I think I’ve figured out how to build an API that’ll take any links to products that a GPT generates, and rewrite them as affiliate links. That would give GPT creators an extra monetization option.
My question is - does this violate any ToS, or would OpenAI have any sort of problem with this?
I can see both potential sides - it encourages more GPT creation, but it also inserts other people’s ads on OpenAIs platform.
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When chatting with a custom GPT you can click the report button and take a look at the list of reasons:
I think this does answer your question?
Sort of, in that it’d rule out a GPT that existed only to sell products.
But, links to products, and especially services, come up fairly often even in vanilla ChatGPT, in the course of “how do I do x” conversations.
I can’t see anything prohibiting monetizing that sort of interaction.
This isn’t a rule or reporting reason that I created, so I don’t think we should spend time debating whether it makes sense. What I do see is a high risk that any GPT that automatically converts every link into an affiliate link could be reported and unlisted.
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Amazon and many other affiliate program links can only be placed on approved websites.