Affiliate Disclosure

🤝 What Is Affiliate Marketing?

Affiliate marketing is a performance-based marketing model where a website (ClippedSave) earns a commission from a retailer (Amazon, Nike, etc.) for referring customers who make purchases.

Here's the key thing to understand: the commission comes entirely from the retailer's marketing budget. Retailers allocate budget to pay affiliates for bringing customers — just like they'd pay for a TV ad or a Google ad. The difference is, they only pay when a sale actually happens.

This means:

• Your price is always identical to going directly to the retailer
• No costs are added to your cart or checkout
• You're not charged anything for using ClippedSave
• The retailer benefits by getting a customer they might not have otherwise reached

🍪 How Affiliate Cookies Work

When you click a deal link on ClippedSave, a small text file called a "cookie" is stored in your browser. This cookie:

• Identifies ClippedSave as the referrer to the retailer
• Remains active for a set window (1–90 days depending on the retailer)
• Does not track your personal identity
• Does not collect financial or payment information
• Adds zero cost to your purchase

If you make a purchase within the cookie window, the retailer's system attributes the sale to ClippedSave and pays us a commission. If you do not purchase, the cookie simply expires and is deleted.

🏢 Affiliate Programs We Participate In

ClippedSave is an approved participant in the following affiliate programs:

We may add or remove affiliate programs at any time. This page is updated when our affiliate partnerships change significantly.

📝 Editorial Independence

Our affiliate relationships do not compromise our editorial independence. Specifically:

• We feature deals based on value to shoppers — not commission rates
• We never publish fake deals or inflated "original prices" to exaggerate discounts
• We clearly label all deal prices and savings percentages accurately
• Advertisers cannot pay to have deals featured or ranked higher
• We disclose our estimated commission on every deal card transparently

If we believe a product is genuinely a bad deal, we won't feature it — regardless of commission potential. Our credibility with our audience is more valuable than any individual commission.

🙅 What We Do NOT Do

• We do not use cookie stuffing or any unauthorized affiliate tracking methods
• We do not place affiliate cookies without a user clicking a link
• We do not misrepresent prices or manufacture fake discounts
• We do not hide our affiliate relationships — they are disclosed on every page
• We do not sell your data to advertisers or third parties
• We do not receive undisclosed payments for editorial coverage

❓ Questions About Our Affiliate Relationships

We believe in full transparency. If you have any questions about our affiliate relationships, how we earn commissions, or whether a specific deal recommendation was influenced by affiliate compensation, please contact us:

• Email: hello@clippedsave.com
• Subject line: "Affiliate Disclosure Question"
• Response time: Within 2 business days

We're happy to explain any aspect of how ClippedSave works and how we make money. Transparency is a core value of this company.