Affiliate & Disclosure Policy

This page explains, in plain language, every way Product Trial Club earns money and every material connection behind the content on this site. We publish it because the Federal Trade Commission requires disclosure of material connections — and because you deserve to know exactly who's paying for what before you trust a recommendation.

Amazon Associates Program

Product Trial Club 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.

What this means in practice:

  • Many product links on this site are affiliate links. If you click one and make a purchase on Amazon, we may receive a small commission.
  • This commission comes out of Amazon's pocket, not yours. You pay exactly the same price whether you use our link or not.
  • Commissions never influence ratings or verdicts. Our review methodology applies identically to products that earn us commissions and products that don't — and negative reviews of affiliate-linked products stay published.

Free Products for Testing

The core of our club is product testing: brands provide products to our members and our team free of charge in exchange for honest evaluation.

  • Receiving a free product is a material connection, and every review based on one says so — on this site and on any platform where members publish.
  • Free products are compensation for time and honest feedback only. Brands cannot require, request, or reward positive reviews, and they cannot preview or veto reviews before publication.
  • Members who fail to disclose free products are removed from the club.

Typical disclosure wording you'll see: "I received this product free from the brand through Product Trial Club for testing purposes. All opinions are my own." Our FTC disclosure guide explains the rules in depth, with templates for every platform.

Brand Campaign Fees

Brands pay Product Trial Club fees to organize testing campaigns: recruiting matched testers, managing logistics, and delivering structured feedback reports. These fees:

  • Are never contingent on review scores, star ratings, or sentiment;
  • Do not buy placement in our editorial content or rankings;
  • Do not give brands editorial control over anything members or our team publish.

If content on this site is itself sponsored (a brand paid for the content's creation), it is labeled as sponsored at the top of that content. Sponsored placement and independent review are never mixed in the same piece without labeling.

Advertising

This site may display third-party advertisements (such as Google AdSense). Advertisers do not have any input into our editorial content, reviews, or product selections. Ad revenue is not tied to any specific product coverage.

What We Don't Do

  • We do not sell positive reviews, on this site or on any marketplace. Paid-for reviews violate FTC rules and Amazon policy, and we report schemes we encounter — see our article on product-testing scams.
  • We do not charge consumers anything — no membership fees, no shipping fees, no "unlock" payments.
  • We do not sell members' personal information to brands or anyone else.

Why You Can Still Trust the Reviews

Skepticism is healthy — we encourage it. Here's the structural answer: our long-term business depends on shoppers finding our reviews accurate and brands finding our feedback honest. One inflated review might earn a commission today; it costs the credibility that everything else depends on. That math is why our methodology requires a "what didn't work" section in every single review.

Questions

If anything about our funding or disclosure practices is unclear, ask us via the contact page. For how the club works day to day, see How It Works or the FAQ.

Last updated: July 2026.