This disclosure complies with the FTC’s policy requiring transparency about any and all affiliate relations we may have on this website. As a visitor, member or customer of the American Sewing Guild (ASG), please be aware that some links on this site may be affiliate links to third party sources or may be advertising links to advertisers or sponsors of ASG, its events and/or its publication(s). If you click on any affiliate link visit the resulting site, a cookie will be set in your web browser that may cause us to receive a commission if you purchase a product on that site. Note that not all outside links on this site are affiliate links.
In addition, we fully disclose that hyperlinks on this site may in some cases be shortened and/or cloaked to convert long links into shorter links for spacing, readability or aesthetic purposes, as well as for functionality and tracking purposes. We have nothing to hide and are proud of our relationship with the vendors, products and services found on this site. Link tracking, shortening and cloaking is common practice on web sites.
Further, we do not receive physical products or cash directly in exchange for any reviews or posts you find on this site. We are not being paid to perform product or service reviews or posts. While it is possible that any reviews and posts may be influenced by our affiliate relationships and may create a conflict of interest, we do not believe a conflict of interest exists. However, you must decide by considering the affiliate relationships and link techniques we have described. We strive to always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on topics or products we write about and promote.
In addition, other vendors may also pay to place advertising on our sites in the form of banners, ads, widgets and hyperlinks. These are paid advertisements and while we do our best to only allow quality products and services to be advertised on our site, we are not responsible for claims or testimonials made on paid advertising links.
The following represents a more legally worded document but basically states the same information presented in the English Translation above.
Compensation & Affiliate Disclaimer policy, valid from 1 June 2013 on. As directed by the FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, (see 16 CFR Part 255) – Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising, the purpose of this policy is to establish any compensatory affiliation between the site owner and any affiliate networks including, but not limited to, Amazon, Clickbank, Commission Junction, Google, Share-A-Sale and any individual vendors they represent and that the site owner has established an affiliate relationship.
This website may at times accept forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of affiliate compensation.
The compensation received may or may not influence the advertising content, topics or posts made on this site. That content, advertising space or post may not always be identified as paid or sponsored content. Not all content is written or presented for the sole purpose of receiving affiliate income.
The owner(s) of this website may be compensated through various affiliate programs and some content presents opinions on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this website may receive affiliate compensation for reviews or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this website are purely the website’s’ own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.
This website does contain content which may or may not present a conflict of interest. This content may not always be immediately identified due to the nature of posting methods. When possible every attempt will be made to identify advertising from general non-advertising content.
