Affiliate Disclosure: How Shop Links and Ads Work Here

This page says how Saber Atlas makes or may make money, and how to recognise a link that leads to a shop. It describes the situation on the date at the top of the page, and we update it when the situation changes.

The short version

• Shop links on the site are marked with the rel attributes sponsored and nofollow.
• At the moment the site has no affiliate agreement with any shop.
• The site shows Google AdSense ads and uses cookies, as described on the privacy page.
• Nobody pays for a review, a ranking or a mention.

What a shop link is

When a guide sends you to a shop, a marketplace or a maker’s own store so you can see a price or buy, that link is a shop link. We mark such links in the page code with rel=“sponsored nofollow”. The markings tell search engines that the link is commercial in nature, so it does not pass editorial endorsement. Most browsers do not show them, so if you are unsure, assume a link that leaves the site for a store is a shop link.

A link inside a guide that points to another page on this site, such as the best lightsaber, is an ordinary editorial link.

Current state of commissions

Today we have no affiliate agreement with any shop. If you buy something after following a link from this site, we earn nothing from that sale.

That may change. If we ever join an affiliate programme, three things will hold:

1. The pages that use it will say so near the top, before the first recommendation.
2. This page will be updated and its verified date changed.
3. A commission will never change which products are listed, their order, or what we say about their faults. A saber with no programme gets the same treatment as one with a programme.

Until then, you should read every shop link as a convenience, not as a sign that we are paid for it.

Ads

The site shows Google AdSense ads. Google, not us, decides which ads appear, and an ad is not an endorsement. We do not sell ad space directly or accept a shop’s payment to place its ad next to a guide. Ads rely on cookies; what is collected, how consent works and how to change your choice are covered on the privacy page. A guide is never written, ordered or reworded to suit the ads around it.

No paid reviews

No shop, maker or marketplace pays us for a review, a better ranking, a gentler sentence or the removal of a criticism. We do not accept free products in exchange for coverage. Vendors do not see a page before it goes live. The full rules are in the editorial policy.

How to tell a sponsored link

• It leads off this site to a store or a product listing.
• Its code carries rel=“sponsored nofollow”, which you can see by inspecting the link in your browser’s developer tools.
• When affiliate deals exist, the page will say so in a notice near the top.

If a link looks commercial and you cannot tell, treat it as commercial.

Why we say this

Readers have a right to know who might benefit from a recommendation. A guide with hidden money behind it is a sales page that does not admit it. We would rather you could check. If something on a page looks inconsistent with this disclosure, tell us through the contact form and we will look at it.

More about the site

For who runs Saber Atlas and how sabers are rated, see about. For the rules on using the site, see the terms of use.