FTC Disclosure Compliance Rules
In 2015, the Federal Trade Commission released
their new rules for Disclosure Compliance.
These rules are
set in place to ensure that readers or viewers of web media are aware if the
blogger or publisher is sponsored, endorsed, or partnered with a different
company. The readers need to know if the content publisher is making money by
sharing a link or product.
In compliance with the FTC guidelines,
please assume the following about links and posts on this site:
Any/all of the links on mahalootsdeals.blogspot.com
are affiliate links for which I receive a small compensation from sales of
certain items.
What Are
Affiliate Links?
Purchases are made on external affiliate
company websites: when a reader clicks on an affiliate link located on mahalootsdeals.blogspot.com
to purchase an item, the reader buys the item from the seller directly (not
from MAHALOOTS & MEGADEALS).
Amazon
and/or other companies pay MAHALOOTS & MEGADEALS a small commission or other compensation for helping
to bring customers to their website.
Prices are exactly
the same for readers whether they purchase is through an affiliate link or a
non-affiliate link. Clicking an affiliate link and clicking a non-affiliate
link does not change the price or anything else for the visitor.
MAHALOOTS & MEGADEALS uses two main types of affiliate programs:
1. Amazon affiliate links.
mahalootsdeals.blogspot.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 fees by linking to Amazon.in and affiliated sites, as well as to other websites that may be affiliated with Amazon Service LLC Associates Program.
2. Product affiliate links.
If you click a
product affiliate link and buy the product, then I will get a percentage of the
sale or some other type of compensation.
Again, prices
are not different if you use these affiliate links. You will not pay more by
clicking through to the link. These links are not “pay per click.”
What about
sponsored content?
I do not write
sponsored posts. I want to provide authentic, un-biased information. However,
if a company would like to publish sponsored content on MAHALOOTS
& MEGADEALS, I will
disclose this clearly in the beginning of the post. The bottom line is that I
only recommend products I use myself or that I would recommend to family and
friends.
Your purchase
helps support my research efforts. Thank you very, very much! I appreciate you!