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Affiliate Disclosure
At ClubGolfGear.com, we are committed to providing our readers with honest and unbiased information about golf equipment, tips, courses, and more. As an affiliate marketing website, we generate revenue through partnerships with retailers, manufacturers, and other companies in the golf industry.
What is Affiliate Marketing? Affiliate marketing is a performance-based marketing strategy where a website like ClubGolfGear.com earns a commission for promoting another company’s products or services. When you click on an affiliate link on our site and make a purchase or complete a specific action with that company, we receive a percentage of the revenue.
Our Affiliate Partners We work with a variety of affiliate partners in the golf space, including major retailers like PGA Tour Superstore, Golf Galaxy, Dick’s Sporting Goods, and Amazon. We also have partnerships with golf club manufacturers like Callaway, TaylorMade, Titleist, Ping, Cleveland/Srixon and many others. Other affiliate partners provide golf apparel, accessories, training aids, technology products, and services like golf travel packages.
How We Use Affiliate Links When we discuss or recommend a specific product on ClubGolfGear.com, we may include an affiliate link to that product’s webpage on a retailer’s site. For example, if we are reviewing the latest Callaway driver, we would include affiliate links to purchase that driver at PGA Tour Superstore, Golf Galaxy, etc. We may earn a commission if you click that link and make a purchase, though your price remains the same.
We also utilize affiliate links within some of our product guides, buyer’s guides, course guides, and other content. Our editorial team curates lists of recommended golf equipment, apparel, accessories and more. We include affiliate links to those products so readers can easily find and purchase the items we recommend.
We are very selective about which products and services we choose to promote via affiliate links. Our mission is to be the most trusted online resource for golfers, so we only recommend products that we truly believe provide value to our readers.
How Affiliate Marketing Impacts Our Reviews & Recommendations The potential to earn affiliate commissions does not influence the editorial content on ClubGolfGear.com. We have strict policies and ethical guidelines in place to maintain neutrality in our product reviews, course ratings, interviews, instruction articles and other content.
Our editorial team tests and reviews products completely independently, without any input or influence from manufacturers or retailers. We purchase products with our own funds for testing, or venues provide samples with the understanding that our reviews will not be swayed by freebies.
We also rely heavily on data analytics, robotic testing, professional fittings and other objective methodologies when evaluating golf equipment. We do not automatically endorse the newest releases – we put each product through a rigorous vetting process before determining if it deserves a positive recommendation.
With courses, resorts and other travel experiences, we always send experienced players to experience the offerings firsthand and provide honest feedback, both positive and negative. We never let free tee times or comped travel impact our opinions.
When we do recommend a product or service and provide an affiliate link, it is because our team has thoroughly vetted it and believes it represents a quality option for golfers, not because of any business incentive. Our integrity and credibility with our audience is our most valuable asset.
Transparency and Disclosure We aim to be fully transparent about our affiliate partnerships and business model. No matter where affiliate links appear on ClubGolfGear.com, they will be clearly labeled as such.
We will periodically update and reinforce our Affiliate Disclosure so readers always understand that some of the links on our site are affiliate links that may generate revenue for us. We will also explicitly disclose our use of affiliate links within relevant content.
For example, product reviews containing affiliate links will note: “The product links below are affiliate links, and ClubGolfGear.com may earn commissions on purchases made through these links at no extra cost to you.”
We believe in operating with full transparency and letting our readers make informed decisions. Thank you for your trust – we value our audience more than anything and will always strive to provide honest, data-driven information to help you improve your golf game.
Please let us know if you have any other questions about our affiliate partnerships and disclosures.