Last updated: 6 August 2026
The short version
LifetimeDealHQ earns affiliate commission when you buy a product through some of the links on this site. You pay exactly the same price you would pay going direct. Commission does not decide, change, or soften any verdict we publish, and no vendor can pay us for a review, a rating, or a place on a list.
This disclosure is made in line with the US Federal Trade Commission’s Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (16 CFR Part 255) and the FTC’s Endorsement Guides FAQ, and with UK and EU consumer protection rules on identifying commercial content.
What an affiliate link is
An affiliate link is a normal link with a tracking identifier attached. If you click one and then buy something, the merchant’s system credits the sale to us and pays us a percentage of it. The merchant pays that commission out of its own margin. It is not added to your price, and using our link does not remove any discount, coupon, or refund right you would otherwise have.
On this site, outbound purchase links are routed through our own /go/ addresses (for example lifetimedealhq.site/go/example-tool) before redirecting to the merchant. That is for click tracking and so we can update a destination in one place when a deal moves or ends. It is not concealment: every one of those links is marked rel="nofollow sponsored", and the disclosure appears in the page text next to the first such link, not only in the footer.
Where you will see disclosure
- A short disclosure line appears above the first affiliate link on every page that contains one, in the body text.
- The site footer links to this page from every page.
- Any review where we received free or discounted access, rather than paying, says so in the review itself.
If a page contains no affiliate links at all, we do not put a disclosure on it, because a disclosure that appears everywhere stops meaning anything.
Which programs we are in
As of 6 August 2026 we are not yet accepted into any affiliate program. Applications are pending. Until one is approved, the outbound links on this site earn us nothing and point straight at the marketplace listing. When a program is approved, this page will name it, name the network it runs through, and state the date it started — before any commission is earned, not after.Current status, stated honestly: our affiliate applications are pending. At the time of writing we have applied to the AppSumo affiliate program, which runs through the Impact network and have not yet been accepted. Until an application is approved, links on this site to that merchant are ordinary links and earn us nothing. We will update this page with the program name and acceptance date when that changes, rather than leaving it vague.
We are not owned by, employed by, or operated in partnership with any of the merchants or software vendors we write about. We are not a reseller: we do not take your payment, issue your licence, or handle refunds or support.
What commission does not buy
To be specific, because this is where most disclosure pages go quiet:
- No vendor can pay for a verdict, score, or ranking position. There is no rate card. We do not sell sponsored reviews, paid placements, “featured” slots, or listing fees.
- No vendor sees a review before it is published, and none has approval or veto over wording.
- We publish Skip verdicts on products we are affiliated with. Two of the fifteen tools in our launch batch are rated Skip. We earn nothing from a Skip, and we publish it anyway. That is the test of whether a disclosure like this one is worth reading.
- Commission rates do not affect ordering. Reviews and list positions are set by the method on our how we test page. We do not check what a product pays before deciding what to say about it, and we will not rank a worse tool above a better one because it pays more.
- Free or discounted review access is not payment, but it is a relationship, so it is disclosed on the specific review where it applies.
If a vendor ever ends an affiliate relationship because of something we published, the review stays up unchanged and we add a note saying what happened.
Prices, deals and accuracy
Prices, tiers and deal availability change without notice, and lifetime deals end. Every figure we publish is checked against the merchant’s listing data and, where available, the vendor’s own pricing page, with the source named. Each page carries a Last verified date. Always confirm the current price and terms on the merchant’s own page before buying; that page, not ours, is what governs your purchase.
Our break-even calculations are estimates built on stated assumptions, set out in full on how we test. They are not financial advice and they are not a guarantee of value. A lifetime deal is a bet that the vendor stays in business; that risk is yours, and we discuss it openly in our guide to lifetime deal shutdowns.
Other ways this site could earn, and whether it does
- Newsletter: we may include affiliate links in emails. Where we do, the email carries the same disclosure. We do not sell sponsorship slots in the newsletter. No vendor has ever paid us for a review, a score, a placement, or a position in a shortlist. If that ever changes, this page changes first and the affected pages carry a visible label.
- Display advertising: none at present. If we add it, ads will be visually distinct from editorial content and this page will say so.
- Paid content: none, and none planned. If we ever publish anything a third party paid for, it will be labeled as advertising in the headline and excluded from our review method entirely.
Questions
If anything here is unclear, or you want to know whether a specific link earns us commission, ask and we will tell you plainly: contact us.