Affiliate Disclosure

The short version

Some links in our guides and articles are affiliate links. If you click one and make a purchase, we may earn a commission — at no extra cost to you. This is one of the ways Those Boring Tools stays free to use. It does not change the price you pay.

How we pick what to recommend

We only link products, services, or tools we'd genuinely recommend based on our own research, whether or not an affiliate relationship exists. Being part of an affiliate program is never the reason something gets recommended — it's a way to get paid for recommendations we'd make anyway.

How to tell an affiliate link from a regular one

Any affiliate recommendation inside a guide appears in a clearly labeled "Recommended" callout box with its own disclosure line directly underneath the link, so you don't have to hunt for this page to know what you're clicking. Links to our own digital or physical products are labeled "From us" instead — those aren't affiliate links, but we still profit if you buy them, which is its own kind of bias worth naming.

Free tools are never gated by this

Every calculator and utility on Those Boring Tools is free to use regardless of whether you click, ignore, or block any affiliate or product link. Affiliate links only appear in supporting guides and articles, never as a requirement to use a tool.

Amazon Associates

Those Boring Tools 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.

FTC compliance

This disclosure is provided in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."

Questions

Questions about a specific link or this policy can be sent to hello@thoseboringtools.com. See also our Privacy Policy for how tracking cookies from these programs work.