Where to share your affiliate link: blog, WhatsApp, social media, and what to avoid

The short answer: an affiliate link pays when it reaches someone who really needs a website, a domain or e-mail, at the moment they need it. Dropping it everywhere, with no context, almost never works and can earn a bad name. Whoever recommends well earns more, and keeps earning on renewals. Your personal link is on the Affiliates screen in Meu Interweb; how the programme works is in The affiliate programme.

Where it usually works

Where How to do it well
To your own clients Anyone who builds sites, shops or e-mail for others can recommend us at the end of the project, instead of reselling. The client keeps their account and pays directly. See Affiliate or reseller.
A blog or site of yours A useful text on the subject (how to choose hosting, how to register a domain) with the link where it makes sense. The reader is already thinking about it.
WhatsApp, in conversation To someone who asked you, in answer to a need the person mentioned. Not in groups where it is not allowed, nor to contact lists that asked for nothing.
Social media By answering questions (“does anyone know where to register a domain?”) or with content of your own. Say the link is an affiliate link.
Videos and tutorials A real step by step (for example, creating a site) with the link in the description.

What to avoid

Avoid Why
Mass messages to people who did not ask It is spam, it is frowned upon and it may be illegal, depending on the country. It also damages the sender’s name.
Promising what is not true “Free site forever”, “guaranteed profit”. Say what the service does, and point to the plans for the rest.
Passing yourself off as us Do not use our name or logo as if it were an official message. Recommend in your own name.
Hiding that you are an affiliate Readers have a right to know you earn from the recommendation. One sentence is enough: “this is an affiliate link”.
Spending on paid ads that use our name Ask us first. We do not know in advance whether that is allowed, and it is a way to spend money for nothing.

To recommend well

1 Know what you recommend. Read the plans page and the comparison of shared hosting, VPS and Cloud.
2 Ask what the person needs (a blog? a shop? company e-mail?) before pointing to a plan.
3 Use the Knowledge Base articles as help: for example, which plan for a small company.
4 Follow the results on the Affiliates screen (clicks, signups and conversions) and repeat what works.
Read the programme’s terms before you start. They rule, and they may change. If in doubt about what is allowed, ask us before spending time or money.

Unsure where you may or may not share your link? Open a ticket with your idea.

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SEE ALSO

The affiliate programme

Affiliate or reseller: which suits someone who builds sites for clients

A referral is missing from your affiliate account: the usual reasons

Shared hosting, VPS, Cloud or dedicated: the full comparison

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