{"id":53357,"date":"2023-08-03T05:53:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T05:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorityhacker.com\/?p=53357"},"modified":"2024-03-04T14:36:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T14:36:54","slug":"affiliate-disclosure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.authorityhacker.com\/affiliate-disclosure\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Affiliate Disclosure Examples & Best Practices for Bloggers in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 2009, the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) introduced its guidelines on affiliate disclosure to ensure that consumers were fully aware of any financial relationship between a website and the products or services they might recommend via endorsements or testimonials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up to this point, consumers had no idea if the site they were browsing was being financially compensated for featuring specific products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The guidelines<\/a> ensure that website owners\/affiliate marketers offer their visitors full transparency in relation to such commercial relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Now, every affiliate marketer and social influencer has to use an affiliate disclosure of some kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we will explain best practices in relation to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As well as giving you affiliate disclosure example examples to get your creative juices flowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basically, everything you need to know about affiliate disclosures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is an Affiliate Disclosure?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Affiliate link disclosures serve as a form of disclaimer, informing users that when they click on an affiliate link within a blog post or landing page and proceed to make a purchase, the site owner will receive a commission. These disclosures emphasize the existence of affiliate relationships and allow consumers to enter transactions with full awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Importantly, affiliate link disclosures aren\u2019t just a \u201cnice thing\u201d to include on your affiliate site \u2014 they\u2019re actually mandated by the US Federal Trade Commission<\/a>. No one wants the FTC breathing down their neck, so you must understand your requirements!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how should you be using affiliate link disclosures on your website?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, the FTC offers the following advice to affiliate marketers: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>\u201cIf you disclose your relationship to the retailer clearly and conspicuously on your site, readers can decide how much weight to give your endorsement.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In practice, a single affiliate link disclosure may be sufficient, such as when affiliate links are embedded in product reviews<\/a>. That way, the reader sees the affiliate disclosure and the link at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, if the affiliate disclosure and the link itself are separated, users may not recognize the connection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This means there\u2019s less chance they\u2019ll understand your links are tied to affiliate relationships \u2014 and the FTC definitely doesn\u2019t like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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