About my affiliate links

As a journalist, I take transparency seriously. I want you to know what it means when you see me posting about discounts and affiliate links around products that I review on healthHackers®. So here’s how it works…

A company will loan (or occasionally gift) me a product or device so that I can film a review about my experience with it on healthHackers®. Other times, I buy the items myself. Either way, I will tell you in my videos how I acquired the featured product.

If I have prior contact with a brand ahead of reviewing their product, I make it clear to that brand that my review will be honest, transparent and will include aspects that I did not like about the product (if any).

I then create and produce a video for healthHackers® viewers showing how I used the product, what I liked, what I did not like, and I often feature an interview with a representative from the brand so that I can put questions to them about the product, anything I don’t understand, and things that I think would be most useful for you, as interested viewers, to hear.

A company will sometimes allow me to offer a discount to healthHackers® viewers as part of an affiliate arrangement. This means, when you use a specific discount code or link, I will receive an amount at no extra cost to you. 

Other times, there’s no discount for you but there is a small amount paid to me per sale at no extra cost to you.

When a company shares a small portion of the profits they make from sales that ultimately came from viewers who decided to watch my videos or read my content, it helps healthHackers® to survive.

I view my affiliate payments as a form of referral income - a bit like a compensatory gesture for the effort I put into providing videos that (hopefully) help you decide whether or not an item is worth trying.

If a company offers me an affiliate contract to sign, I check it does not require me to actively “drive traffic” or “increase sales” for them. That is not my role as an independent journalist and reviewer. In multiple cases, I have asked for certain terms to be removed from these affiliate contracts before signing, or for an alternative means of written agreement to be considered valid, so that my reviewer integrity is not compromised. If a brand isn’t willing to change terms within an affiliate contract that don’t align with my values, then I don’t sign it and I don’t make money from any sales.

Please know - all of my reviews represent good faith and honest opinion, irrespective of affiliate income. I include my ‘likes’ as well as ‘dislikes’ about items I review.

I’d also recommend that you conduct your own due diligence before making any purchase and not rely solely on my reviews. You never know, you might end up loving something that I didn’t, and vice versa.

After publishing my review videos, I return any borrowed products to the brands - unless it’s something that cannot be returned as a result of a loan (e.g. blood analysis or a poop test!), or a gift.

If I’m impressed with a product enough to want to keep it - I purchase it, which could be at a discounted rate (so far, a discounted purchase has only happened once). Or occasionally, a company says it doesn’t want the product back after I’ve used it.

My Amazon Storefront features items I own, have used, and like. When you buy items from my store, Amazon pays me a small amount at no extra cost to you. Again, I view it as referral income mentioned above. You still get the advantages of buying from Amazon (ease, fast delivery, quick returns, etc).

Some links on this website, including adverts, carry a unique Amazon affiliate code. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you.

I always like hearing what you thought of any products you purchased after watching healthHackers® reviews. Email me at info@healthhackers.org.

Thanks for reading this far. That probably means you care about being open and honest as much as I do!

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