Affiliate program
Affiliate Terms of Service
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These are the rules for earning $40 when you send business owners to Always Free Website. Each section has the full rules first, then a short "What this means" box in everyday words. By joining the affiliate program, you agree to all of it.
1. Joining the program
- You must be at least 18 years old and live in the United States to be paid.
- Sign up with your real name and an email address you check. One account per person.
- Joining is free. You do not have to buy anything, and you are not our employee or business partner. You are an independent affiliate.
- We can say no to a signup, or close an account, if these rules are broken.
What this means
You need to be a grown-up in the US, use your real name, and have only one account. It costs nothing to join, and you work for yourself, not for us.
2. Your link
- After you sign up you get a personal link. It is the only way we know someone came from you.
- When someone opens your link, their browser remembers you for 90 days. If they apply within that time, the referral is yours.
- If a person opened two different affiliates' links, the first link they opened wins.
- If they clear their browser, use a different device, or come to the site without your link, we may not be able to see that you sent them. Ask them to use your link.
What this means
Your link is like a name tag. When someone clicks it, the site remembers you sent them for 90 days. If two people sent the same person, whoever sent them first gets the credit.
3. When you earn $40
- You earn the payout when the person you referred does all of these: applies, is accepted into the free website program, approves their finished site, and launches it so it is live on their own domain.
- People who already have hosting and a domain count the same way.
- You earn one payout per new client, no matter how many websites they later make.
What this means
You get $40 when someone you sent gets their free website and it goes live.
4. How you get paid
- Payouts are sent once a month by direct bank transfer (ACH) to a US bank account in your name.
- Before your first payout, we email you a secure link to add your bank details. Never send bank or account numbers by email, text, or social media. We will never ask for them that way.
- Your payout is included in the next monthly payout after the referred site goes live.
- You are responsible for any taxes on what you earn. If you earn $600 or more in a year, we may ask for a W-9 tax form so we can send you a 1099.
What this means
We send money straight to your bank once a month. You add your bank details on a safe page we send you, never by email. You get paid in the next monthly payout after their website goes live. Taxes on your earnings are your job.
6. What is not allowed
- Spam: no bulk cold emails, mass text messages, or messages to people who did not ask to hear from you.
- Fake accounts or reviews, or pretending to be us or to work for us.
- Paid ads (Google, Bing, Facebook, and others) that bid on "Always Free Website", "alwaysfreewebsite", or our domain name, or that use our name in the ad.
- Referring yourself, your own businesses, family members' businesses you control, or making fake applications.
- Hiding your link behind tricks that set it without the person clicking it on purpose (for example, cookie stuffing or pop-unders).
What this means
No spamming, no lying, no pretending to be us, no ads that use our name, and no signing yourself up. Breaking these rules means you don't get paid.
7. If rules are broken or the program changes
- If you break these rules, we can hold or cancel payouts for the referrals involved and close your account.
- We can change these terms or end the program. If we do, we will update this page and the date at the top. Changes never take away a payout you already earned under the old rules.
- You can leave anytime by emailing us. Payouts you already earned are still paid on the normal schedule.
What this means
If you cheat, you lose those payouts and your account. If we change the rules, we update this page, but we never take back money you already earned. You can quit anytime and still get what you earned.
8. The legal part
- Always Free Website is a business name of Riley Pringle ("we", "us"). These affiliate terms work together with our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.
- We are not responsible for money you spend promoting your link. We do not guarantee you will earn anything.
- Questions about these terms: hello@alwaysfreewebsite.com.
What this means
This is the official agreement between you and us. Sharing your link doesn't guarantee you'll make money, and you can always email us with questions.
See also our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.