How we earn money
Heat & Timber is paid for by affiliate commissions. When a shop runs an affiliate programme and has accepted us, a link to that shop can carry a tracking code; if you buy after clicking it, the shop pays us a commission. This is at no extra cost to you.
How affiliate links are marked
Every affiliate link carries the label Ad right next to it and is marked for search engines as sponsored. We list only shops whose affiliate programme has accepted us, so every link to a shop is a paid link with this label; links without it lead to our own pages or to sources such as the Ofgem or EIA data.
We currently have affiliate links with: Sweat Kingdom, RecoSauna, Plunge Chill, Steam & Oak, Balance Recovery, Wave Spas, Shedstore, Pergolux US.
Each paid link to one of these shops also carries a short label for the type of page it sits on (product page, finder or guide), so that we can see which pages are useful. The label says nothing about you.
On the US finders we also link to a few accessories on Amazon. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. These links are marked "Ad" as well, and we show no Amazon prices, images or ratings.
AI assistants and data files
We publish our data as files for AI assistants and developers, and assistants may quote our pages; see For AI assistants and developers. Those files contain no affiliate links and no Amazon links. They point to our own product pages. A paid link exists only on heatandtimber.com, next to the label "Ad", where a person decides to follow it. We do not pay AI companies for mentions, and we do not show bots anything different from what you see.
What commissions do not change
- The finders sort by your answers and by price, never by commission.
- We list only shops whose affiliate programme has accepted us, and we say so here and on How we work. Within those shops we show every listing that fits, including the cheap ones.
- Nobody pays for placement, and no shop sees or approves our pages before they go online.
Rules we follow
The US Federal Trade Commission's Endorsement Guides and, in the UK, the ASA and CAP guidance on affiliate marketing (affiliate content must be obviously identifiable).