Effective Date: May 13, 2026 | Last Updated: May 13, 2026 Carolina Home Problem Report is committed to full transparency about how we earn income from this website. This Affiliate Disclosure explains our affiliate relationships and advertising partnerships in plain English.
The Short Version
Some links on carolinahomeproblemreport.com are affiliate links. This means that if you click one of these links and make a purchase or request a service, we may earn a commission or referral fee — at no additional cost to you. We only recommend products, tools, and services we genuinely believe are useful to North Carolina homeowners and homeowners across the United States.
What Is an Affiliate Link?
An affiliate link is a specially coded link that allows companies to track whether a purchase or lead was referred from our website. When you click an affiliate link on our site and then make a qualifying purchase or submit a service request, the company pays us a small commission.
The price you pay is never higher because of an affiliate link. In many cases, affiliate links lead to the same prices you would find by going directly to the company's website.
Our Affiliate Relationships
We participate in the following affiliate and referral programs:
Amazon Associates
Carolina Home Problem Report is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
This means that when we recommend products such as dehumidifiers, vapor barriers, mold test kits, pest traps, or other home improvement products and link to Amazon, we may earn a commission if you purchase through that link.
Home Service Lead Generation Programs
Our Find Help pages may include referral links to home service platforms including Angi (formerly Angie's List), Thumbtack, HomeAdvisor, and similar platforms. When you submit a quote request or contact a service professional through these links, we may receive a referral fee from the platform.
We do not receive payment from individual contractors. Our referral fee comes from the platform, not from the contractor you hire. This referral relationship does not influence which contractors appear in search results or how they are evaluated.
Other Affiliate Programs
From time to time, we may participate in other affiliate programs related to home improvement products, pest control services, home inspection tools, or similar categories relevant to homeowners. Any such relationships will be governed by this disclosure.
Display Advertising
This website displays advertisements through Google AdSense. Google AdSense serves ads based on your interests and browsing behavior. We earn revenue when visitors view or click on these advertisements. The content of ads served by Google is determined by Google's algorithms and is not controlled by us.
The presence of an advertisement on our site does not constitute our endorsement of the advertised product or service.
How This Affects Our Content
Our editorial independence is important to us. Here is what you need to know:
- We only recommend products and services we believe are genuinely useful to homeowners dealing with the problems we cover.
- Affiliate relationships never influence which information we include in our educational guides. Our guides are written to help you — not to maximize affiliate revenue.
- We do not accept payment to write positive reviews or to feature specific products in our content.
- When we have an affiliate relationship with a product or service we mention, we will clearly indicate this with a disclosure near the relevant link.
- We strive to recommend the most useful and cost-effective solutions, even when a non-affiliate alternative may be better for your situation.
How We Disclose Affiliate Links on Every Article
A standalone disclosure page is not our only disclosure mechanism. In compliance with FTC guidelines, every individual article on this website that contains affiliate links includes a disclosure notice at the very top of that article — before any content or links appear. This above-the-fold placement ensures you see the disclosure before encountering any affiliate link on that page.
The standard disclosure notice used at the top of our articles reads:
"This article contains affiliate links. If you purchase through these links we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases."
This notice appears at the top of every article containing affiliate links, in addition to the information provided on this dedicated disclosure page.
How to Identify Affiliate Links on Our Site
We identify affiliate links on our site in the following ways:
- A disclosure notice at the very top of every article that contains affiliate links, above the fold and before any links appear
- Disclosure labels near specific affiliate links within article content
- A disclosure notice on our Find Help pages explaining our referral relationships
- This dedicated Affiliate Disclosure page which you are reading now
Look for language such as: "This post contains affiliate links," "As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases," "(paid link)," or "We may earn a commission if you purchase through this link."
FTC Compliance
This disclosure is made in compliance with the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) guidelines on endorsements and testimonials in advertising, as set forth in 16 CFR Part 255. The FTC requires that bloggers and content creators clearly disclose any material connection between themselves and the brands or products they endorse.
A material connection exists when a content creator has a financial relationship with a brand — such as an affiliate commission or a free product — that might affect the credibility of the endorsement. We take our FTC compliance obligations seriously. Civil penalties for non-disclosure can reach up to $51,744 per violation under current FTC enforcement guidelines.
Your Trust Matters
We understand that your trust is the foundation of this website. We work hard to provide accurate, helpful, and unbiased information about home problems affecting homeowners across the United States. Our affiliate relationships allow us to keep this website free and to continue investing in research, content, and user experience improvements.
If you ever have questions about whether a specific recommendation or link is affiliated, please contact us and we will answer honestly.
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