AffilReviews360 is intended to be funded through affiliate links. This page explains what that means, what it does not change, and where the site stands today.
What an affiliate link is
An affiliate link is an ordinary link with an identifier attached, which lets the provider know the visitor came from us. If that visitor then signs up, the provider pays us a commission. The price the reader pays is exactly the same as if they had gone straight to the provider’s site: the commission comes out of the seller’s margin, it is not added to the buyer’s bill.
How a paid link is flagged
When a page carries one or more paid links, it will say so in plain words, on the page itself, somewhere you do not have to hunt for. We do not rely on this page to serve as the warning: a useful disclosure is the one that sits where the link is clicked.
What a commission does not change
- The score. It comes from a weighted grid of criteria applied before any affiliate programme is approached — see how we evaluate.
- The order of a comparison, which follows the weighted score.
- The decision to assess a service: the existence of an affiliate programme is not a selection criterion, and its absence rules nobody out.
- The content of a published analysis, which is never revised at a partner’s request.
In practice: a well-rated service with no affiliate programme stays well rated and stays recommended; a service with a generous programme that ranks poorly ranks poorly.
What this revenue will pay for
What the site costs to run: hosting and domain name, monitoring and document-collection tools, and the time spent reading fee schedules, terms of service and official registries. We fund no subscriptions to the services we assess, for the simple reason that we take out none: our assessment rests on public documents.
What we do not do
- No display advertising, no space sold, no advertorials.
- No paid placement in a comparison or a selection.
- No sale or transfer of reader data to an advertiser.
- No paid link hidden behind neutral wording.
Why this disclosure exists
Because a reader is entitled to know whether whoever recommends a service earns something when they act on it. It is also a requirement of Canadian rules on misleading representations, which call for any material connection between the recommender and the seller to be made visible.
A question
About this disclosure or a specific link: contact@affilreviews360.com. About a factual error in an analysis: corrections@affilreviews360.com. See also our editorial policy.