As some of you have noticed, we're setting up a "virtual mall" on our website, where we "affiliate" with companies, and they give us a rebate on sales purchased when people click through our site to theirs.
We've applied to quite a few and been accepted by most and turned down by a few. I haven't posted who turned our site down because usually the reasons weren't clear, but Thrifty Car Rental made it abundantly clear, so I'm willing to give them a bit of free advertising here.. Their statement was as follows:
Lovely. Firearms-related is the equivalent of excessive substance abuse (I guess social substance abuse would be ok) and sexually explicit content.
We've applied to quite a few and been accepted by most and turned down by a few. I haven't posted who turned our site down because usually the reasons weren't clear, but Thrifty Car Rental made it abundantly clear, so I'm willing to give them a bit of free advertising here.. Their statement was as follows:
Unfortunately, at this time we¿re unable to include you in the program because we believe your web site does one of the following:
¿ Links to or contains sexually explicit materials.
¿ Promotes hate/violence/illegal activities
¿ Promotes discrimination based on sex or sexual orientation, religion, nationality,
disability or age
¿ Promotes alcoholic beverages or excessive substance abuse
¿ Contains extreme religious content
¿ Is associated with gambling/lottery
¿ Contains content aimed at children
¿ Contains or endorses one political party or extreme
¿ Contains firearm related content
¿ Promotes the use of pyramid-like schemes
¿ Is currently unavailable or under construction
¿ Is aesthetically unpleasing
Lovely. Firearms-related is the equivalent of excessive substance abuse (I guess social substance abuse would be ok) and sexually explicit content.