What "affiliate" means here
An affiliate link is a tagged URL. When you click one and buy something, the retailer pays us a small commission — typically between 1% and 10% of the purchase price. The price you pay is identical to the price anyone else pays. You are not charged extra for clicking through us.
Programmes we participate in
- Amazon Associates — Amazon EU and Amazon US. The majority of our product links are Amazon affiliate links.
- Direct affiliate programmes — for some manufacturers and software vendors we link to, when their terms align with this disclosure. These are flagged the same way as Amazon links.
- Google AdSense — display advertising on the site. This is advertising, not editorial; we don't choose which ads run.
- Our own Payhip store — when we link to our digital products, that's first-party — there's no commission, the revenue is direct.
How affiliate links are marked
Every affiliate link on this site carries rel="noopener sponsored" in the underlying HTML, which is the W3C-standard way to flag a commercial relationship. Where required by FTC, ASA, or EU regulations, we add a visible disclosure near the link. The orange banner at the top of every page also serves as a permanent site-wide disclosure.
What this does NOT change
- We are not paid to review a product. We buy what we review or borrow it from people we already trust. We do not accept paid reviews, sponsored posts, or "review units" with strings attached.
- Our verdict is not for sale. A 3-star verdict reaches publication exactly the same way a 5-star verdict does. Some of our most-clicked pages are mixed reviews — that's intentional, not an accident.
- We don't promote what we don't use. If a product is featured on Best Picks or in a sidebar "Also worth considering" block, it's because we've spent real money and time with it.
What this DOES allow us to do
Affiliate revenue is what pays for hosting, the time spent testing products, and the time spent writing. Without it, this would be a blog with no products tested and no time to write about them. If you find a review here useful and you were going to buy the product anyway, clicking through our link costs you nothing and helps keep the site running. We appreciate it.
Editorial independence
No advertiser, affiliate partner, or brand has the right to review or veto our coverage before it's published. We don't take press trips, "creator weekends," or paid placements. The commercial side of this site stops at the affiliate link in the sidebar buy box — beyond that, the words are ours alone.
Contact
Questions about affiliate practices, a specific link, or a sponsorship inquiry (the answer will probably be no, but you're welcome to ask): write to hello@futurefavs.com.