[[help:price_comparison_site]]
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help:price_comparison_site [2019/06/25 14:20] scrimshaw [Deal posting guidelines] |
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| ======Guide for Third-Party Site Operators====== | ======Guide for Third-Party Site Operators====== | ||
| - | Price comparison/tracking, product review or similar website operators may wish to post deals on OzBargain. This is permitted as long as the below requirements are met. | + | Price comparison/tracking, product review, broker agencies, cashback providers or similar website operators may wish to post deals on OzBargain. This is permitted as long as the below requirements are met. |
| =====Deal posting guidelines===== | =====Deal posting guidelines===== | ||
| - | If you wish to post a deal that contains a link to your price comparison/third party website, please take note of the following guidelines in addition to the usual [[deal posting guidelines]]: | + | If you wish to post a deal that contains a link to your third-party website, please take note of the following guidelines in addition to the usual [[deal posting guidelines]]: |
| - | * The main URL of the deal must point to the store itself, **not** the price comparison/third party website. | + | * The main URL of the deal must point to the store itself, **not** the third-party website. The only exception where the deal can be linked to the third-party site is if everything specified in the deal title is only obtainable through the third-party site and not directly from the store. |
| - | * If you wish to link or mention your site, place the link/mention to the relevant page of your website at the **bottom** of the description only. | + | * If the deal is linked to the store itself and you wish to link or mention your site, do so at the **bottom of the deal description** only. **Aug 2021: If your third party site also contains an offer (e.g. increased cashback), you may also include it in the title.** |
| - | * Do **not** check the 'I am a store representative' checkbox, or it will affect the posting limits for the actual store representatives on OzBargain. | + | * Please select your third-party website from the store association drop-down input field. If your site has never been featured on OzBargain, you can request moderators to set it up as a third-party site by submitting a request via [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/forum/10041|TWAM]] and set you up as a representative of that site. From then on, the option for your website will appear as an option. |
| - | * If your site has never been featured on OzBargain, you can request moderators to set it up as a third-party site and set you up as a representative of that site. From then on, any posts that you make that contains a link in the description to your site will be automatically marked as 'Third Party'. | + | * Such deals are subject to [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/help:referral_posting_limit|posting limits]] determined by vote average of past 'Third Party' deals, which is the same as the [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/help:store_representative#posting_limits|store rep posting limits]] for the third-party site. To see your posting limits, click on 'My Account', then choose 'posts' in the secondary horizontal navigation bar. There should be a warning message at the top if you have already reached your limit. |
| - | * Such deals are subject to [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/help:referral_posting_limit|referral posting limits]] determined by vote average of past 'Third Party' deals, similar to the [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/help:store_representative#posting_limits|store rep posting limits]]. To see your posting limits, click on 'My Account', then choose 'posts' in the secondary horizontal navigation bar. There should be a warning message at the top if you have already reached your limit. | + | * You are not required to declare association on any deals that you post that do not mention or link to your third-party site. Such deals are not subject to posting limits. |
| - | * Any deals that you post without mentioning or linking to your price comparison site are not subject to the posting limits. | + | * Do not ask or solicit users to subscribe to your OzBargain user profile or your OzBargain store profile (in your deal description or by any other means). |
| - | * Do not ask solicit subscriptions for your OzBargain user profile or for your OzBargain store profile (in your deal description or by any other means). | + | |
| ===== Commenting guidelines ===== | ===== Commenting guidelines ===== | ||
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| In addition to the usual [[commenting guidelines]], some specific rules apply. | In addition to the usual [[commenting guidelines]], some specific rules apply. | ||
| - | * Site operators can **not** post comments in deal or forum posts with links to their **own site**. | + | * Site operators can **not** post comments in deal or forum posts promoting their **own site**. |
| * Site operators can **not** post comments in deal or forum posts that contain affiliate or referral links. | * Site operators can **not** post comments in deal or forum posts that contain affiliate or referral links. | ||
| * Site operators may, however, post direct, non-affiliated links to a store with the cheaper price. | * Site operators may, however, post direct, non-affiliated links to a store with the cheaper price. | ||
Last edited by moocher on 2023/02/10 09:51