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Disclosure

Affiliate disclosure

Last updated: 2026-05-05

DeskGearHQ is funded by Amazon affiliate commissions. When you click a product link on this site and buy something, Amazon pays us a small percentage at no extra cost to you. That commission income covers the editorial work behind every guide and keeps DeskGearHQ independent of manufacturer sponsorships and paid placements.

Amazon Associates Program

DeskGearHQ 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. Every clickable product link on this site carries our Associates tag deskgearhq02-20 in its URL — that tag is what signals to Amazon that the visit came from DeskGearHQ. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

Three places carry affiliate links on every guide:

  • Pick cards. Each ranked product in our buyer's guides has a price and "Check price on Amazon" link that goes to amazon.com with our tag attached.
  • Inline product-name links. When a product name appears anywhere in a review's body prose, verdict paragraph, or bottom-line summary, it's automatically wrapped in a link to that product's Amazon page. This is rendering convenience — it does not change which product we recommend or how strongly.
  • Comparison tables. Product names in our comparison tables link through to the corresponding Amazon listing.

Affiliate links do not appear in our short-answer summaries or in FAQ answers — those sections stay clean for source citation and machine-readability. Editorial source citations (e.g., Wirecutter, RTINGS, Tom's Hardware, peer-reviewed ergonomics research) are always plain non-affiliate links to the original publication.

What an Amazon commission does — and doesn't — change

The commission rate Amazon pays for a category is not a factor in which products we recommend or how we rank them. The DeskGear Score (full breakdown on the methodology page) weights expert consensus (30%), effectiveness (25%), build safety (20%), durability (15%), and value (10%). Commission rate is not a sixth factor, and the formula is publicly versioned.

We do not accept payment from manufacturers. A brand cannot pay to be reviewed, recommended, scored higher, or featured in an article. Brand-supplied review copy is not published verbatim. When manufacturer technical pages are cited, they're cited alongside independent sources and labelled as manufacturer documentation.

Federal Trade Commission compliance

This disclosure exists to comply with the United States Federal Trade Commission's Endorsement Guides (16 CFR Part 255), which require clear, conspicuous disclosure of material connections between an editorial site and the products it covers. The material connection here is straightforward: DeskGearHQ earns a small commission when readers buy through Amazon links on this site. That's the whole disclosure.

DeskGearHQ also abides by the Amazon Associates Operating Agreement, which requires the identification statement included above and forbids misrepresentation of pricing, availability, or product attributes. Pricing and stock are checked at the lastProductCheck date shown in each guide; if you spot something that's gone stale, tell us.

Questions or corrections

Send corrections, source suggestions, and disclosure questions to editor@deskgearhq.com. The companion documents are our privacy policy (data, cookies, analytics) and the methodology page (how a product gets recommended in the first place).