Affiliate Compliance Checklist

Use this checklist to review your affiliate marketing content, disclosures, links, and promotional practices before publishing.

 

Affiliate Disclosure

Clearly disclose when you may earn a commission from an affiliate link, referral, or recommended product or service. The disclosure should be easy for visitors to see and understand.

 

Clear Affiliate Links

Make sure affiliate links are clearly identifiable and lead to the intended product, service, or website. Check every link before publishing to make sure it works correctly.

 

Honest Recommendations

Only recommend products, services, and tools that you genuinely believe may provide value to your audience. Avoid making false, misleading, or unsupported claims about their benefits or performance.

 

Accurate Pricing and Offers

Make sure any prices, discounts, promotions, free trials, bonuses, or other offers mentioned in your affiliate content are accurate and clearly explained. Avoid creating misleading expectations about what customers will receive.

 

Follow Platform Rules

Review the rules and requirements of each platform, affiliate network, and program you participate in. Make sure your promotional content follows their current policies and guidelines.

 

Protect Customer Trust

Be transparent about your relationship with affiliate programs and prioritize the customer’s interests. Your goal should be to provide useful information and help people make informed decisions.

 

Keep Affiliate Information Current

Review your affiliate links, disclosures, offers, and promotional information regularly. Update or remove information that is outdated, inaccurate, or no longer relevant.

 

Monitor Your Affiliate Programs

Keep track of the affiliate programs you participate in, including their terms, commission structures, approved promotional methods, and any changes to their requirements.

 

Review Before You Publish

Before publishing affiliate content, review the disclosure, links, claims, pricing, offers, and overall message to make sure everything is accurate, transparent, and easy for your audience to understand.

 

Stay Transparent

Always make your affiliate relationship clear to your audience. Transparency helps protect your brand, maintain credibility, and build long-term trust with the people you serve.

 

Final Reminder

Affiliate programs and platform requirements can change. Review the applicable terms, policies, and disclosure requirements regularly and update your content when necessary.