Affiliate Disclosure

We put this in plain sight because trust is the whole point of the site. This disclosure explains how our affiliate links work, why we use them, and the firewall that keeps them away from what we actually recommend. It follows the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s guidance on disclosing paid relationships.

What an Affiliate Link Is

An affiliate link is a tagged link to a product or seller. When you click one and go on to buy, that tag tells the seller the visit came from us, and we receive a small commission on the sale. The commission is paid by the seller out of their own margin.

It Costs You Nothing Extra

You pay the same price whether you use our link or type the address in yourself. An affiliate link never adds a fee, a markup, or a condition to your purchase. The seller simply shares a slice of a sale it was already going to make.

Why We Use Them

Research takes time, and reading studies, checking certificates, and updating guides is not free. Affiliate commissions help fund that work, which is how we keep the guides open to everyone without a paywall or a pile of intrusive ads. In plain terms, these links are what let us spend a day on a single COA so you do not have to.

How This Never Changes Our Verdict

This is the line we do not cross. A commission has no say in what we conclude about a compound or a stack. We keep our editorial work and our business side apart, so the person writing a guide is answering to the evidence, not to a payout.

A few things follow from that, and we hold to all of them:

• We will recommend a product we earn nothing from when it is the better choice.
• We will warn you off an affiliate partner when the quality or testing does not hold up.
• Our rankings run on real criteria, purity, testing, transparency, and value, never on which seller pays the most.

If keeping a link would mean softening a straight assessment, the assessment wins every time.

How to Spot an Affiliate Link on Our Site

You never have to guess. Any page that contains affiliate links carries a clear disclosure, and we would rather over-label than leave you wondering. If you ever want to skip the link entirely, you can search for the same product yourself and buy it directly. Our verdict reads exactly the same either way.

Questions

If anything about our affiliate relationships is unclear, or you want to know whether a specific link is one, reach out through our contact page and we will give you a straight answer.

For how our sourcing and independence work in full, see our editorial policy, and for the terms around using the site, our medical disclaimer.