Affiliate Disclosure

Some links on PetMall are affiliate links, which means PetSpot may earn a commission if you purchase through them. That single sentence appears with every recommendation Spot makes, and this page is the longer, plainer version of it.

PetMall doesn't sell products. When Spot recommends something and you click through to the merchant, that link carries a referral tag. If you make a purchase, PetSpot may receive a commission from the merchant or affiliate partner. The merchant sets their own prices, runs their own checkout, and handles shipping, returns, and warranties — your relationship as a buyer is with them.

Commission does not influence recommendation ranking, eligibility, safety guidance, or Spot's reasoning. Products earn their place in the catalog through editorial review — suitability and relevant safety considerations weighed ahead of any commercial consideration — and commission is excluded from recommendation decisions regardless of the commercial terms attached to a product or merchant. There are no sponsored products on PetMall, no paid placement, and no way for a merchant to buy a recommendation. Affiliate relationships never influence Spot's safety guidance: when the right answer is "talk to your vet before buying anything," that's the answer you get.

Clicking a recommendation commits you to nothing — an outbound click is never treated as a purchase, and you're free to compare, leave, and come back. And you don't have to use PetMall's affiliate link at all: you can always navigate to the merchant directly and find the product there yourself.

This page is the authoritative description of how PetMall's affiliate relationships work. PetMall's full recommendation model — what Spot weighs, what it never weighs, and where PetMall ends and the merchant begins — is described at How PetMall Works →. If you have a question about a specific disclosure, this page is the place to check it against.