Pherotruth 2.0 is brought to you by the person who's paying the bills for hosting and keeping the site online, namely yours truly. It costs multiple hundreds of dollars a year to keep this site up, let alone the time commitment of myself and TracerX.
With that said, I was recently made aware that people have started posting affiliate links for products. I have no problem with members making others aware of products they might be interested in. I do, however, have no intention of making the forums any sort of link farm where others are making money while this forum isn't.
With that in mind, posts that contain affiliate links will be moderated - they will either be edited or deleted entirely.
Remember, if in doubt, ask. If really in doubt, DON'T!
Cool I am in favor of this. It can lower the quality of reviews when people are getting paid to entice you to click the link and buy. I've been a copywriter/internet marketer for over a decade and have seen many forums go south because of it.
That said, I'm also a capitalist at heart and have nothing against people making money. Maybe you can designate a section just for paid promotions or affiliate links. And I say that as someone who has no financial ties to pheromones myself, only a consumer.
Quote from: BlackSheep on Oct 19, 2025, 07:02 AMCool I am in favor of this. It can lower the quality of reviews when people are getting paid to entice you to click the link and buy. I've been a copywriter/internet marketer for over a decade and have seen many forums go south because of it.
That said, I'm also a capitalist at heart and have nothing against people making money. Maybe you can designate a section just for paid promotions or affiliate links. And I say that as someone who has no financial ties to pheromones myself, only a consumer.
You may promote your own mixes and products (all within reason!). I agree strongly against affiliate links due to the fact that it's just biased, the motive is to make money. If we remove the money making motive we get more honest people and that's the kind of community we want. If some want to make money, they can do it somewhere else.
Affiliate links don't provide value to the community and are detrimental.