policies

Affiliate Disclosure

How Aerod handles sponsored provider links, affiliate redirects, reviews, comparisons, and editorial independence.

Summary

Aerod may earn a commission when a user clicks a provider link and signs up, buys a service, or completes another qualifying action. This does not change the price for the user unless the provider states otherwise.

Affiliate links should be disclosed clearly and marked in the page markup where practical.

Redirect structure

Aerod uses clean redirect URLs such as:

/go/provider-slug

Those redirects keep affiliate links maintainable and prevent raw tracking URLs from being scattered across articles.

Editorial independence

Affiliate relationships should not require Aerod to recommend a provider. Reviews, comparisons, and provider pages should explain tradeoffs, testing limitations, pricing context, risk callouts, and where a provider may not fit a use case.

A provider may be included because it is relevant to the topic, not because it pays the highest commission.

Where provider content belongs

Aerod does not use separate /reviews, /compare, or /providers hubs. Provider reviews and comparisons should live in the appropriate hub:

  • Proxy providers and proxy comparisons belong under /proxies/.
  • VPN providers and VPN comparisons belong under /vpn/.

Required disclosure behavior

Pages that include affiliate links should include a clear affiliate disclosure near the relevant link area or page intro. Individual links should use appropriate attributes such as:

rel="sponsored nofollow"

Contact

Questions about affiliate disclosure can be sent to policies@aerod.net.