Affiliate Disclosure

Some links on the PixelMatch Blog earn us a commission when you click through and buy. This page tells you which programs we participate in, how to spot an affiliate link, and how we keep recommendations honest.

What we participate in

• Amazon Associates (Amazon Associate Program ID: jeffzen911-20) — when we recommend physical seller equipment like cameras, ring lights, backdrops, label printers, or ergonomic photo-studio gear, we link to the product on Amazon. If you buy after clicking, Amazon pays us a small percentage. The price you pay is the same as if you'd gone to Amazon directly.
• PixelMatch SaaS — the AI product-photography tool this blog supports. Articles that compare PixelMatch to other tools disclose this relationship inline. PixelMatch links in the blog are not affiliate links; they're first-party links to our own product.

We do not currently participate in any other affiliate program. If that changes (a new ecommerce tool's affiliate program, for example), this page is updated and the change is logged in the "Last updated" date at the top.

How to spot an affiliate link

Every affiliate link in a PixelMatch article carries three signals:

1. The link tag attribute rel="sponsored noopener nofollow" — this is the FTC + Google standard for disclosing paid placements at the HTML level.
2. The destination URL contains our Amazon Associate ID (tag=jeffzen911-20) — you can see this in your browser status bar before clicking.
3. Articles that contain affiliate links display a yellow "Affiliate disclosure" banner at the top of the page (this same text, summarized).

Editorial independence

Our commission rate (typically 1-4% of the purchase price) is the same across all recommended products in a category. That means we have no financial incentive to recommend Product A over Product B — we earn the same percentage either way. The product we put at #1 is genuinely the product we'd recommend to a friend.

What we won't do, no matter how high a commission a vendor offers:

• Recommend a product we wouldn't use ourselves.
• Hide a product's weaknesses from the "cons" section.
• Re-order rankings in exchange for a higher commission.
• Publish a "review" that's actually a press release.

When a vendor approaches us with a paid-placement offer, we decline and add the offer to our public spreadsheet of declined deals (link available on request at admin@sunaofe.com).

What if I don't want to use an affiliate link?

Totally fine. Go to amazon.com directly and search for the product name. The price is identical, you skip the cookie, and we don't earn anything from your purchase. We'd still rather you found the product through us — the writing has to be worth something — but we're not going to penalize you for opting out.

The FTC required text

Per FTC guidelines: "As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases."

And per the Amazon Associates Operating Agreement, we are required to disclose our participation. This page is that disclosure.

Contact

Questions, complaints, or notice of a broken affiliate link: admin@sunaofe.com.