Does your Niche Require a Disclaimer?

What is a Disclaimer?

A statement that simply denies responsibility.

Example: You go to a concert, park your car on a parking lot for $10 for the full time of the event and you see a sign big as day...WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THEFT, DAMAGE, OR ANY VALUABLES LEFT IN VEHICLES ON PREMISES.

You think, why come they can't be held responsible? This is their lot, I PAID to park here! But just as easy as it was for you to park somewhere else, they can put up their sign and if anything happens, they can say we warned you, there is nothing we can do. Simple as that.

What Does Your Niche and Disclaimers Have in Common?

Okay, you've come up with a great niche and an even better website. Of course you want to take responsibility for creating something great, you take pride in making something successful, its your baby and so much more! But wait just a damn minute! No need to read it again because I'll say it again, wait just a damn minute! What if you were required to take your site down? What if someone held you accountable for something you damn sure didn't want to be held accountable for? Do you really want to take all of the responsibility? Do you want to be held liable? Do you want to be sued? Let that marinate for a minute, or two, or three....If you haven't made a decision by now, then I will for you. NO! You do not want to take full responsibility and say that you are liable for everything on your website. Why?

When creating your website I'm pretty sure you did a lot of research, which is information that was provided by someone else that did research and so on and so on. How accurate could the information actually be? You don't really know! When creating a website/blog we are taking risk. There should always be a level of uncertainty because for every person that thinks you are right, you should know that there are even more that would like to tell you, you are wrong. For every opinion you have, there is someone that would like to debate with you and give you their's. There are also people that love trying new things and a lot of them like to try them out on the internet, which is where we come into play, and trying new things with a lot of new people could involve a lot of risks.

My niche is acne. I have been battling acne for 15 years. My niche is going to provide acne sufferers with new products that I've tried that worked for my skin, it will show other users saying what has worked for their skin, therefore would result in a lot of people trying new products. If something bad was to happen while they are taking the product they would say they found out about it from my website and would be looking for me to be held responsible for their problems. Not only do I have to worry about the products being used but I have to worry about the cruel things people may say or do. Of course I am going to offer support on my website and be there for my users as much as I can, but there will be some people that are just mean and wants to make someone's day worse than their's. They may talk about their acne, put them down, which can cause depression, can cause some people to be suicidal etc. I do not want to be held responsible for that. I want my website to be fun, supportive, engaging, you know, all the good stuff. But everything is not going to go perfect, I understand. That's why I added a disclaimer to my site! To honest with you, I am still doing research on disclaimers and I may be updating it, but I feel it is better to have something up than nothing at all. Visit www.freefrombreakouts.com/disclaimer to check out what I have so far!