
Interfere with, remove, or replace our affiliate links or tracking in order to redirect commissions.
Use the site to send spam, or to promote unrelated products, scams, or schemes.
Impersonate the site’s owner or another person.

We may block access for anyone who breaks these rules.

No promotion of pyramid or MLM-style programs

This site does not recommend multi-level marketing or pyramid-style programs, and it does not accept payment to do so. The programs we discuss pay for real sales of real products or services. If you find a link on the site that appears to lead to a program of that kind, tell us and we will review it.

Messages and submissions

If you send us a message, a question, or a comment through any form or email address on the site, you confirm that what you send is yours to share and does not break the law or anyone else’s rights. We may use your message to reply to you. We may also use general questions, with personal details removed, to decide what to write about next.

Please do not send passwords, payment details, or other sensitive information through the site.

Disclaimer of warranties

The site and everything on it are provided “as is” and “as available.” We make no warranty that the site will always be available, error-free, or free of harmful components, and no warranty that any content is complete, current, or suitable for your purposes. To the fullest extent the law allows, we disclaim all warranties, whether express or implied.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, the owner of this site is not liable for any loss or damage arising from your use of it or your reliance on its content. That includes lost income, lost profits, lost opportunities, business losses, and costs connected to products or services you buy from third parties after following a link here.

Some places do not allow certain limits on liability, so parts of this section may not apply to you. Where a limit is not permitted, it applies only to the extent the law allows.

Changes to the site and these terms

We may change, add, or remove content on the site at any time, including articles, comparisons, and recommendations. We may also update these terms from time to time. The version published on this page is the current version. If you continue to use the site after a change, you accept the updated terms, so it is worth checking this page now and then.

Several other pages explain how the site works and are worth reading alongside these terms:

The Affiliate Disclosure, which explains how the site earns money.
Your About page, which describes what the site covers and who it is for.
The contact page, for questions about these terms, corrections, or permission requests.

Questions about these terms

If anything here is unclear, or you want to raise a concern about the site’s content, write to us through the contact page. We read what comes in and will reply where a reply is useful.