Affiliate Disclosure — Links and Commissions

1. The short version

Parryline is free to read and supported by advertising. If we add affiliate links, we may earn a commission when you buy something through them. That commission costs you nothing extra, and it does not decide what we recommend. Any page with affiliate links carries a notice at the top, before the links, and every affiliate link is labelled in the markup.

Current status: as of the date at the bottom of this page, Parryline does not contain affiliate links. This page exists so the policy is public before that changes.

2. What an affiliate link is

An affiliate link is a normal link with a tracking identifier attached. If you click it and then buy something, the retailer pays the referring site a small percentage of the sale. The price you pay is the same as if you had arrived directly, and the retailer's return policy is unchanged.

3. How we label them

Three things are always true on a page with affiliate links:

A plain-language notice appears near the top of the article, before any affiliate link, so you do not have to scroll to find it.
The link itself is marked in the HTML with rel="sponsored", and the surrounding text says it is an affiliate link.
A disclosure also sits at the bottom of every guide, so a reader who lands mid-page still sees it.

This follows the US Federal Trade Commission's guidance on endorsements and testimonials (16 CFR Part 255), which requires a clear and conspicuous disclosure of any material connection, placed where readers will actually see it rather than buried in a footer or a separate legal page.

4. Editorial independence

Recommendations are decided before any commercial relationship is considered. A weapon, build or game appears in a guide because testing or a cited source supports it, not because a retailer pays more. If we cannot verify a claim, it is marked as a TODO, and that rule does not bend for a sponsor.

We do not accept payment for a positive review, a ranking position or a place in a list. Sponsored content, if it ever exists, will be labelled as sponsored at the top of the page and kept separate from editorial guides.

5. Which programs we may use

If affiliate links are added, they will run through established networks such as Awin, CJ Affiliate, Impact or the storefront programs of the retailers involved. Each network sets its own cookies and has its own privacy policy; those cookies only load after you click an affiliate link, and our privacy policy lists the categories involved.

6. Your choices

You are never required to use an affiliate link. Searching for the product directly works exactly as well. If you prefer to block tracking, your browser's tracking protection or an extension will usually strip the identifier, and the link will still take you to the right page.

7. Questions

If a disclosure is missing, unclear or in the wrong place, tell us — that is a bug we want to fix. Email [email protected] or use the contact page.

Written in plain English on purpose. Last updated Nov 7, 2026. Questions go to [email protected].