Affiliate Disclosure

Trusted Health Gear 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.com. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

What that means, in plain English

When you click an Amazon link on our site and make a purchase, Amazon pays us a small commission at no extra cost to you. That commission is what keeps the site running — it covers hosting, product testing, writer fees, and everything in between.

How commission works

Our Amazon Associate tracking ID is trustedhea05b-20. It's appended to every outbound Amazon link on this site.
Commission rates vary by product category and are set by Amazon — we don't negotiate them. They range from roughly 1% to 10% of the sale price depending on the category.
You don't pay more because of the affiliate link. The commission comes out of Amazon's margin, not your total.
You don't have to buy the specific product you clicked. If you click our link and buy a different product within Amazon's tracking window, we still earn commission on the sale. This is how Amazon's program works, not something specific to us.

Why commission doesn't influence our rankings

Amazon's commission rates are set per-category (e.g., "supplements" or "grocery"), not per-brand. Two magnesium supplements in the same Amazon category earn us the same commission rate, regardless of which brand it is. Ranking Product A above Product B doesn't earn us more money than the reverse — so our rubric-based scoring isn't commercially distorted.

We don't accept brand payments. We don't do "sponsored reviews." We don't do "pay to be included" placement. Those models create conflicts of interest that our affiliate-only model doesn't.

What we link to

Every "Check on Amazon" button on our site is an affiliate link. Text links to Amazon in article bodies are also affiliate links. Links to third parties that aren't Amazon (e.g., PubMed, manufacturer websites, consumer-protection resources) are not affiliate links — they're editorial references only.

FTC compliance

US FTC guidance requires affiliate relationships to be disclosed clearly and conspicuously. We display an affiliate disclosure above every review where affiliate links appear, and we maintain this page as a permanent, linked reference. Our Amazon Associate status is also disclosed in the site footer on every page.

Disclaimer in full

Trusted Health Gear 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.com. Certain content that appears on this site comes from Amazon. This content is provided "as is" and is subject to change or removal at any time. We are not a pharmacy, and we do not sell prescription products or medical devices. Statements on this site have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products and claims discussed on this site are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.