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Hostgator affiliate & my brother's sign up

by andrej
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I wonder if it is legal to refer my brother to Hostgator and earn a commission for his sign up? Isn't this agains their affiliate TOS? - I mean to refer family members. He will be signing up from the same IP address that I use.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alex Blades
    Just ask customer service, I don't see how it would be against tos, and how would they even know it's your brother
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  • Profile picture of the author BradVert2013
    You should be fine if he has a separate account. Even if it was on the same account, you just wouldn't get your commission.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alex Mensah
      Originally Posted by BradVert2013 View Post

      You should be fine if he has a separate account. Even if it was on the same account, you just wouldn't get your commission.
      yeah that should be alright. Besides how would they even know unless you are both using the same payment account otherwise it should be fine.
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  • Profile picture of the author RSingha
    Im sure Hostgator will be fine with paying out commissions to your "brother","sister","mother" and "father"
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  • Profile picture of the author yezgani
    Originally Posted by andrej View Post

    I wonder if it is legal to refer my brother to Hostgator and earn a commission for his sign up? Isn't this agains their affiliate TOS? - I mean to refer family members. He will be signing up from the same IP address that I use.
    I don't think it is against their TOS
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  • Profile picture of the author webhosting
    Some merchants allow this, some not. Check out their affiliate terms and you will see. I understand nobody likes to read these long documents, but you can simply use CTRL + F and search for words like "relatives".
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  • Profile picture of the author awledd
    Yes asking support is a better way because they will tell you the surest thing before you even spend time and energy.
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  • Profile picture of the author CyberAlien
    This does violate their TOS: Web Hosting Services, Reseller Hosting, VPS Hosting, and Dedicated Servers by HostGator

    No commission will be paid for signups by you, your household, or anyone within your organization.
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  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    There are very few affiliate programs that are going to pay out signups coming from the same IP address. That's a surefire way to kill profits.
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  • Profile picture of the author JRJWrites
    Originally Posted by andrej View Post

    I wonder if it is legal to refer my brother to Hostgator and earn a commission for his sign up? Isn't this agains their affiliate TOS? - I mean to refer family members. He will be signing up from the same IP address that I use.
    Um...why not just use the same hosting account for both of you? (if you have something costlier than the Hatchling)
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  • Profile picture of the author andrej
    Thank you all for your replies.
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  • Profile picture of the author Moneymaker2012
    They have stated it clearly they don't give commissions on sign ups by your family members, but if you can manage to hide it by using different IP you can get your commission.
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