Modern Living Review participates in affiliate marketing programs. This means we may earn a commission when you click a link on this site and complete a purchase on an external retailer or manufacturer website — at no additional cost to you. This relationship is disclosed on every page of this website, in compliance with advertising regulations in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.
What Is Affiliate Marketing?
Affiliate marketing is a legal, widely-used form of online advertising in which an independent website — like Modern Living Review — promotes products or services and earns a small commission when a reader makes a qualifying purchase through a tracked link.
It operates as a referral arrangement: if you discover a product through our review and decide to purchase it, the manufacturer or retailer pays us a percentage of that sale from their own marketing budget. You pay exactly the same price you would pay going directly to the seller.
This model funds the operational costs of providing free, in-depth product research and reviews — without charging subscription fees or placing content behind a paywall.
How It Works in Practice
When you click a product link, a "Read Full Review" button, or any CTA on this site pointing to an external retailer, a tracking cookie is placed in your browser. If you complete a purchase within the affiliate cookie window (typically 30–90 days depending on the program), we receive a commission.
- Your purchase price is identical to what you would pay going directly to the seller.
- The commission is paid by the seller from their marketing budget — never added to your total.
- You are under no obligation to purchase any product featured on this site.
- Affiliate links carry the
rel="nofollow sponsored"HTML attribute. - Affiliate relationships are disclosed on every page of this website via a notice bar at the top of the page.
- You can always go directly to a manufacturer or retailer's website without using our links.
Our Editorial Independence Standards
Our editorial scoring and recommendations are formed independently of any affiliate relationship. The following principles govern every review published on this site:
What we DO:
- Assign scores using a consistent, pre-defined rubric — before affiliate links are added to any page.
- Include honest, detailed cons for every product reviewed, even products generating commissions.
- Review competitor products — including those earning little or no commission — to give readers the full market picture.
- Update reviews when products change, pricing changes, or new user feedback warrants revision.
- Recommend professional consultation (medical, financial, legal) where appropriate for the product category.
What we do NOT do:
- Accept payment from manufacturers or brands in exchange for positive reviews or higher scores.
- Accept free products in exchange for guaranteed positive coverage. If a product is provided for review, this will be explicitly disclosed in that review.
- Modify, remove, or soften negative findings because a brand requests it.
- Publish sponsored content disguised as independent editorial reviews without clear disclosure.
- Make claims about product performance that we cannot verify from credible, published sources.
Affiliate Programs We Participate In
Modern Living Review may earn commissions through the following types of arrangements:
- Direct brand affiliate programs: individual commission agreements with product manufacturers whose products we review.
- Affiliate networks: platforms such as Commission Junction (CJ), ShareASale, Impact Radius, Awin, and similar networks operating across multiple markets.
- Amazon Associates: as a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, we may earn fees from qualifying purchases through Amazon links.
- Market-specific networks: networks operating primarily in the UK, Australia, or New Zealand markets, where applicable.
Active programs may change as our review portfolio evolves. This disclosure page will be updated to reflect material changes.
Regulatory Compliance by Country
This disclosure satisfies the requirements of advertising regulators in all five markets where this website operates and publishes paid advertising campaigns. The relevant legal frameworks are summarised below.
The Federal Trade Commission requires clear and conspicuous disclosure of material connections between endorsers and marketers. Our affiliate relationships constitute a material connection under these guidelines. Disclosure appears at the top of every page and in full on this page.
Advertising Standards Canada (ASC) requires clear disclosure of paid or compensated endorsements and affiliate relationships in all advertising-driven content. Our disclosure satisfies the ASC's transparency requirements for affiliate publishers.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) require that all marketing communications are "obviously identifiable as ads." Affiliate content on this site is identified via the disclosure bar present on every page. The UK CAP Code (Rule 2.1) requires that ads must not falsely imply editorial independence — our disclosure addresses this requirement directly.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) prohibit misleading or deceptive conduct, including undisclosed commercial relationships in review content. The ACCC's guidance on influencer marketing and affiliate content requires disclosure at least as prominent as the commercial message itself — satisfied by our top-of-page disclosure bar.
The New Zealand Commerce Commission and the Advertising Standards Authority NZ (ASA NZ) require that commercial relationships in review and editorial content be clearly disclosed to consumers. Under the Fair Trading Act 1986, misleading representations in trade — including undisclosed affiliate relationships — constitute a violation. Our disclosure satisfies the ASA NZ guidelines for affiliate and sponsored content identification.
We earn money when you click our links and buy products. We always tell you this — clearly, on every single page. Our editorial opinions are our own, and no brand can pay us to change them. If you have any questions, please contact us.
Questions About This Disclosure?
If you have any questions about our affiliate relationships, how our reviews are produced, or anything else regarding this disclosure:
Email: contact@modernlivingreview.com
You can also visit our About & Methodology page to learn more about our editorial process.
This Affiliate Disclosure was last updated on March 6, 2026. We review this page at least annually and whenever material changes occur.