Affiliate Disclaimer

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 (blogs, Youtube videos, etc.) know if the blogger/presenter is sponsored, endorsed, or partnered with a different company. In blog terms, the readers need to know if the blogger 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 the links on Richardarbois.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 Richardarbois.com to purchase an item, the reader buys the item from the seller directly (not from Richardarbois.com). Amazon and/or other companies pay Richardarbois.com a small commission or other compensation for promoting their website or products through their affiliate program.

Prices are exactly the same for you if your purchase is through an affiliate link or a non-affiliate link. You will not pay more by clicking through the link.

Affiliate Programs – Amazon Affiliate Links

Richardarbois.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon properties including, but not limited to, Amazon.com. Amazon offers a small commission on products sold through their affiliate links.

If a blogger links to an Amazon product (with a special code for affiliates embedded in the link), and a reader places an item in their “shopping cart” through that link within 24 hours of clicking the link, the blogger gets a small percentage of the sale. Amazon links are not “pay per click.” If you click on the product link and stay around Amazon and purchase something else, however, I will get a commission on that sale. Anytime you see a link that looks like astore.com/… or amazon.com… it can be assumed that it is an Amazon affiliate link.

Product Affiliate Links

These affiliate links work the same way: if you click the link and buy the product, then the blogger gets a percentage of the sale or some other type of compensation. Things like e-book bundles, e-courses, and online packages are usually affiliate links, as well. Again, prices are not different if you use these affiliate links. You will not pay more by clicking through the link. These links are not “pay per click” unless otherwise denoted.

What About Sponsored Content

I do not write sponsored posts. I want to bring you real, unbiased information. However, if a post is sponsored by a company, and it is a paid sponsorship, I will disclose this clearly at the beginning of the post.

We Believe In Transparency

It is with great sensitivity that Richardarbois.com strives to provide correct and accurate information that is not deceptive or misleading in any way, regardless of compensation received for advertisements or posts uploaded on the site. It is our dedication to provide you with sincere and honest opinions, beliefs, findings, experiences, and ideas on products or topics of interest at all times.

We put our strong belief in being straightforward and transparent. Any opinions or views provided on Richardarbois.com are purely the provider’s own. For this and more reasons, it is the duty of the website visitor to verify any information, statistic, claim, quote, or other information provided as representation concerning a product, or service with the provider, manufacturer, or the party of interest.

Richardarbois.com complies with the affiliate marketing guidelines of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) located at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20580 Telephone: (202) 326-2222.

The generated commissions are utilized to cater to website maintenance and other uses such as web hosting, content creation, provision of updates, website design, development, upgrading, and generating an honest earning from digital marketing.