Affiliate Disclosure

Last updated: September 2026. Plain language version first, details below.

The short version

Some links on StackSwitched are affiliate links. If you click one and buy something, we may earn a commission. It costs you nothing extra. We only recommend tools we have genuinely tested, and commissions do not decide our rankings or verdicts.

How it works

When you click an affiliate link on this site, a small tracking code tells the software company that StackSwitched referred you. If you become a paying customer, the company pays us a percentage of what you pay them. This is how the site funds its testing: paid accounts, sending volume, and the time it takes to review tools properly.

Programs we participate in

TODO: Keep this list in sync with data/affiliate-links.json. Only list programs with status "active".

Commission terms for each program are recorded in our internal link registry and re-verified before reviews are published. Programs can change their terms; we update this page when they do.

What commissions do not do

Where you will see disclosure

Every page that contains affiliate links carries a visible disclosure box near the top, before the first affiliate link. Videos carry a verbal disclosure in the first 30 seconds, an on-screen notice, and a disclosure in the description. This follows the FTC Endorsement Guides (16 CFR Part 255): disclosures must be clear, conspicuous, and unavoidable.

Questions

Ask us anything about how this works: contact page.