Affiliate Disclosure

Some links on FreshTapers may be affiliate links. This page explains what that means, so you can judge any product or service mentioned here with the full picture.

What an affiliate link is

An affiliate link is a normal link to a retailer, brand or service that carries a tracking code identifying FreshTapers as the source of the visit. If you click that link and then buy a qualifying product or sign up for a qualifying service, FreshTapers may earn a commission from the seller or from the affiliate network that operates the programme.

The tracking usually works through a cookie or a similar identifier placed by the retailer or network at the time of your click. It records that you arrived from FreshTapers. It is not a charge added to your order.

What it costs you

Using an affiliate link does not necessarily increase the price you pay. In most programmes, the commission comes out of the seller's own margin, and the price you see is the same price you would pay if you went to the seller directly. The seller decides the price and the discount, and whether the item is in stock at all. Any of those can change at any time. Always check the final price on the seller's site before you buy.

This disclosure does not state that FreshTapers currently takes part in any specific affiliate programme. We may use affiliate links from time to time, on some pages and not on others. Where a page contains affiliate links, this disclosure applies to those links.

How affiliate links affect our content

Affiliate links do not decide what we recommend. We write a guide on whether a cut, product type or approach is useful and suitable for the hair and situation being described. A commission does not make a poor recommendation into a good one, and we do not leave out a drawback because the related product carries a commission.

In practice, that means two things. First, the sections in our guides on who should skip a cut, and on maintenance burden and styling effort, stay in place whether or not a page contains an affiliate link. Second, if a cheaper or simpler option is the better advice for a reader, that is the advice we give.

Our Editorial Policy sets out this position in full. If sponsored or paid placements ever appear, we will label them clearly as such, and we will not present them as ordinary editorial recommendations.

How to judge a recommendation yourself

Read any recommendation against your own needs. Check the hair type and maintenance the article describes and compare it with your own routine. Check the product details and the ingredients or specifications. Check the returns terms and the current price on the seller's own site too. If a product requires a skill, a tool or a daily habit you do not have, a commission link does not change that fact.

If you prefer not to use an affiliate link, you can go to the seller's website directly and find the same product there. You will still have the information from the guide, and you will not be at any disadvantage in using it.

If you have a question about an affiliate link on a specific page, contact us at info@freshtapers.com and include the page link.