Wondering about Our disclosures on This Website?
Savvy California uses affiliate and referral links on some pages.
We sometimes earn commissions when we refer happy readers to trusted sources. Not “mad scrilla” exactly, but it helps keep the lights on.
All this really means is that if you follow a link to sign up for something, use a promo code, or buy something after clicking over to a merchant site, we may earn a little something (at no extra cost to you).
If a post is sponsored, you’ll see a disclosure for that, too. Only a small percentage of the links you find here are shilly. But if we can find a referral link or sponsor for something we’re going to tell you about anyway, we may just grab it and use it.
You know, like those links to event and museum ticket sites, hotel booking sites, and, of course, Amazon. Like many bloggers, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
If you’ve noticed this type of disclosure more often in the blogosphere and on social networks lately, that’s because the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) now insists that every blogger/influencer disclose absolutely every time a link might possibly result in a freebie or a buck, even if it doesn’t. They want it in your face, top of the post or before any promotional links, everywhere, every time (although many bloggers think that’s rude have been slow to comply).
And really, the FTC probably has your best interests at heart. we appreciate your trust and will never recommend anything unless we believe in it and would do it/use it/buy it ourselves. Our opinions are never for sale and never have been.
Got it? Thought so. Hopefully the FTC will, too.
Stay savvy,
Kat Summers
Publisher of SavvyCalifornia.com
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