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Can I offer my items for free on a promotional basis?
Authors cannot offer their items for free on Envato Market, nor promote free items anywhere on the Envato Market sites. Additionally, if an author is exclusive, they cannot offer items that are for sale on Envato Market for free on another site without voiding their exclusivity agreement with Envato Market.
However, exclusive authors can create and give away, for free, unique items on their personal blog or website which are not for sale on Envato Market.
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Can external blogs or businesses purchase my item and then give it away as a gift/prize?
Yes! We allow you and external blogs/businesses to help promote your item(s) in this way but only when the item is purchased by the third party, i.e., you cannot give the item away for free for the promotion, the third party must purchase a license to use it.
The external blog/website(s) must only give away the number of items/licenses they have bought. So, for example, if a blog wanted to give away three “copies” of your item, it would need to purchase three copies/licenses of the item.
Any partner(s) you are working with should always make it clear that the item is from Envato Market, and reference where someone can buy the original item on Envato Market. By giving away the item, the partner is in effect transferring the purchased license to the recipient of the giveaway. The partner should direct the recipient to the license terms for that item, pass on the license certificate and purchase code, and after the giveaway, the partner’s copy of the item should be deleted.
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Can I advertise my own services such as installation or customization?
Yes! We allow you to promote your own services, such as installation or customization within your item description under the following conditions:
-The ad cannot contradict existing Promotional or Pricing Guidelines. As such, you are not allowed to include this within the Item offerings as an additional incentive to purchase the item. The ad should only indicate your separate offerings, with a link to their website where the services are offered.
-The ad must not come before essential item description components as outlined in Item Information and Metadata Requirements.
-Links should not be excessive in violation of our Fair Use Linking Policy. -
Can I advertise third party hosting services?
Yes! We allow you to engage in affiliate marketing under the following conditions:
-The ad must not come before essential item description components as outlined in Item Information and Metadata Requirements
-The ad cannot contradict existing Promotional or Pricing Guidelines. For example, the ad cannot include additional incentives to purchase the item beyond its functionality.
-Links should not be excessive in violation of our Fair Use Linking Policy.
-The ad cannot include any misleading information or descriptions. For example, ‘Recommend Hosting for Website’ is acceptable language, whereas “The fastest and most amazing hosting for website” is unacceptable.
-If the hosting is for WordPress, avoid the terms “WordPress Hosting”, “Managed WordPress” and “Hosted WordPress”. Instead, use “Hosting for WordPress”, “Managed Hosting for WordPress” etc.
-Third party Advertisements should be clear to customers that they are advertisements and not affiliated with Envato.