Affiliate Disclosure
Last updated: October 18, 2026
SportyCritique.com is committed to full transparency regarding our commercial relationships. This affiliate disclosure explains how our site earns revenue, how affiliate relationships influence (and do not influence) our editorial content, and what you should know before purchasing products through links on this website.
Amazon Associates Program
SportyCritique.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for website owners to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
This means that when you click on certain product links on SportyCritique.com and then make a qualifying purchase on Amazon.com, we may earn a small referral commission at absolutely no additional cost to you. The price you pay on Amazon is identical whether you arrive through our link or navigate directly to Amazon yourself.
All Amazon affiliate links on SportyCritique.com are clearly identified with the tag sportycritique-20 embedded in the URL and carry rel="nofollow sponsored" HTML attributes to comply with both Amazon’s operating agreement and Google’s webmaster guidelines.
How Affiliate Relationships Affect Our Content
We want to be absolutely clear about one thing: our editorial recommendations, ratings, and rankings are never influenced by affiliate commission rates or brand relationships.
Specifically:
- Products are selected for recommendation based on their technical merit, performance characteristics, and genuine value to the reader — not based on which products pay higher affiliate commissions.
- We frequently recommend products that pay lower or no commissions if they genuinely represent the best option for our readers.
- Negative aspects of products (durability issues, poor customer support, design flaws) are reported honestly, regardless of whether the product generates affiliate revenue for us.
- Brands and manufacturers cannot purchase favorable editorial coverage, featured placement, or inflated ratings on SportyCritique.
If we ever receive a product for free, at a discount, or under any sponsored arrangement, we will clearly disclose this arrangement within the relevant article.
Google AdSense Advertising
SportyCritique.com uses Google AdSense to display third-party advertisements. Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visits to our site and/or other sites on the internet. For more information about how Google uses your data, please visit How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps.
FTC Compliance
In accordance with the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Endorsement Guides (16 CFR Part 255), SportyCritique.com discloses all material connections between our editorial team and product manufacturers or retailers. This includes affiliate relationships, complimentary product samples, sponsored content arrangements, and paid consulting relationships.
The FTC requires that consumers be informed when a recommendation may be influenced by a financial relationship. Our Amazon affiliate links constitute such a material connection and are disclosed both through this page and through in-article disclosure notices where applicable.
Your Trust Matters
SportyCritique was built on the premise that sports equipment advice should be genuinely helpful, technically accurate, and completely honest. Our affiliate relationships are a means of sustaining our independent publishing operation — they are not the purpose of it. If you ever feel that a recommendation on SportyCritique appears biased or commercially motivated, we encourage you to contact us directly.
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