At flauntchic you’ll find links to buy products from Amazon and other partners. If you click on these links, you’ll sometimes find that the URL includes a small extra piece of text that identifies that the click came from our website. This text is an affiliate code, and it means we receive a small percentage of the money you spend if you choose to buy that product; or, in some cases, other products from the site soon after.
These affiliate links help pay the costs of producing this website and ensure that the content is free to you. However, it doesn’t mean that we are in any way indebted to Amazon or any other company. Nor does the company have any influence over editorial coverage, which products we publish, how we rate products, nor which products are reviewed positively. Our editorial content is completely unbiased and based on extensive testing and research. Although our editorial team is often responsible for inserting links into pages, their reviews and recommendations are completely editorially independent and there is no incentive to recommend bad products.
What are Affiliate Links?
Inside every affiliate link on this website are products we have mentioned or recommended – mostly from larger online retailers such as Amazon or some of our other affiliate partners. If you click on one of these product links and then purchase the product, we might get a little commission on that sale. These links usually have a special tracking or “affiliate” code that tells the retailer you left Flaunt Chic.
This small percentage we receive does not affect the price you pay. You will not be charged extra for clicking on our affiliate links or buying through them; they will cost you the same if you’d rather just go directly to the site. The commissions we earn are from retailers, not you.
Why Do We Use Affiliate Links?
Costs of contributing to the website include hosting, content, tools for research, editing software, designing, and a host of other behind-the-scenes expenditures. Affiliate marketing is one of the ways we cover these costs while still providing free and valuable content to our readers.
Using affiliate links allows us to continue to offer high-quality articles, reviews, and recommendations without charging our users for site access or bombarding them with irrelevant ads. It is a sensible and ethical way of earning extra revenue that goes on to support our aim of helping readers discover the best products and new trends and make informed decisions.
Editorial Integrity and Independence
One of the most important things is that our editorial content is entirely independent. The use of affiliate links does not denote influence from those companies or retailers linked to them.
Our reviews and buyer’s guides are based on careful research, user testing, expert insights and personal experience. The impression, review and rating of each product are made solely by the editorial team and no external influence from companies is at play. Including a product or link is an instance of a genuine belief that it would benefit our readers. We don’t accept any sponsored payments for writing favourable reviews and do not promote products merely for making commissions. We are grave in our desire to develop a relationship of trust with our readers
How Are Affiliate Links Chosen?
In most instances, it is our editorial writers who plug affiliate links into their content. This, however, does not mean that their opinions dodge the effects of earning a commission. Links are mostly placed after a review or article based solely on which products have been featured. An author may link to any products he owns, has tested, or has thoroughly researched. All this has been done, together with price comparisons, availability, and shipping options in pursuance of the most ideal retailers for you. If a product goes linked on Amazon, for instance, it is simply the wider availability and wider additional credible customer service that superbly draw it, not the extra dollars they pay above other entities.
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