# Affiliate Disclosure Statement

Explain commission relationships, covered links, tracking, price impact, editorial standards, placement, and commercial connection without obscurity.

## Usage note

Use this worksheet to collect affiliate relationship facts and prepare wording for qualified compliance review. It is not legal advice and does not determine the requirements for a particular platform, jurisdiction, or audience. Put approved disclosure close to the recommendation and affiliate links, using language readers can understand before acting. Do not hide it behind “support us” or an unexplained symbol.

## How to use this template

1. Inventory affiliate programs, merchants, networks, covered content, qualifying actions, markets, and platforms.
2. Record compensation, tracking, price claims, ownership, product access, and editorial governance.
3. Draft plain wording that connects a reader's action to possible commission.
4. Obtain qualified compliance, editorial, privacy, platform, accessibility, and locale review.
5. Verify live placement and maintain program, content, approval, and correction records.

## Blank template

### Relationship record

- **Publisher/creator:** [Approved name]
- **Merchant or network:** [Program]
- **Covered content/links:** [Pages, modules, platforms]
- **Qualifying action:** [Purchase, sign-up, lead, other]
- **Compensation type:** [Commission, flat fee, tier, other]
- **Reader price effect:** [Verified statement or Do not claim]
- **Tracking details for review:** [Approved internal record]
- **Product supplied or purchased:** [Material context]
- **Ownership/other relationship:** [If any]
- **Markets and dates:** [Scope]

### Disclosure draft

- **Short disclosure:** [Plain commercial connection]
- **Detailed policy route:** [URL if used]
- **Placement:** [Before links, module, opening, description]
- **Editorial statement:** [Only verified governance]
- **Link distinction:** [How affiliate links are identified]
- **Locale version:** [Text/reviewer]
- **Compliance owner:** [Role]
- **Approval and version:** [Date/ID]
- **Update trigger:** [Program, tracking, ownership, requirement]

### Publication checks

- [ ] Disclosure explains how the publisher may benefit.
- [ ] Vague language and unexplained abbreviations are removed.
- [ ] Statement appears before or close to relevant links.
- [ ] Price-impact wording is verified.
- [ ] Editorial-independence claims match actual controls.
- [ ] Rankings and comparisons remain evidence-based.
- [ ] Mobile, email, social, and locale placements are reviewed.
- [ ] Merchant and content inventory has an owner.