An Affiliate Link Disclosure is provided to visitors of your website to fully disclose any relationship between you and the owners of any products or services referenced on your site. It ensures that affiliate marketers are transparent about actions that may potentially impact a consumer's decision-making process. Some jurisdictions require you to disclose that you are receiving compensation for any linked products or services on your site. You should place this Affiliate Link Disclosure in obvious areas on your website which are easy for visitors to see. By disclosing affiliate relationships, customers are made fully aware of them and can enter into transactions with complete transparency.

What are the benefits of having an Affiliate Link Disclosure?

• Transparency about affiliate relationships and compensation earned through affiliate links can help affiliate marketers build trust with their audience. Being honest about your financial incentives involved can help to establish credibility and trust with your audience.

• Using Affiliate Link Disclosures can help to improve your reputation as an affiliate marketer as well as the brand or product/service being promote by demonstrating commitment to ethical and honest marketing practices.

Use this Affiliate Link Disclosure if:

• You are an affiliate marketer who includes an affiliate link in your content, such as a blog post, social media post, video, or email, and receive compensation for any resulting sales or leads.

• You engage in affiliate marketing and earn commission through promoting products or services to your audience using affiliate links in your content, such as a blog post, social media post, video, email or website.

What does the Affiliate Link Disclosure cover?

• Compensation received for recommendations made in reference to the products or services on your website.

• Compensation which may be in the form of money, services, products, discounts or special access and could exist without any website visitor. 

Further information:

• Legal Documents you need for your website

• What is Misleading and Deceptive Conduct?

• What is Affiliate Marketing?

• What are Affiliate Agreements?