subject: Affiliate Marketing- Legal Documents To Run The Business [print this page] Every affiliate marketer is required to use some of the legal documents to handle your business. Without these documents you may lose everything. Only a single complaint from his client can close your business.
Here is the list of legal documents that you must have to protect your business and yourself.
1. Privacy Policy...
This is the document that describes how they are collecting and using information from visitors. It should clearly indicate that not use the information from its users for other purposes and will not share your personal information. Without this document, you may face problems of their visitors and other agencies like the Federal Trade Commission.
2. Terms of Use and Disclaimer...
This document limits your responsibility to web users. It really protects you. This document contains usually using the web, licenses, limitation of liability, miscellaneous, if you have a website where people are allowed to put their views on certain products, then it is possible you wish to mention that these views are only the opinions of visitors and are not the thoughts of the site owner.
3. Friends...
This form is required if you are running an affiliate program. Used to set the terms and conditions that must be followed by its affiliates. The branches are then obliged to respect these standards, while advertising their products. Members will sign this agreement before starting the business with you. You can freeze their commissions or terminate your membership if they are not following this agreement.
4. No-Spam Agreement...
Spam is an activity where you send email messages to a person who has failed to do so. We also publish advertisements in newsgroups and forums in which such activity is not allowed is also known as spam. Similarly, their ads in chat rooms and message boards are not allowed and are called spam.
In a no-spam agreement, is said to have anti-spam policy.
5. Copyright Notice...
Copyright is to protect your website content and graphics. Tells visitors how they can use this content. If you do not want to share your website content, you should indicate copyright notices. Without this notice, people can steal your web site content and graphics. If someone wants to use its content or graphics then you are required to obtain permission before you. Otherwise, you are breaking copyright laws and may suffer from that. If you want to allow people to use information from the website, then you should clearly mention in the notice of copyright content, graphics or the product is free to use by anyone.
