Advertisements in e-mails

[Fall]

Hi,

I would like to include some ads in the mails sent from my tell-a-friend functionality. Are there companies that allow something like this?
Or is it a bad idea?

Thanks!

[LifeinAsia]

I think most companies allow promotion of them in e-mail, as long as the list is OPT-IN and complies with the CAN-SPAM Act.

However, since tell-a-friend recipients didn't opt-in to the message, it would be a definite no-no.

If I received a message supposedly from my friend Joe to checkout domain.com and the message also contained an advert for advertiser.com, I would add advertiser.com and domain.com to my SPAM filters.

[wsm2006]

Are these your own ads or are they for third parties?

[Fall]

It would be third party ads, LifeinAsia changed my mind about it - I don't want to be seens as a spammer.

[Fall]

I just found out about a company called tafmaster, that offers a tell-a-friend service with advertisements, and they share the profits with you.

Anyone opinions on tafmaster?