Affiliate Policy

At TheVougeClub, we are concerned about the valuable, informative, and helpful content that plays a role in making important decisions about products, trends, and lifestyle choices by readers. To support all the various things we do while ensuring that all our content is available free of charge, we sometimes use affiliate links on our site.

These affiliate links give us a very small commission paid by the affiliate programme when a reader clicks on our link to make a purchase from a third-party retailer, such as Amazon and other affiliate partners. While this money is used for the maintenance and growth of our website, it has not and never will influence what we write or publish.

We openly believe that the readers should know everything. Hence, this is why we framed this Affiliate Policy here to clearly state how things work with these affiliate links and why we have them in place or how they can affect you.

What Are Affiliate Links?

Affiliate links are URLs that have special tagging so that the retailer could know that a visitor came from our website. The retailer sends us a small fee as a referral if you click on the affiliate link and make a purchase. You are not charged extra for this. Regardless of whether you used our link or went directly to the website, you paid the same price.

To illustrate, if we review, say, a travel backpack or kitchen gizmo, and post a link to buy it on Amazon, that link may be endowed with an affiliate code. If you get that item – or any item at all – in a limited period, the retailer may reward us with a small commission.

And it is worth noting that you would not be charged anything extra; the commission essentially is the retailer’s way of thanking us for bringing them business.

Why Do European Feeds Use Affiliate Links?

The expenses of maintaining a professional editorial website are many and varied. Such costs include, but are not limited to:

Web hosting and domain name registration
Editorial programs and software
Professional writing, research, and editing
Graphic design and media production
Content management systems and plugins

Instead of inundating our website with obnoxious advertisements or erecting paywalls, we prefer affiliate marketing for advertisement purposes, which gives us the ability to get an income without disturbing the user experience.

It is this method that allows us to keep our articles free for all to read while providing just payment to those who toil over producing meaningful content. Affiliate links serve as a workable, ethical, and cost-effective way to assist in maintaining TheVougeClub without interfering with its editorial standards.

Does This Affect Our Content?

Absolutely not at all. Editorial integrity is the core of what we do.

At TheVougeClub, our content grows entirely from research, testing, user experience, and real expertise. Affiliate links do not dictate the products we choose to review/recommend/include in our articles.

We only link to products and services we truly feel are helpful, high-quality, or worth considering. If we wouldn’t recommend it to a friend, we’re not recommending it to our readers.

We never accept payment in exchange for positive reviews and we do not allow brands to influence our opinions. Even when a company wants to promote a product through our site, it would be clearly labelled as a sponsored post and would follow the strict disclosure guidelines.

How Are Affiliate Links Selected?

Every affiliate link is picked and inserted by our editorial team based on the considerations for that product:

Quality and performance
Value for money
Availability and ease of purchase
Shipping and return policies
Brand reputation
Customer reviews

For example, when we link to Amazon, it’s because that product is available in the market at a reasonable price with expected delivery and customer service, not that they have the biggest commission.

In many cases, our team will take a look at the product ourselves or do enough investigation into firsthand user experiences and third-party reviews and ensure that we are referring to only the worthwhile ones.

Retailers we may link to include (but are not limited to):

Amazon
eBay
Walmart
Target
Booking.com
Commission Junction partners

These links are chosen on a user-benefit basis first and on a profit basis second.

Editorial Independence

TheVougeClub sees it as its task to maintain independence and credibility. Our readers rely on us to deliver honest and unbiased data, and we take this commitment very seriously.

Every article, evaluation, and recommendation is held and published without the intervention of others, including any companies that might have a stake in the publication, such as affiliate partners. We do not allow brands to pay us for any type of favouring of their placement, nor do we allow brands to see our content prior to its going live.

If a product performs poorly in our testing, we will say so even if we’re linking to it via an affiliate programme. Our loyalty lies with our readers, not with brands or advertisers.

Transparency & Trust

Our desire is to be as transparent as possible. If there are any affiliate links in an article, you will hopefully see a small note either at the top or bottom of the page. This is here to inform the readers about the existence of affiliate links and how they function.

Trust is built on honesty, consistency, and integrity. We will never endorse a product simply to earn a commission, but because we think it’s really worthy of your time and money.

Have Questions?

If you have questions or concerns about anything regarding affiliate practices, please visit our contact page. Our readers are important for us, and we are always willing to elaborate more on our process.

We appreciate your reading, sharing, and shopping through links that support TheVougeClub. Your effort enables us to continue our passion of giving you the best content along with honest recommendations and sound advice.