Affiliate disclosure: how we make money — and how we don't let it bend our recommendations.

We participate in the Amazon Associates affiliate program. Where direct-from-brand affiliate programs are approved or contractually available, we participate in those too. The specific programs we're currently active in:

• Amazon Associates (US marketplace)
• Direct affiliate programs with approved retailers in the massage-chair category (themodernback.com, massagechairs.com, emassagechair.com, easymassagechair.com, Human Touch direct)

When you click a "Check direct price" or "Check on Amazon" link, we may receive a small commission if you make a purchase. Your price does not change.

Above every comparison table and product card on this site, you'll see a disclosure banner that reads: "ChairClarity may earn from affiliate links. Recommendations are based on verified specs, warranty terms, seller info and buyer fit — never on commission rate."

The banner is template-level — it appears site-wide automatically, not page-by-page. This is intentional. We don't want a buyer to scroll past the disclosure once and not see it again.

Three rules:

1. Ranking is by buyer fit, never by commission. The scoring function in the fit calculator weights body, room, warranty, and use case. Commission rate is not an input.
2. We disclose when we don't have an affiliate program. Some chairs in our database route to "source-only" links — these earn us nothing and are included because the buyer comparison is incomplete without them.
3. We rule out low-quality affiliates. If a chair has high commission but thin warranty, vague seller-of-record, or sketchy support, we mark it "avoid" or "needs caveat" regardless of payout.

Affiliate links pass through our /go/[retailer]/[product] redirect handler. The redirect is non-indexable (search engines don't crawl affiliate URLs) and the destination retailer drops a cookie at the standard duration for that program (Amazon: 24 hours; most direct programs: 30–90 days).

We log outbound clicks to understand which recommendations buyers act on. Logged fields are documented in our privacy policy and never include personally identifiable information.

This disclosure satisfies the FTC's "Disclosures 101" guidance for affiliate relationships. If you find a disclosure that's unclear or missing, email corrections@chairclarity.com and we'll fix it.