Link share

I spent some time looking at other Website affiliate programs and found one called LinkShare.com. They have a list of companies and you can go through and apply to become an advertiser.  The company checks out your Website and then decides if they want you hawking their wares and if so, you then get to paste a link to them on your Website.  I went through their list of advertisers and submitted donnaville to a ton of different companies– companies that I shop at and buy things from such as Shutterfly, SiriusXM, Match.com, etc…  I did it mainly for sh*ts and giggles. One of the companies I picked was Walmart.  And you won’t believe this but Walmart TURNED ME DOWN!!!

Dear Donna,

Thank you for submitting your application to the Wal-Mart.com Affiliate
Program. We appreciate your interest in our program.

Wal-Mart.com carefully reviews each application to our program. Unfortunately, we do not feel that your Web site meets the criteria we have established for acceptance. At this time Wal-Mart.com is looking for affiliates with high traffic sites that have the potential for high sales volume. In addition, Wal-Mart.com will not accept into its affiliate program sites that fit the following descriptions:

  1. Promote sexually explicit material
  2. Promote violence or hate toward any persons or groups
  3. Promote illegal activities
  4. Promote alcohol, tobacco, gambling/lottery in any way
  5. Promote the use of pyramid, ¿ponzi¿, or similar investment schemes
  6. Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age
  7. Contain, in our sole judgment, material that is defamatory, fraudulent, or harassing to us or any third party
  8. Are known as ¿blogging sites¿, defined as sites that contain only blogging and no other form of informational content
  9. Include ¿walmart¿, ¿wal-mart¿ or variations or misspellings thereof in their domain names
  10. Otherwise violate intellectual property rights of Wal-Mart.com, Wal-Mart Stores or its suppliers
  11. Disparage Walmart.com, Wal-Mart Stores or their suppliers
  12. Are under construction or not live at the time of application
  13. Require a username and password to access
  14. Are non-US based or are sites that primarily serve a non-US based audience
  15. Any other reason based on Wal-Mart’s sole judgment.

Sincerely,

The Walmart.com Affiliate Team

I can’t believe I offended Walmart!!!  I mean, did they even look at my page?  Actually, I think they did.  Donnaville falls right into reason #8.  Yes, I offer no form of informational content.  Just my rambling drivel.  I also have been consistently spelling it wrong– I always thought it was Walmart.  I was wrong, it’s Wal-Mart. The thing is, I still love them and their cheap products and I will continue to shop there until the world becomes nothing more than a huge landfill full of their products. Their decision? It’s business, and I can accept that.