Different Affiliate Networks on same page

Newbie Q: Am I allowed to do this?

[kreagh]

I'm a newbie to this, and just want to be sure I'm doing the right thing. Question: am I allowed to have text links for the same product from 2 different merchants (each from different Aff network) on the same page?

This is the situation: On specific pages of my content/niche site I will promote a book that is very relevant to the topic of a given page. Merchant A (from CJ network) offers best price for new books, but Merchant B (from LS network) usually offers best price on used books. I'd like to give my visitors a choice.

I'm reviewed TOS for all concerned and I don't see any conflict, but I'd rather ask and get straight talk here before I ask a merchant.

On another note, it seems pretty clear that there should be no conflict between these static affiliate links and my adsense.

[frup]

The only problem would come, I would think, if you were using some content from affiliate A. For instance, if the product photo was from affiliate A, or you used text from Affiliate A, and then also linked to Affiliate B, affiliate A would have the right to object, I would think.

[ralent]

kreagh, almost all of my pages are for a specific product or brand with multiple program links. Never had a problem with it.

[kreagh]

Thanks for the replies, folks. frup makes a real good point about using a product photo from Merchant A and then also having link to Merchant B. Frankly, that was what I was planning, but once frup metioned it, I can see the issue. Ralent, is this something you deal with?

Two things I can think of is (A) get an image from publisher if necesary or (B) locate the link to Merchant B (used books) in an "Other Resources" area of the page. I realize option B is not optimal from a promotional standpoint.

[Beagle]

I've run into this with some software I give tutorials for on one of my sites, where I also run ads for the software. You can get the most updated version of the software from the manufacturer, who belongs to LS, but amazon sells the previous version for a great price, and it'd be nice to give both options. So far I've just posted amazon links because I wasn't sure how to handle this, and because I'm running other amazon ads on that site.

I'm wondering if I could get some clarification on frup's statement --

The only problem would come, I would think, if you were using some content from affiliate A. For instance, if the product photo was from affiliate A, or you used text from Affiliate A, and then also linked to Affiliate B, affiliate A would have the right to object, I would think.

Do you mean linking to Affiliate B using Affiliate A's content? Or linking to Affiliate B at all? Would you see a problem with my writing my own comments on the program (which I do anyway), and then saying, "Here are two options for purchasing it:" with links to both? I've thought about putting the LS ad on some tutorials and the amazon ad on others, but I'd think that would look odd to visitors.

[frup]

What I mean is, merchants give their affiliates content to use in promoting the merchants' products. Like product photos or text descriptions or whatever. Often they stipulate that you can only use that content to link to their affiliate program, not someone else's.

Many merchants aren't all that particular and don't check things too carefully and really don't care very much about such things. Others might care a lot. It just depends on who you are dealing with and what you can get away with.

However, just linking to more than one affiliate program isn't usually a problem, generally affiliate program don't demand exclusivity...