Publisher Acceptance Guidelines

WaardeX strives to provide buyers and sellers with a safe, transparent, and fair marketplace. The following outlines the basic standards WaardeX employs to vet publishers wishing to participate on WaardeX ad exchange. This does not constitute a full list and is meant only as a guide for publishers wanting to work with WaardeX.

WaardeX reserves the right to update this list at any time without notice and to refuse or revoke participation of any publisher based on its own judgement.

Content Guidelines

  • Content must be safe for work
  • Content must contain no nudity
  • Content must not depict extreme acts of violence
  • Content must not contain hate speech, harassment, bullying, threats, or similar content that advocates against any group, organization, or individual
  • Content must be original
  • Site cannot promote the use of illegal drugs or substances
  • Site cannot support the acquisition of illegal drugs, firearms or other illegal items
  • Content cannot be entirely image-based
  • Written content must exhibit a level of effort sufficient to engage a reader base
  • Posts must be created frequently
  • Posts must contain a date and time stamp
  • Posts must list an author
  • Sites must have reasonable history of content
  • Site must display user interaction
  • Slideshows or list content must contain more content than ads
  • Site must be directed at only readers above the age of 16 years old
  • Site must contain no file-sharing or copyrighted material
  • Sit cannot redirects users to unwanted websites
  • Site cannot distribute malware
  • Site cannot contain automatic downloads
  • Site must pass all review checks

Ad Guidelines

  • Page cannot contain more ads than content
  • Site cannot contain pop-ups, pop-unders or redirects
  • Site cannot contain inappropriate ads
  • Ads must be clearly separated from content and declared as ads when embedded in content
  • Ads cannot distribute malware
  • Page refresh or banner placement automatic refresh on websites are not allowed
  • Ads cannot enable cryptojacking
  • Site must be compliant in accordance with the Coalition for Better Ads

Ownership Guidelines

  • Publisher must own or have a direct relationship with the domain represented to WaardeX
  • In cases where an ads.txt file is present, the publisher or representative must list WaardeX seller ID in the ads.txt file

Traffic Guidelines

  • Audience must arrive at the domain primarily from organic sources
  • Traffic must meet current minimum quality standards set by WaardeX
  • Traffic meets minimum quality standards as measured by 3rd party traffic vendors