Affiliate Disclosure

How Affiliate Links Work on This Site

EDGE Affiliates publishes educational content about technology adoption, business systems, and operational strategy. Some of that content includes links to products, platforms, and services that we have evaluated and believe deliver genuine value. When those links are affiliate links and you click through to make a purchase or sign up for a service, we may receive a commission from the provider at no additional cost to you.

What This Means for You

Affiliate commissions help support the creation of free educational content on this site. Here is what you should know:

• No extra cost: You do not pay more for a product or service because you used our affiliate link. The price is the same whether you come through our link or go directly to the vendor.
• Selective recommendations: We do not recommend products or services simply because an affiliate program exists. We only link to tools we have evaluated and believe are worth considering based on their merits.
• Transparency:When a link is an affiliate link, we disclose it. If you see a recommendation on our site, you can trust that our assessment is based on the product's quality and fit, not the commission structure.

Editorial Independence

Our editorial content and advisory recommendations are independent of our affiliate relationships. This is a foundational principle for us, not a marketing statement. Here is how we maintain it:

• Affiliate relationships do not influence which products we recommend in our advisory engagements. Client recommendations are based solely on fit, capability, and the client's specific needs.
• Our editorial team evaluates products based on functionality, reliability, value, and fit for the audiences we serve — not commission rates.
• We regularly recommend products and services for which we have no affiliate relationship. If the best option for our audience is a product we do not earn from, we recommend it anyway.
• We will never write a positive review or recommendation for a product we do not believe in, regardless of the affiliate opportunity.

Separation of Advisory and Editorial

EDGE Affiliates operates two distinct activities: advisory and implementation services for clients, and educational content published on this website. Our advisory engagements involve direct client work with customized recommendations. Our editorial content provides general perspectives and may include affiliate links. These two activities are separate, and affiliate relationships from our editorial content never influence the specific recommendations we make in client advisory engagements.

Questions?

If you have questions about our affiliate relationships or want to understand how we evaluate the products we recommend, contact us at hello@edgeaffiliates.marketing. We are happy to explain our process.