Affiliate Disclosure

The short version

Some pages on The Gist Post contain affiliate links. If you click one and buy something, we may earn a commission from the seller. It costs you nothing extra — the price is the same (and sometimes better) either way. Posts containing affiliate links are clearly marked.

How affiliate links work

When you click an affiliate link and make a purchase, the merchant pays us a small percentage of the sale as a thank-you for the referral. The commission comes out of the merchant's margin, not your wallet. Tracking is typically handled by a cookie that expires within 24–90 days depending on the program.

Our independence rules

• We only review products we have researched thoroughly enough to form a real opinion about.
• Commissions never influence ratings or verdicts. If the best option has no affiliate program, it still wins.
• We don't accept payment for reviews, and we don't sell rankings. Sponsored content, if it ever appears, would be labeled as such.
• When prices, terms, or products change in ways that affect our advice, we update the article.

Why we use them at all

Running an independent publication takes time. Affiliate commissions let us keep the site free, with no paywalls and no pop-up storms, while keeping our editorial judgment separate from our revenue.

Questions?

Anything unclear about how we earn money? Email hello@thegistpost.com — we'd rather over-explain than under-explain.