Affiliate Disclaimer

Mavessia.com is a free resource for home cooks, and part of what keeps our kitchen running is the occasional affiliate link. This page explains, in plain language, how those links work, why we use them, and how they affect (or rather, don't affect) your experience as a reader.

What Affiliate Links Are

An affiliate link is a special tracking link to a product or service — a stand mixer, a cast-iron skillet, a specific brand of vanilla extract — that we genuinely use or recommend in our recipes. If you click that link and make a purchase, the retailer may pay us a small commission. This is a common practice across recipe and lifestyle websites, and it helps cover the cost of recipe testing, photography, hosting, and the many hours that go into each post.

No Extra Cost to You

This is the most important point: using an affiliate link never costs you anything more. The price you pay is exactly the same whether you click through our link or go directly to the retailer's site. The commission, if any, comes out of the retailer's marketing budget, not your pocket. We think this arrangement is fair — it lets us keep publishing free recipes and cooking guides while still recommending the tools we actually trust in our own kitchens.

How We Choose What to Recommend

We do not accept payment to feature a product we haven't tried or wouldn't personally use. Our selection process is guided by relevance to the recipe or cooking technique first, and commission potential a distant second. In practice, that means:

• We only link to items that make sense within the context of the recipe — a specific baking dish, a spice we call for, a piece of equipment that genuinely improves the result.
• We prioritize products we or someone on our team has used, or that have a strong, consistent reputation among home cooks.
• We avoid recommending items solely because they carry a higher commission rate; if a cheaper or simpler alternative works just as well, we'll usually mention that too.
• We periodically review older posts to make sure linked products are still available, still relevant, and still something we'd stand behind.

This approach is part of the same standards we hold ourselves to across the site, which you can read more about in our Editorial Policy. Recipe accuracy and honest recommendations matter more to us than short-term ad revenue.

Where Affiliate Links Appear

You may find affiliate links within recipe posts (usually pointing to specific ingredients or kitchen tools), in roundup articles comparing equipment, or occasionally in our sidebar or resource pages. We don't hide these links or dress them up as something else — they're presented as normal, clickable text within the article, just like any other link.

Our Broader Disclosure Practices

This Affiliate Disclaimer works hand in hand with our general Disclosure page, which covers other forms of support the site may receive, including sponsored content or complimentary products sent for review. If a post contains any kind of paid partnership or gifted item beyond a standard affiliate link, we disclose that clearly within the post itself, in keeping with standard advertising guidelines. Transparency is the goal in every case — we'd rather over-disclose than leave readers guessing.

Editorial Independence

Affiliate relationships never dictate what recipes we publish or how we write about them. Our recipes, cooking tips, and product mentions are developed independently, based on what actually works in a home kitchen. If a product underperforms during testing, we say so, regardless of any affiliate relationship attached to it. You can learn more about our overall approach to research and testing on our About Us page.

Related Policies

For a fuller picture of how this site operates, we recommend reading a few related pages: our Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal data, our Terms of Use outlines the rules for using the site, and our general Disclaimer covers the limits of the cooking advice we share. If you're a brand interested in working with us, details are available on our Collaboration page.

Questions About This Page

If anything on this page is unclear, or you'd like to know whether a specific link on the site is an affiliate link, feel free to reach out anytime at [email protected]. We're happy to answer questions directly and update this page if our practices ever change.