Right now no link on this site earns anything. None of them carries an affiliate id yet, so every link to a seller is a plain link, and nobody pays SeaBuckthornWorld when you buy. This page explains how that changes once a program approves the site, and what doesn’t change when it does.
The short version
- Products get recommended only when the scoring rubric says they’re worth it.
- Commissions never decide rankings. The editorial policy publishes the rubric, and the score sits next to every pick.
- When a page links to a seller, a disclosure note sits above its first link to one, not buried in a footer.
- Prices and availability change. The price on the seller’s site is the one that counts.
How links to sellers work
When a page links a product, the main link goes to whichever seller we judge gives the best mix of price and reliability, and there’s often a second seller for comparison. The plan is to join programs run by brands and by large retailers, and as each one goes live, its links start carrying its id automatically. Prices never change because of a link, affiliate or plain.
Until a program goes live, none of that tracking exists. The links are plain, and a click on one is credited to nobody.
What affiliates don’t buy
Brands can’t pay for inclusion, can’t pay for a better score, and don’t see reviews before publication. If that ever changes, this page will say so in the first sentence.
How to spot an affiliate link
Today there aren’t any to spot. Once there are, a disclosure note above a page’s first link to a seller will say so.
What we learn when you buy
Nothing, today. With no affiliate id on any link, no program reports a sale back to this site. Once one does, its report will show that a sale happened and roughly what was bought, never your name, your address, or your payment details.
Why this model
Sponsored posts pay a site to say things, so this one doesn’t take them. Display ads pay little per page and reward pageviews over usefulness, which is why the plan keeps them off the pages that recommend products. Affiliate commissions pay only when a recommendation holds up well enough that a reader acts on it, which points the money in roughly the right direction. The editorial policy exists to keep that roughly as close to exactly as we can manage, and we’d rather show you this machinery than ask you to trust a slogan.
What we do with the numbers
Once commissions come in, the totals get read as a map of what readers found useful, not as a to-do list. A product that earns well gets no extra promotion because of it, and a product that earns nothing stays if the rubric says it’s good. That separation is easy to promise and worth checking, so check it. The scores and the math sit in the open on the buying guides.
If you’d rather not use our links
Completely fine. Search the product name, buy direct, and the review is just as useful to you. The guides, including the oil guide, publish enough detail to shop confidently without clicking anything at all. Using a link is never expected, and nothing on the site changes either way.
Frequently asked questions
Do affiliate links change the price I pay?
No. An affiliate link doesn't change the seller's price, whether you arrive through it or go to the seller directly. When a program pays a commission, it comes out of the seller's marketing budget, not your pocket. If you'd rather not use a link, search the product name yourself and buy it that way. The review is useful either way.
Does SeaBuckthornWorld earn anything from its links right now?
The first paragraph of this page answers that, and it changes on the day an affiliate program goes live. A link earns nothing until it carries a program's id.
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