======Guide for Third-Party Site Operators======

Price comparison/tracking, product review, broker agencies, cashback providers or similar website operators may wish to post deals on ChoiceCheapies. This is permitted as long as the below requirements are met.

=====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 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 the deal is linked to the store and you wish to link or mention your site, place the link to the relevant page of your website at the **bottom** of the description.
  * Please select your third-party website from the store association drop-down input field. If your site has never been featured on ChoiceCheapies, you can request moderators to set it up as a third-party site by submitting a request via [[https://www.cheapies.nz/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.
  * Such deals are subject to [[https://www.cheapies.nz/wiki/help:referral_posting_limit| posting limits]] determined by vote average of past 'Third Party' deals, which are the same [[https://www.cheapies.nz/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.
  * 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.
  * Do not ask solicit subscriptions for your ChoiceCheapies user profile or for your ChoiceCheapies store profile (in your deal description or by any other means).

===== Commenting guidelines =====

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 that contain affiliate or referral links.
  * Site operators may, however, post direct, non-affiliated links to a store with the cheaper price.