Affiliate Disclosure
The short version: some links on this site are affiliate links. If you click one and buy something or sign up for a service, the company may pay us a small commission. It does not cost you anything extra — the price you pay is the same either way.
Why we use affiliate links
Silver Tech Notes is a small, independent publication. Affiliate commissions are one of the ways we pay for hosting, tools, and the hours it takes to research and write careful articles. The alternative would be plastering the site with pop-up ads, and we would rather not do that to our readers.
What affiliate links do not change
- Our recommendations come first. We write about products, programs, and services because we believe they are worth explaining carefully. A commission never decides what we recommend or what we say about it — including when what we have to say is “be careful” or “this is not for everybody.”
- Your price never goes up. Affiliate arrangements are paid out of the company’s marketing budget, not added to your bill.
- Negative information stays in. If a service has real downsides — fees, restrictions, complaint history — we will say so in the article, affiliate link or not.
How to spot them
Any article that contains affiliate links carries a short notice near the top saying so, before the first link appears. This page is linked in the footer of every page on the site.
Programs we may participate in
We participate, or are applying to participate, in affiliate programs run by established affiliate networks and by individual companies in the areas we cover — health services for older adults, hearing care, books, and household and technology products. Participation in a program is a business relationship of the kind described above: the company pays a commission when a reader chooses to buy or sign up through a link here.
A note on health topics
Some articles discuss health services. Nothing on this site is medical advice, and an affiliate relationship is never a medical endorsement. Whether any medicine, device, or service is right for you is a decision for you and your own doctor. Where we describe a health service, our aim is to help you ask better questions — not to steer you to a purchase.
Questions
If anything here is unclear, ask us. We would rather explain it twice than leave a reader guessing: contact page.
This disclosure is provided in accordance with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s guidelines on endorsements and testimonials (16 CFR Part 255).