Advertisement in theme previews

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#1

Do Envato allow ads placement in theme previews? AdSense for example. I was unable to find any relevant information in the author help files.

#2

Not sure if you could or not but better not to do

#3

Why you want to use ads, its harmful for the advertiser but you can display google adsense with demo mode so it will not generate any earning from previews.

#4

Why? Theme preview doesn’t necessarily mean meaningless content, also it might be restricted to particular pages.

#5

The purpose of using AdSense, in your theory, it’s to gain some advantages from visits by users who check the content. It doesn’t aim anything to fulfill the content - in that case, you could just use “advertise here” banners.

the item matches the description given by you on the item preview page, as well as any item preview;

On the other hand, it may be the violation of the rules:

  1. As an author you promise to us that:
    you will not use Envato Market to offer non-Envato goods or services to buyers;

Here’s the link : https://themeforest.net/legal/author

#6

Thanks, that second quote actually is a crucial one and answers my question :slight_smile: