In compliance with the FTC guidelines, herein please find the affiliate disclosure for trendwealthy.com. Please assume the following with regard to links and posts on this site: Any of the links at trendwealthy.com can be affiliate links from which I receive a small compensation if a ticked link results in sales of items from that link.
In 2015, the FTC Federal Trade Commission released its new rules for Disclosure Compliance. These rules are set in place to ensure that readers or viewers of web media (blogs, YouTube videos, etc.) know if the blogger/presenter is sponsored, endorsed, or partnered with a different company. In blog terms, the readers need to know if the blogger is making money by sharing a link or product at no additional cost to the reader.
What are affiliate links?
Purchases are made on external affiliate company websites: When a reader clicks on an affiliate link located on trendwealthy.com.
To purchase an item, the reader buys the item from the seller directly (not from trendwealthy.com. Amazon and/or other companies pay trendwealthy.com a small commission or other compensation for promoting their website or products through their affiliate program.
I use two main types of affiliate programs:
1. Amazon affiliate links
Trendwealthy.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon properties including, but not limited to, https://amazon.com. Amazon offers a small commission on products sold through their affiliate links.
If a blogger links to an Amazon product (with a special code for affiliates embedded in the link), and a reader places an item in their “shopping cart” through that link within 24 hours of clicking the link, the blogger gets a small percentage of the sale. Amazon links are not “pay per click.” If you click on the product link and stay around Amazon and purchase something else, however, I will get a commission on that sale.
Anytime you see a link that looks like astore.com/… or amazon.com… it can be assumed that it is an Amazon affiliate link.
2. Product affiliate links.
These affiliate links work the same way: if you click the link and buy the product, then the blogger gets a percentage of the sale or some other type of compensation. Things like e-book bundles, e-courses, and online packages are usually affiliated links, as well. Again, prices are not different if you use these affiliate links. You will not pay more by clicking through the link. These links are not “pay per click” unless otherwise denoted.
What about sponsored content?
I do not write sponsored posts. I want to bring you real, unbiased information. However, if a post is sponsored by a company and it is a paid sponsorship, I will disclose this clearly at the beginning of the post.
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All the Best!
Tami