Affiliate Marketing Policy
We are passionate about traveling and being a digital nomad. However, our bank wouldn’t accept our offer of free travel advice to pay for our flight tickets. Thus, any links to products and brands on Nomading World may contain affiliate marketing links, for which we get paid a small commission when we purchase from that site. Here are the details of how we manage that and how it affects you.
How it affects you
First, it doesn’t affect the price you pay to that brand. Whether you shop through our links or not, the price you pay is the same. Sometimes, you can save using coupon codes the manufacturer has provided me so our readers can save. There may be other discount codes that offer greater savings and others that provide less savings. It is ultimately up to you – and only you – to determine if the purchase is worth completing. We are not responsible for your shopping actions and habits.
Affiliate marketing does affect you in that our site and third-party sites use cookies to track whether you have used our affiliate links to purchase something. This allows us to obtain commission for your purchase, so we consider these cookies vital to our blog and business. If you do not wish to be tracked, please do not use our site. Of course, we want everyone to be happy; yet, ultimately, we must run a business in a capitalist economy.
Finally, it does not affect the content you read on this website. Much of what we write about is from our personal use and research of the products. Some of the reviews we write are based on us having personally purchased the product previously and using our past experiences to communicate our feelings about the product. Sometimes, a brand offers us a free product to review and write about. I will disclose that at the top of the blog post for full transparency if that is the case.
Nonetheless, all of the thoughts, feelings, comments, and writings of the blog post are ours and ours alone. We will point out the positives and negatives so you can make a fully informed decision to the best of your ability.
How it affects us
We want to be rewarded for our efforts, and there are real costs in running this website. Of course, we are truly interested in traveling and digital nomading. We really do want to help others learn how to travel the world. However, that doesn’t mean it should cost us money to do so. Based on what we wrote above for how it affects you, we believe that affiliate marketing is an ideal tradeoff between allowing us to make money while still delivering you – our readers – the most benefit as possible with as few drawbacks as possible.
It also affects us because we may choose to write about products or brands or topics that provide affiliate marketing income over those that do not. While this is not necessarily directing what we write on the website, money also talks. We may choose to prioritize brands that offer higher affiliate commissions – or affiliate commissions at all – over those that do not.
Affiliate Marketing Programs We Are a Part of
Below, you’ll find a list of affiliate marketing programs we are a part of, including as an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. This list may not be entirely exhaustive as programs change every so often. However, this will allow you to see what those programs are and their Privacy Policy.
- Amazon Affiliate: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=468496
- Rakuten Advertising: https://go.rakutenadvertising.com/hubfs/Website-Privacy-Policy-English.pdf
- ShareASale: https://www.awin.com/us/privacy
- Commission Junction: https://www.conversantmedia.com/legal/privacy
- Impact: https://impact.com/privacy-policy/
Please note that when you click a link from our website that goes onto someone else’s website – such as a brand’s website to look at a product – we are no longer responsible for the privacy policy of that other website. We strongly encourage you to read the Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and Terms of Use of that external website.
Conclusion
We are so glad that you are reading our blog, and we hope that you learn some nuggets of information. We also would love for you to come back and continue reading. Part of this also includes using our affiliate links so we can continue writing and running this blog and feel the motivation to continue the journey.
If you have any questions or concerns about our affiliate marketing policy, by all means please let us know at hello@nomading.world. Thank you so much for stopping by!