Some fourms do’nt like you putting retal links in anwser of search requests, where does STW stand.

Eh?

What is retal?

Think there’s a ‘C’ missing in the search criteria 😀

it’s petal, he’s on about flowers, you pansy.

Nah, it’s fetal, you big baby

Sorry, mixing my french and english 😳 but it gave a chance for the comedians. 😆

What i ment to say was do STW mind if we put in shop/sale links.

no, as long as it’s not astroturfing. If you have an interest declare it.

yes.

No personel interest just helping out.

It seems to be the norm on here to use a link to show parts to someone, eg “recommend me a chain tug” etc. or i have been known to hotlink just the picture from a shop website by way of explanation or info.

It doesn’t mean you have to buy it from the shop you linked to but i am sure crc don’t mind the traffic. Lost count of the times i have clicked on a link in a thread to crc and ended up buying something different cos i spotted it or thought to look for it once i was there…

What would be extra clever would be if the site here got ‘clickthrough’ payments back from purchases made via links on threads in the forum. I inhabit a totally unrelated nerdy-forum where this is very much the case with a number of well-used retailers (incl amazon iirc), and the website owner and forum members are equally happy with the arrangement.

Astroturfing?

just helping out.

if you’re just posting a thread for a freinds shop/business that’s not good.

if someone asks ‘where’s good to get x’ and you say ‘my freind is sellign them here: ‘ then that’s ok.

I am not a moderator though.

Ah yes astroturfing. :D. It seems to be a sport on here to spot and shame the astroturfers. 😆

Oh and sportpursuit links are frowned on here, as this would otherwise be a quick way for members to get multiple £5 credits for people who sign on, as the link you post links back to your account. I believe the norm is to post a generic link to sportpursuit and if people want to sign up then they can do so on their own and if they are really grateful i suppose they could always ask you for a ‘referral’ privately.

Do’nt get the wrong end of the stick, i just anwsered someone’s request for bike bits with a shop link and afterwords thought that it would be frownd upon.

Nope, not all threads are as dictatorial as (for example) WeightWeenies. You’re fine.