== Third-party Link Posting Limit ==

<del>As of 22 January 2013, referral link posting is subject to a per-user throttling that is determined by the quality of past referral deals.</del>

As of 14 June 2017, referral link posting is no longer allowed,
 ([[https://www.cheapies.nz/wiki/help:deal_posting_guidelines#affiliate_referral_links|exception explained here]]). These referral posting limits are only applicable in rare circumstances or for users posting [[https://www.cheapies.nz/wiki/help:price_comparison_site|links or mentioning their third party/price comparison websites]].

As of 24 July 2018, third-party posting limits are imposed per third-party site as well as per user.  If multiple associated users are posting third-party links for the same site, the posting limit is shared between them. 

As of 22 March 2021, third-party posting limits are combined with the third-party site's own [[https://www.cheapies.nz/wiki/help:store_representative#posting_limits|store posting limits]]. Please refer to that wiki page for posting limit calculations

  * Users who have reached their posting limit will see a **warning on the deal submission page**. If they continue to submit posts with third-party links despite the warning, their account will be placed in the penalty box.
  * Users who have exceeded their personal or site posting limit will not be able submit further posts.
  * Users who have reached or exceeded their posting limits will be able to see further information on the vote average/breakdown of posts in their post history page, visible to themselves and moderators only.