Groupon North America Affiliate Program

Protected SEM Bidding Keywords 
Publishers are not allowed to run Paid Search campaigns related to Groupon services/products/inventory (or related in any way to Groupon) without Groupon's written approval. It applies to all kinds of Paid Search advertising campaigns (keyword campaigns, dynamic targets, product campaigns, feed-based campaigns etc) & ad formats in Google & Bing engines. Groupon reserves the right to modify and update Paid Search Terms and Conditions at any time in its sole discretion.

Negative Matching for Protected Keywords 
Required

Non-compete SEM Bidding Keywords 
Groupon Brand Terms: groupon, groupon.com, groupon deals, groupon offers and any other 'groupon + xxx' phrase including misspellings & variations (ie. different word order)

Direct Linking 
No

Special Instructions for Search Marketing Publishers 
You may not use Groupon’s domain name (www.Groupon.com), or any variation thereof, in Your domain name or any other part of Your Universal Record Locator (URL) or in any meta tags or other hidden text without express written consent from Groupon (electronic mail acceptable). You may not engineer Your Site in such a manner that pulls Internet traffic away from Groupon. Groupon Brand Terms: groupon, groupon.com, groupon deals, groupon offers and any other 'groupon + xxx' phrase including misspellings & variations (ie. different word order)

Web Site - Prohibited Web Site Domain Keywords 
You may not use Groupon’s domain name (www.Groupon.com), or any variation thereof, in Your domain name or any other part of Your Universal Record Locator (URL) or in any meta tags or other hidden text without express written consent from Groupon (electronic mail acceptable). You may not engineer Your Site in such a manner that pulls Internet traffic away from Groupon.

Web Site - Prohibited Web Site Content 
You will not display any links or other Groupon Content on any site that contain any pornographic, hate-related, violent or illegal content or that promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.

Web Site - Use of Logos and Trademarks in Web sites 
Any Groupon creatives that are provided through adv may be used, otherwise written approval from Groupon is required. Publishers may not alter, modify or change any of Groupon logos, banners, or other trademark items in any way.

Incentivized Traffic 
Allowed - Only if explicitly approved by Groupon

Email 
Allowed - Only if explicitly approved by Groupon

Software 
Allowed - Only if explicitly approved by Groupon

Sub-Affiliates 
Allowed - Only single-tier. Publisher required to seek approval for each sub-affiliate in his program prior to extending Groupon’s offer to the sub-affiliate. Any approved Sub-affiliate shall have an individual identifier tied to the Sub-affiliate’s website. You must provide access to a reporting interface showing performance by Sub-affiliate, or in the event that this is not reasonable from a technical standpoint, a weekly report indicating performance for each Sub-affiliate; listing domain which sent traffic to Groupon; amount of clicks coming from that domain as well as amount of orders and sales.

Social Media 
Allowed

Coupons and Promotional Codes 
Publishers may only use coupons and promotional codes that are provided exclusively through the affiliate program

Non-Commissionable Items 
▪ If specified in the fine print or otherwise communicated by Groupon, certain offers may not be valid for cashback, points, rewards, or miles offerings, and/or any other offerings by a third party for anything of value. Non-commissionable items include non-commissionable deal offerings.
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