We believe you should know exactly how a website you read for free makes money. This page explains ours, in line with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Endorsement Guides and equivalent disclosure rules in other countries.
1. The short version
Cozy Homes Hub is funded by advertising, and may earn a commission when readers buy through affiliate links on this Site. It never costs you extra, and it never determines what we recommend.
That's the whole disclosure. The rest of this page explains the mechanics.
2. How we make money
Display advertising. The largest share of our revenue comes from ads served on our pages by third-party ad networks. We don't choose which specific ads appear — the network does, based on its own targeting. An ad appearing next to an article is not an endorsement of that advertiser by us.
Affiliate links. Some links to retailers or brands may be affiliate links. If you click one and make a purchase, we may receive a small percentage of the sale.
Reader support. We have a voluntary "Buy me a coffee" link. It's optional, it buys us nothing but goodwill, and it doesn't unlock any content.
3. What an affiliate link actually is
An affiliate link is a normal link with a tracking code attached. When you click it, the retailer records that you arrived from our site — usually via a cookie that lasts anywhere from 24 hours to 30 days depending on the program.
If you then buy something within that window, the retailer pays us a commission out of their own margin.
You pay exactly the same price. The commission is not added to your total. It does not affect the retailer's pricing, your shipping cost, your returns rights, or your warranty.
4. Programs we may participate in
We participate, or may participate, in affiliate programs run by home decor retailers, furniture brands, paint manufacturers, and general marketplaces. This includes the possibility of the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Where a specific program requires its own wording, that wording appears on the relevant page.
Program participation changes over time. Rather than maintaining a list that goes stale, we operate on a simple rule: assume any outbound link to a retailer may be an affiliate link.
5. How we choose what to feature
This is the part that actually matters.
- We recommend items based on how they perform in a room — proportion, material quality, colour behaviour, durability, and whether the thing solves the problem the article is about.
- We do not rank or feature products according to commission rate.
- We regularly recommend inexpensive fixes, secondhand sourcing, thrifting, DIY solutions, and "do nothing yet" — none of which earn us anything.
- We recommend brands and retailers with no affiliate relationship whenever they're the right answer.
- If a product we've mentioned turns out to be poor, we update or remove the recommendation regardless of what it earns.
Our editorial process, including the separation between commercial and editorial decisions, is documented in our Editorial Policy.
6. Sponsored content
If we ever publish content that is paid for, sponsored, gifted, or produced in partnership with a brand, it will be:
- Clearly labelled at the top of the article, before you read it
- Identified in the article's byline or header — not buried in a footer
- Written to the same editorial standards as everything else
We do not accept payment for a positive review, and we do not allow a sponsor to approve or edit editorial judgment. If a brand requires guaranteed positive coverage as a condition, we decline the partnership.
7. Gifted products
If we receive a product free of charge for evaluation, we say so in the article that discusses it. Receiving a product doesn't obligate us to cover it, and doesn't obligate us to like it.
8. What we won't do
- Hide affiliate links behind text designed to look non-commercial
- Use fake urgency, countdown timers, or invented scarcity to push a purchase
- Fabricate prices, discounts, review counts, or ratings
- Claim to have tested something we haven't
- Recommend a product solely because it pays better
9. Why this matters to us
The most valuable thing a decorating site can have is a reader who trusts it. That trust is worth more than any single commission, so any time the two conflict, the commission loses. If you ever feel a recommendation on this Site reads as commercially motivated rather than genuinely useful, please tell us — we want to know.
10. Questions
Email: contact@cozyhomeshub.com
Or use: our Contact page