Effective date: 14 May 2026 — Last updated: 14 May 2026
Pin & Scale is an affiliate-supported publication. This page tells you exactly which affiliate programs we participate in, how we get paid, and what that means for the recommendations you read on our site. We’ve written this in plain English — not legalese — because you deserve to know.
Short version
When you click a link on Pin & Scale that goes to a product or service we recommend, and you then buy or sign up, we may earn a commission. It costs you nothing extra. The commission comes out of the merchant’s marketing budget, not your wallet. We disclose this on every post that contains affiliate links via the standard “This post contains affiliate links” notice near the top.
We follow the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s guidance on endorsements and testimonials (16 CFR Part 255). Our recommendations are based on what we’ve actually used or tested. We are not paid placements — the commissions are tied to outcomes, not to writing a positive review.
Programs we participate in
The active affiliate programs we participate in (as of the date above) are:
| Program | Niche | Network | Typical commission |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hostinger | Hosting | Direct | $60-$150 per sale |
| Bluehost | Hosting | CJ Affiliate | $65-$120 per sale |
| Shopify | Hosting / e-commerce | Direct | Tiered, up to $150 |
| Systeme.io | Sales funnels | Direct | 60% recurring |
| ClickFunnels 2.0 (and variants: One Funnel Away, PLR Funnels, 3-Months-for-$99, I’m All In) | Sales funnels | Direct | 30% recurring + per-product bounties |
| Surfer SEO | SEO tools | Direct | 25% recurring |
| Jasper AI | AI writing tools | FirstPromoter | 30% for one year |
| Canva | Design tools | Direct (Impact) | $36 per Pro signup |
| Impact Beauty Brands | Beauty devices | Impact.com | 4-15% per sale |
| ClickBank Women’s Health offers | Women’s health / wellness | ClickBank | 50-90% per sale |
| Amazon Associates | Physical products (Beauty Devices, Hosting peripherals) | Amazon Associates | 1-10% by category |
We may add or remove programs without updating this list immediately. The above represents the programs active in our Airtable AffiliateOffers table as of the effective date.
Amazon Associates required disclosure
Pin & Scale is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Amazon, the Amazon logo, AmazonSupply, and the AmazonSupply logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
How we choose what to recommend
The fact that a program offers a commission is necessary but not sufficient. Before we recommend a tool or product, we ask:
- Have we used it ourselves? If we haven’t, we say so plainly and frame the post as a comparison summary rather than a personal endorsement.
- Does it solve a real problem for our readers? Pin & Scale’s audience is solo bloggers monetizing Pinterest traffic. Tools that don’t fit that workflow don’t make the cut, regardless of how high the commission is.
- Is the merchant trustworthy and well-supported? We don’t recommend offers from merchants we know to have poor customer service, hidden charges, or pattern-of-refund-issue complaints.
- Is the commission structure stable? A 1-month “honeymoon” rate doesn’t make it onto the site; we focus on programs with multi-month or recurring commissions so we have skin in the game alongside our readers.
Editorial independence
Merchants do not pay us to write favourable reviews. We have refused free product samples and “comp” accounts that came with implicit positivity expectations. If a product we recommended is later found to be bad, our policy is to update the post with a correction, downgrade or remove the affiliate link, and add a clearly-labeled “Update” note at the top.
Likewise, we have not been paid by any merchant to write a negative review of a competitor. Tone in our comparisons is whatever the data and our experience supports.
How affiliate links are technically implemented
Most outbound merchant links on Pin & Scale resolve through a `/go/https://pinandscale.com/go/hostinger/). This:
- Lets us update the destination URL or affiliate ID in one place without editing every post.
- Gives us our own click analytics independent of the merchant’s reporting.
- Adds
rel="sponsored nofollow noopener"automatically — the standard signal to search engines that a link is paid.
A handful of programs use direct merchant URLs with the tracking parameter embedded (e.g. Systeme.io’s `?sa=`, ClickFunnels’ `?aff=`). The disclosure rules are the same regardless of whether the redirect happens on our domain or the merchant’s.
Legal references
This disclosure is intended to comply with:
- U.S. FTC 16 CFR Part 255 — “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising”
- FTC Endorsement Guides 2023 update
- Amazon Associates Operating Agreement — specifically the requirement to disclose affiliation in any post containing Amazon affiliate links
Questions
If you have any question about the affiliate relationships disclosed on this site — including whether a specific recommendation is a paid placement — please email us via the Contact page. We will answer truthfully and on the record.