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 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 Carolina homeowners.
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 Current Affiliate Relationships
At this time, our active affiliate relationship is with AlorAir / Argendon, a crawl space dehumidifier brand. Certain crawl space articles include a tracked link or promotional code for their products, and we may earn a commission if you make a purchase through one — at no extra cost to you.
We may also participate in other affiliate programs in the future — for example, the Amazon Associates program, or home-service referral platforms such as Angi, Thumbtack, or HomeAdvisor. If and when any of these become active, we'll update this page to reflect the specific relationship, and any article using such a link will carry its own disclosure notice.
Display Advertising
We intend to display advertising on this site through Google AdSense once our application is approved. As of this writing, this website does not yet show AdSense ads. Once that changes, ads will be served based on Google's own algorithms — not chosen or controlled by us — and we'll earn revenue when visitors view or click on them.
The presence of an advertisement on our site, now or in the future, does not constitute our endorsement of the advertised product or service.
How This Affects Our Content
Our editorial independence is important to us. Here's 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 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.
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, once those pages are live, explaining our referral relationships
- This dedicated Affiliate Disclosure page, which you are reading now
Look for language such as "This post contains affiliate links," "(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 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.
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 Carolina homeowners. Our current and future affiliate relationships, along with planned advertising, will help us keep this site free while we continue investing in research and content.
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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