Affiliate Disclosure

InternetArc is reader-supported. Some of the links on this site are affiliate links: if you click one and make a purchase or sign up for a service, we may earn a commission. There is no additional cost to you.

How affiliate links work

An affiliate link carries a tracking identifier that tells the merchant we referred you. If you buy something within the merchant's tracking window, we receive a percentage of the sale or a fixed referral fee. You pay exactly the same price you would have paid had you gone to the merchant directly — the commission comes out of the merchant's margin, not your pocket.

Not every link on this site is an affiliate link. We link to manufacturer documentation, independent research, news reporting and competing products with no commercial relationship whenever doing so serves the reader.

Where you will see this disclosed

Every article on InternetArc that contains affiliate links carries a disclosure notice directly beneath the headline, above the article body and above the first affiliate link — so you see it before you can act on any recommendation. This placement follows the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's requirement that disclosures be clear, conspicuous and unavoidable.

How compensation affects our editorial decisions

It does not. Compensation received through affiliate programmes never influences our editorial decisions, reviews, rankings, comparisons, recommendations or opinions.

• Commission rate is not a ranking factor, and a higher-paying merchant does not outrank a lower-paying one on that basis.
• We recommend products with no affiliate programme whenever they are the right answer, and earn nothing when we do.
• No merchant can buy a position, a score or an inclusion, and no merchant reviews our content before publication.
• We publish criticism of products we earn commission on, because a review that never says no is not a review.

The standards behind this are set out in full in our Editorial Policy.

Affiliate networks and partners

InternetArc is in the process of establishing its affiliate relationships. We have applications open with, or intend to apply to, the following networks:

• Impact
• CJ Affiliate
• ShareASale
• Awin
• Rakuten Advertising

We also expect to join direct affiliate programmes operated by individual brands in the hosting, SaaS, VPN and privacy categories we cover.

We keep this page current. As each relationship becomes active we add it here, and articles carrying links from that partner display a disclosure above the article body. Where a page on this site carries no affiliate link, it carries no disclosure — we do not display a commission notice on pages that earn us nothing.

Sponsored content

If an article is sponsored or paid for by a third party, it is labelled as sponsored at the top of the page and is not presented as an independent review. Where a company provides a complimentary product or account for review purposes, we disclose that in the article. Receiving access does not entitle a company to a favourable review.

FTC compliance

We follow the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (16 CFR Part 255), including the 2023 revisions. We identify material connections clearly and conspicuously, place disclosures before the endorsement rather than after it, and use plain language rather than legal or technical wording.

Prices and availability

Prices, promotional offers and availability change frequently and are accurate only as of the date shown on the article. We are not responsible for pricing errors on merchant sites, and the merchant's own listing at the time of purchase is authoritative.

Questions

If you have a question about our affiliate relationships, or you believe a disclosure is missing or unclear on any page, email hello@internetarc.com and we will correct it.

See also: Disclaimer · Editorial Policy · Privacy Policy