August 31st, 2009 → 11:10 am @ Eric Nagel // 3 Comments
I just received a program update from New York & Company, a merchant in Commission Junction. The update includes the following terms:
Affiliates may not use the New York & Company name, or any variation thereof, directly or indirectly in (a) metatags, (b) title tags, (c) hidden text, page titles or source code, and/or (d) the Affiliate’s domain or sub-domain.
That’s right… you can’t use the the merchant’s name, New York & Company, anywhere in your website. Now I can understand not allowing affiliates to bid on your name in PPC listings, but to say the affiliate website cannot have the company name anywhere in the source code is completely outrageous.
New York & Company need’s an affiliate manager that understands what affiliate marketing is.
Note: by using the phrase New York & Company in this blog post, I’ve violated the terms set forth in Commission Junction. Good thing I terminated my relationship with them, before posting this 
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LGR
1 year ago
That is insane! Why even bother having an affiliate program?
David D Ochoa
1 year ago
That’s crazy. So you can’t have a link to NY&C on your landing page, say their name? WTF. Good thing you terminated your relationship. I still need $9 to “cash out” of CJ and then I’ll follow suit.
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