# Can I use affiliate links on our forum but restrict others from using?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-affiliate-links-on-our-forum-but-restrict-others-from-using/118824
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [27 mei 2019 om 22:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-affiliate-links-on-our-forum-but-restrict-others-from-using/118824 "2019-05-27T22:52:01Z")
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### Author:  [@Manikandan\_Sivakumar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Manikandan_Sivakumar)
#### Post date: [27 mei 2019 om 22:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-affiliate-links-on-our-forum-but-restrict-others-from-using/118824/1 "2019-05-27T22:52:01Z")
Running a forum is difficult these days so we all try to monetize it as much as possible after a period of time. I have been using normal ads on our forum and they are working out good but I want to know if we (our team) can use affiliate links on our forum (inside the posts) but restrict the members from doing the same? Is this a good community practice. Love to hear your thoughts.
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [28 mei 2019 om 00:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-affiliate-links-on-our-forum-but-restrict-others-from-using/118824/2 "2019-05-28T00:23:08Z")
There is an official [affiliate plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-affiliate-plugin/101937) which you can utilise for generating Amazon affiliate income.
You can also restrict users from being able to post _any_ link based on Trust Levels.
There is nothing wrong with what you are suggesting (in terms of being good or bad practice) but I can’t think of a way to limit members to just certain types of links (i.e. no affiliates).