Our affiliate network is designed for our happy customers and true believers in our product. Accordingly, no commissions originating from coupon sites, paid ads, discount sites, and other non first-hand sources are allowed. We reserve the right to review and deny any commission for violation of the terms and spirit of the above at our sole discretion.

Commission Fees

Vertical Athletics affiliates earn a standard commission rate of 10% for all sales. We reserve the right to reverse commissions due to returns, order cancellations, and erroneous order duplications. We also reserve the right to defer or refuse commissions for disputed orders or orders we reject and cannot fulfill.

Direct Linking (a.k.a. URL Hijacking)

Direct linking to the Vertical Athletics website when in the same marketplace is prohibited. Links in ads from affiliates should point to their landing pages, not the Vertical Athletics website. This will prevent affiliate ad placement competition with Vertical Athletics ad placement and ad serving frequency. The exception to this is if you as an affiliate are advertising in a different place than Vertical Athletics.

Domain Registration

All affiliates are prohibited from registering domains that contain the Vertical Athletics brand name and/or typos of the Vertical Athletics brand.

Link Cloaking

All link cloaking done through unauthorized methods or for the purpose of evading Vertical Athletics is prohibited.

Compliance with Search Engine Rules

All Vertical Athletics affiliates are required to follow the editorial guidelines of each search engine. For example, the landing page must match the display URL, and no redirects or jump pages that immediately redirect to your website.

Evasion is Prohibited

All Vertical Athletics affiliates are prohibited from using evasion tactics to hide the affiliate link when the visits are from either you or from search engine editorial bots checking on paid ads.

Violation of Laws, Rules, and Regulations

All Vertical Athletics affiliates performing email marketing are required to comply with the “CAN-SPAM” Act. All Vertical Athletics affiliates who operate editorial publications must also comply with new rules from the FTC when they are endorsing or recommending Vertical Athletics products, which require disclosure that the website is a compensated affiliate.

Prohibited Ad Copy and Landing Page Copy

• Use of Vertical Athletics brand in ad copy text or in the display URL if you are prohibiting brand use
• False advertising or any claim that shows you or your competitors in a false or misleading light
• Promoting old invalid offers that have expired
• Using certain words such as “official” or “free”
• Copying Vertical Athletics landing pages. Affiliates must have their own unique landing pages.

Press Releases

All Vertical Athletics affiliates are prohibited from using the Vertical Athletics brand for press releases.

Fraudulent Commissions

All Vertical Athletics affiliates are prohibited from fraudulent activities like cookie stuffing, link interception, and falsifying orders.

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