How we make money, in plain English.
Federal Trade Commission rules require sites like ours to clearly tell you when we earn money from the products we recommend. Here's the full picture — no fine print.
Amazon Associates and Amazon Influencer participation
The Curated Counter 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. We also participate in the Amazon Influencer Program, which allows us to maintain a curated storefront of products on Amazon.com.
When you click a "Shop on Amazon" link on our site and complete a qualifying purchase, Amazon pays us a small commission — typically between 1% and 10% of the sale price, depending on the product category. The price you pay is exactly the same whether you use our link or go to Amazon directly. You're never charged extra for using our links.
How this affects what we recommend
It doesn't. Here's our editorial standard:
We don't accept payment from brands to feature products. No brand has ever paid us to include their product on a roundup, and we wouldn't accept that arrangement if offered.
Commission rates don't influence rankings. Amazon's commission rates vary by category (kitchen items pay around 3%, electronics pay 1%, beauty pays up to 10%). We rank products by what we genuinely think is best, not by which one pays us more.
We say when something stops being worth it. If a product we previously recommended gets worse — price hike, quality decline, a better alternative emerges — we update the roundup. We don't leave dead recommendations live just because they still earn clicks.
Other relationships
Beyond Amazon, we don't currently participate in any other affiliate programs, sponsorships, or paid partnerships. If that ever changes, we'll update this page and clearly mark any sponsored content as such.
Product images and descriptions
Product images are sourced from Amazon's catalog or, where appropriate, from the manufacturer. Star ratings and review counts reflect what was shown on Amazon at the time we published each roundup. These figures can change — we update them periodically, but the live Amazon listing always has the most current data.
Prices shown on our site are accurate at the time of publishing and may change. Amazon's listing shows the current price.
Questions?
If anything about how we operate is unclear, or you'd like more detail on our editorial process, write to us at hello@curatedcounter.com. We'll answer.