Affiliate Terms & Conditions

1. About the Affiliate Program

The TheAppShelf Affiliate Program allows approved affiliates to promote TheAppShelf digital products and earn commissions on eligible referred sales.

TheAppShelf sells downloadable digital products, including Windows desktop apps, customer ZIP files, PDF guides and related digital resources.

By applying for, joining or participating in the affiliate program, you agree to these Affiliate Terms & Conditions.

2. Affiliate Approval

Affiliate applications may be manually reviewed. Submitting an application does not guarantee approval.

We may approve, reject, suspend or remove affiliates at our discretion, especially if we believe the affiliate is not a good fit for TheAppShelf, our customers or our brand.

3. Commission Rate

The planned starting commission is 30% on eligible approved sales, unless a different rate is shown inside the affiliate dashboard, product settings or written agreement.

Commission rates may vary by product, promotion, affiliate, campaign or future program update.

4. Tracking and Referral Links

Affiliates must use their official affiliate links provided through the TheAppShelf affiliate system. Sales can only be tracked when the affiliate link works correctly and the customer completes a qualifying purchase.

We are not responsible for commissions that cannot be tracked because of broken links, incorrect links, browser settings, blocked cookies, customer device settings, ad blockers, expired tracking windows or other technical issues outside our control.

5. Eligible Sales

A sale may be eligible for commission when:

• The customer clicks your approved affiliate link.
• The customer completes a purchase within the tracking period.
• The order is paid, valid and not fraudulent.
• The order is not refunded, charged back or cancelled.
• The affiliate has followed these terms and all applicable laws.

6. Reversed or Cancelled Commissions

Commissions may be reversed, cancelled or withheld for reasons including:

• Refunded orders.
• Chargebacks or payment disputes.
• Fraudulent or suspicious activity.
• Self-referrals or unauthorised purchases through your own link.
• Misleading promotion or false claims.
• Violation of these Affiliate Terms & Conditions.
• Sharing or distributing TheAppShelf customer files.

7. Payouts

Affiliate payouts are made according to the payout settings shown in the affiliate dashboard or communicated by TheAppShelf.

Payouts may be subject to a review period to allow time for refunds, chargebacks, fraud checks and support issues.

Affiliates are responsible for providing accurate payout details. If your payout details are incorrect, missing or unavailable, payment may be delayed until the issue is resolved.

8. Taxes and Reporting

Affiliates are responsible for their own taxes, business registrations, reporting obligations, invoices, accounting records and any fees or charges connected to receiving affiliate payments.

TheAppShelf does not provide tax, legal or accounting advice to affiliates.

9. Required Affiliate Disclosure

Affiliates must clearly disclose when they use affiliate links or may earn a commission. Disclosures should be easy for the audience to notice, understand and read before or at the time they click the affiliate link.

Examples of clear disclosure wording include:

• “This post contains affiliate links. I may earn a commission if you purchase through my link.”
• “Affiliate link: I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.”
• “I may receive a commission if you buy through this link.”

Do not hide disclosures at the bottom of a page, in tiny text, behind a link, or in a place where a normal viewer would not notice them.

10. Honest Promotion

Affiliates must promote TheAppShelf products honestly and accurately.

You must not make false, exaggerated or misleading claims about:

• Product features.
• Product results.
• Pinterest traffic, rankings, clicks or sales.
• Income, business success or guaranteed outcomes.
• Discounts, bonuses or offers that are not officially approved.
• Compatibility with devices or platforms not supported by the product.

11. No Traffic, Sales or Income Guarantees

TheAppShelf products are tools intended to help customers create, organise, design or prepare digital content. They do not guarantee traffic, clicks, Pinterest rankings, sales, income, followers, engagement or business success.

Affiliates must not suggest or imply that a customer is guaranteed to get results by purchasing or using a TheAppShelf product.

12. Pinterest and Third-Party Platforms

Pin Traffic Studio helps users create Pinterest-style images and prepare publishing text for manual Pinterest upload. It does not automatically publish pins, log in for customers, schedule pins, connect to Pinterest as an official publishing tool, or guarantee Pinterest traffic, clicks or sales.

Affiliates must not describe Pin Traffic Studio as an automatic Pinterest publisher, scheduler, traffic generator or official Pinterest integration.

13. No File Sharing or Reselling

Affiliates may not share, upload, resell, copy, distribute or give away TheAppShelf app files, ZIP downloads, installers, PDF guides, license files, customer documents or other paid materials.

Affiliates may only share approved promotional links, screenshots, product descriptions, banners or other marketing materials that TheAppShelf provides or allows.

14. No Self-Referrals

Affiliates may not use their own affiliate link to purchase products for themselves, family members, business partners or related accounts unless TheAppShelf gives written permission.

Self-referral commissions may be reversed or withheld.

15. No Spam

Affiliates must not promote TheAppShelf through spam, unsolicited bulk emails, fake accounts, misleading messages, unrelated groups, comment spam, direct-message spam, bots or other abusive promotion methods.

Affiliates must follow the rules of any platform where they promote TheAppShelf products.

16. Paid Advertising

Affiliates may not run paid ads using TheAppShelf brand names, product names, domain names, misspellings or confusingly similar terms without written permission.

Affiliates may not create ads that appear to be official TheAppShelf ads unless approved in writing.

17. Coupons, Discounts and Bonuses

Affiliates may not advertise coupons, discounts, bonuses or special offers unless they are officially provided or approved by TheAppShelf.

Do not claim that a discount is available if it is expired, unofficial, fake or not connected to your affiliate link.

18. Brand Use

Affiliates may use TheAppShelf names, product names and approved product images only for honest promotion of TheAppShelf products.

Affiliates may not claim to be TheAppShelf, impersonate TheAppShelf, register domains or social accounts that look official, or use TheAppShelf branding in a confusing or misleading way.

19. Reviews and Testimonials

If affiliates publish reviews, tutorials or testimonials, they must be honest and based on genuine experience or accurate product information.

Affiliates must not invent testimonials, fake customer results, fake screenshots, fake earnings, fake Pinterest results or misleading case studies.

20. Product Changes

TheAppShelf may update products, prices, features, sales pages, checkout pages, download files, documentation, product names and promotional materials at any time.

Affiliates are responsible for keeping their promotional content reasonably accurate and updating outdated claims when needed.

21. Affiliate Program Changes

TheAppShelf may update commission rates, payout timing, tracking periods, approval rules, eligible products, affiliate settings and these terms from time to time.

Continued participation in the affiliate program after updates means you accept the updated terms.

22. Suspension or Termination

TheAppShelf may suspend or terminate an affiliate account at any time if we believe the affiliate has violated these terms, harmed customer trust, misused the brand, engaged in suspicious activity, or promoted products in a misleading or inappropriate way.

If an affiliate is removed for violating these terms, unpaid commissions may be reviewed, reversed or withheld where appropriate.

23. Relationship Between Parties

Affiliates are independent promoters. Nothing in these terms creates an employment, agency, partnership, franchise or joint venture relationship between the affiliate and TheAppShelf.

Affiliates are not authorised to make promises, guarantees or commitments on behalf of TheAppShelf.

24. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, TheAppShelf is not responsible for indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss connected with participation in the affiliate program.

Nothing in these terms is intended to exclude, restrict or modify any rights or remedies that cannot be excluded under applicable law.

25. Contact

For affiliate questions, contact:

Email: partners@theappshelf.com

If this email is not active yet, replace it with your current affiliate contact email before publishing this page.