FTC Disclosure Compliance Rules
In 2015, the Federal Trade Commission released their new rules for Disclosure Compliance.
These rules are set in place to ensure that readers or viewers of web media know if the blogger or publisher is sponsored, endorsed, or partnered with a different company. The readers need to know if the content publisher is making money by sharing a link or product.
In compliance with the FTC guidelines, please assume the following about links and posts on this site:
Any/all of the links on bestluggagebags.com are affiliate links for which I receive a small compensation from certain items’ sales.
What Are Affiliate Links?
Purchases are made on external affiliate company websites. When a reader clicks on an affiliate link located on bestluggagebags.com to purchase an item, the reader directly buys the item from the seller (not from Best Luggage Bags).
Amazon and other companies pay Best Luggage Bags a small commission or further compensation to bring customers to their website.
Prices are the same for readers, whether they purchase through an affiliate link or a non-affiliate link. Clicking an affiliate link and clicking a non-affiliate link does not change the visitor’s price or anything else.
Best Luggage Bags uses two main types of affiliate programs:
- Amazon affiliate links.
Best Luggage Bags is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for website owners to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites, as well as to other websites that may be affiliated with Amazon Service LLC Associates Program.
- Product affiliate links.
If you click a product affiliate link and buy the product, I will get a percentage of the sale or some other compensation type.
Again, prices are not different if you use these affiliate links. You will not pay more by clicking through to the link. These links are not “pay per click.”
What about sponsored content?
I do not write sponsored posts. I want to provide authentic, un-biased information. However, if a company wants to publish sponsored content on Best Luggage Bags, I will disclose this clearly at the beginning of the post.
The bottom line is that I only recommend products I use myself or recommend to family and friends.
Your purchase helps support my research efforts. Thank you very, very much! I appreciate you!
This Disclosure is adapted from BrainProTips.