Affiliates Disclosure

Disclosure about how AltPenguin.com uses affiliates and monetization to generate income.

Alt+Penguin recommends tech and tools we believe are worth your money. Some links on our site are affiliate links. When you click those links and make a purchase, we may earn a commission. This helps us fund thorough reviews, testing, and how-to content.

Our Amazon Associates disclosure

We participate in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. The program is free to sign up for and offers a path to earning based on your links being used to send shoppers to Amazon’s products. =

As an Amazon Associate, I, Alt+Penguin’s creator, the site owner, earn from qualifying purchases. (Amazon Associates)

My goal is to make Alt+Penguin a self-effecient and profitable without sacrificing a cleaner visual appearance for our readers.

We also follow the FTC’s Endorsement Guides. If there is a connection between us and a product or merchant that a reasonable reader would want to know, we disclose it clearly and conspicuously. (Federal Trade Commission)

What an affiliate link is

An affiliate link is a special URL that lets a store attribute a sale to our site. If you choose to buy through that link, we may receive a commission. This does not change the editorial process behind our recommendations. We pick winners based on testing and research, not on commission rates.

Where you will see our disclosures

We make disclosures hard to miss. You will see them:

Above every affiliate link is a declaration of “Affiliate Link” with a link to our Affiliate Disclosure (where you are now).
On price boxes or “Where to buy” sections that include affiliate links
In site-wide pages like this one, linked from the header and footer
The FTC advises that disclosures be close to the recommendation or link, easy to see, and easy to understand. We follow that guidance and avoid burying disclosures in footers or behind a “legal” button. (Federal Trade Commission)

Editorial independence

We do not accept payment to change scores or conclusions.

Our writers and editors choose what to cover and how to rate it.

When manufacturers lend review units, we say so in the article and return or donate those units when practical.

How we make money

We use a mix of affiliate programs and referrals. Currently some of those programs include:

Amazon Associates (affiliate marketing)
HostGator (web hosting)
VEED.io (video tools)
Mint Mobile (wireless)
Kraken (crypto platform)
DoorDash (delivery)
Honey (shopping tool)
Eureka Surveys (Surveys for cash)
Bunny CDN (web services for site perforance boosts)

We may add or remove partners over time. This page will always list our current programs.

Regardless of partner, we follow the FTC’s rules for clear, conspicuous disclosures about material connections. (Federal Trade Commission)

What we do not do

We do not let brands review or edit our verdicts.
We do not guarantee coverage to any company.
We do not hide disclosures behind links or expandable text. The FTC considers that inadequate. (Federal Trade Commission). We will always make sure it is known what our links intent are before putting it in our articles.

Trademark notice

“Amazon” and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Amazon provides specific guidance for how publishers may reference its marks. (Amazon Associates)

Questions or concerns

If you have questions about a disclosure or our monetization approach, email us at [email protected]

If you think we missed a disclosure somewhere, tell us and we will fix it