Public Notice of Affiliation Opportunities

Public Affiliation Networks

• The Postal Service may participate in one or more public affiliation networks as a merchant and as an affiliate.
• The Postal Service follows the general criteria in this MI for merchants and affiliates, and specific criteria, if any, in addition to the policies of the particular network posted on the public affiliation network site.
• The Postal Service uses the public affiliation network to identify opportunities in the following ways:
• Identifies merchant categories posted on the public affiliation networks that relate to specific Postal Service Web pages.
• Reviews the public affiliation networks for affiliates that might be eligible to host Postal Service links on their Web sites.
• May also identify public interest categories on the public affiliation networks.
• Looks for opportunities to enter into affiliation relationships with merchants and affiliates that meet the general criteria in the Merchant Criteria and Affiliate Criteria sections of this MI, as appropriate, and other specific criteria, if any.