Want to Write about DVC?
Write for DVCstore!
We want you to write
Here’s how it works:
- Sign up to become a
DVCstore contributor and agree to our terms and conditions below after reading this page. - Once you are registered, we’ll send you instructions on how to proceed. Articles can be on a wide range of topics from resorts and theme parks to dining and of course, Disney Vacation Club. From time to time, we’ll adjust the list of topics we’re accepting based on what we need for the site.
- If we use your article on the
DVCstore , we’ll pay you $25. - Payments are by check and will be mailed to the address you list on file. Checks are sent out at the end of the month.
What can I write about?
Write about what interests you. If you’re a fan of a particular resort, write about it and tell others why you love it so much. If you have something you need to get off your chest – write about it. Had a great meal at LeCellier – tell us about it. Received bad service at the San Angel Inn – we want to hear about that too. Have a top 5 list you want to share – here’s your chance. Be creative! Think about topics that would interest other Disney fans and those planning Disney vacations.
In addition, we want to allow open discussion for DVC members and potential members. Opinions are always great to have and we know everything can’t be perfect all the time, even with Disney. This should give potential new DVC members a genuine look at what being a DVC owner is all about.
Feel free to write about anything you would like as it pertains to Disney Vacation Club and any elements that you think are important.
DO
- Represent your opinion. Write articles on topics you are passionate about.
- Write articles that help other people who are DVC members or considering becoming DVC members. Take the things you’ve learned from your experience and share it!
- Use good grammar and punctuation. Poorly written articles that are loaded with spelling and grammatical errors will be rejected.
- Include links to relevant information that supports your article.
- Include pictures or video with your articles. You must be the owner of the media you are including. If you want to include
video with your article, you must use a YouTube account that you own and it must bevideo that you took. Read our guidelines on the use of pictures and video.
DON’T
- Plagiarize someone else’s work. If you didn’t write it, don’t submit it. Any contributor found to submit work that is not their own will be dropped. You are liable for any claims made by third parties if you reproduce their work without permission.
- You must also disclose if you have any direct financial relationship connected to the specific content you are writing. Which leads us to…
- Advertise. If you have a product to sell, this is not the forum for it. Submitted content that includes links to sites or products that we, in our opinion, deem to be advertising or promotional in nature will be rejected.
Titles
Keep your title descriptive, but short and sweet.
This is the maximum length your blog title can be, so copy & paste this exact sentence for you to reference.
Guidelines for using Photos and Videos with your submission.We’ll leave the creative writing up to you, but please read and follow our guidelines when creating your content for the website.
- Any photos or videos you submit for use within your article must meet the following criteria:
a. You must be the owner of the photo / video in question. That means you are the one who shot the video or took the photo. Under no circumstances can you use photos or videos that you do not own. You may use photos and videos that have been produced by the DIS, but in doing so you acknowledge and agree that the DIS retains ALL rights to said photos and videos. They make these available to enhance your article. You retain rights to your article, but not to any DIS produced media that appears within it.
b. Photos or videos that are submitted for use within articles must adhere to DIS and DVCstore guidelines. No defamatory, vulgar, obscene or objectionable content will be permitted.
Images
- Articles will not be published without photos
- Please set a “
feature image” for your post. This can beany photo from your article and will help your article receive more views. - Images must be no larger than 1MB or 1024 Kilobytes in size.
- Images dimensions should be no larger than 1024px X 1024px, no less than 620px wide.
- Images will be displayed at 620px
- Horizontal images are preferred. Vertical images are not
recommened for the layout of the site. - You can upload your own photos, but you can also use any of the horizontal images from the “Official DIS Photo Galleries” section: Click here
Need help resizing an image? Here is a free website to help you do that: Click here
Good Example
Bad Examples
Small
Vertical and Small
Please no wrapping of text around your images. All of your images should be full width and extend all the way across the article. You should never have to justify your images.
Get Started With WordPress
If you’ve never written an article with WordPress before, have no fear, we found a video tutorial that should help you.
Video Tutorial: Create A Post in WordPress
Important WordPress Note: If you copy and paste something from the document you’re using to type up your article, you must do it in the “text” view and not in the “visual” view inside WordPress or additional code will be embedded making your piece unreadable.
Terms and conditions
- We will only pay for articles that are used on our site. Not all articles submitted will be used. We reserve the right to reject any submission for any reason.
- If we use your article on
DVCstore , we’ll pay you $25. - All payments are made via check each month.
- Content submitted must be original and may not appear on other sites.
- All content must be the work of the author, and cannot be copied from other sources. If information from another source is used, it must be clearly referenced. Any contributor found plagiarizing will be dropped as a contributor.
- All articles submitted must be exclusive to the
DVCstore and cannot appear anywhere else for a minimum period of 6 months. - You will retain all ownership rights to your work, but you grant the
DVCstore an irrevocable, non-exclusive, freely sub-licensable (through unlimited levels of sublicense), license to use, reproduce, modify, transmit, distribute, publicly perform and display (including in each case by means of a digital audio or video transmission), advertise in, on, and around, and create derivative works of the Content, and to incorporate such Content into other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed at our discretion. - You are responsible for ensuring that any content you submit does not infringe the rights, intellectual property or trademarks of any third party.
- Articles submitted to us will be summarily rejected if they violate any of the following guidelines: a. Content that is false, misleading, threatening, defamatory or otherwise objectionable.
b. Content that infringes on a third party’s intellectual property rights, including but not limited to patent, trademark or trade secret, copyright.
c. of a type that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships, such as proprietary and confidential information;
d. unsolicited, undisclosed or unauthorized advertising; - By registering for, submitting and accepting payment for articles you submit, you acknowledge that you have read and you agree to these terms and conditions.
If you are interested in writing for DVCstore.com and haven’t signed up yet, please email me at sean.faulk@disneyinfo.com.