Affiliate disclosure & FTC compliance
Affiliate disclosure is required by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for any website that earns revenue through affiliate relationships. This affiliate disclosure page explains how Pediatric Picks makes money, how affiliate links work, and what this means for the recommendations you read on our site.
Last updated April 2026Affiliate disclosure: the short version
Pediatric Picks is a participant in 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. When you click a product link on our site and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you.
This affiliate relationship never influences which products we recommend. Every recommendation is based on our independent evaluation against published safety standards, clinical safety review, and editorial judgment.
How affiliate links work on Pediatric Picks
Throughout our buying guides and product reviews, you’ll find links that direct you to product pages on Amazon.com. These are affiliate links. When you click one and complete a purchase — of any product, not just the one we linked — Amazon pays Pediatric Picks a small percentage of the sale as a referral commission. This commission comes from Amazon’s marketing budget, not from your pocket. You pay the exact same price whether you use our link or navigate to Amazon directly.
Affiliate links on Pediatric Picks are identified by the URL structure: they contain tag=pediatricpick-20 as a parameter. This tag tells Amazon the referral originated from our site.
What this affiliate disclosure means for you
You pay the same price. Affiliate commissions come from Amazon, not from you. Your purchase price is identical whether you use our link or not.
Recommendations are independent. We select products based on published safety standards and verified specifications — not commission rates. Some of our top picks pay lower commissions than alternatives we didn’t recommend.
No paid placements. No manufacturer pays for a spot or sends free products in exchange for coverage. See our review methodology for our full process.
Your support funds our work. Affiliate commissions are our only revenue source. When you purchase through our links, you directly fund independent product research — at zero cost to you.
What Pediatric Picks will never do
As part of this affiliate disclosure, we want to be explicit about the lines we will not cross:
Accept payment to recommend a product. No brand has ever paid us to feature, rank, or promote their product. Every recommendation is editorially independent.
Rank products by commission rate. We recommend the best product from our research, regardless of which pays more. Our editorial process has no visibility into commission structures.
Accept free products in exchange for coverage. Free products create unconscious bias, so we keep our evaluations fully independent of manufacturers.
Hide our affiliate relationship. Every product page includes a clear affiliate disclosure notice. This page provides the full details required by the FTC.
Amazon Associates Program disclosure
As an Amazon Associate, Pediatric Picks earns from qualifying purchases. Pediatric Picks is a participant in 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 and affiliated sites.
Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time of each article’s publication and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on Amazon at the time of purchase applies to the purchase of the product.
FTC compliance statement
This affiliate disclosure is published in compliance with the Federal Trade Commission’s Endorsement Guides (16 CFR Part 255), which require clear and conspicuous disclosure of material connections between endorsers and advertisers. Our material connection is the affiliate commission relationship described above.
In addition to this dedicated affiliate disclosure page, each product review and buying guide on Pediatric Picks includes an inline disclosure notice informing readers of our affiliate relationship at the point of recommendation.
Other material relationships
As of the date of this affiliate disclosure, Pediatric Picks has no other material relationships to disclose beyond the Amazon Associates Program described above. We do not accept sponsored posts, display advertising, or payment from manufacturers for product placement. If additional affiliate partnerships or material relationships are established in the future, this page will be updated accordingly.
Questions about this affiliate disclosure
If you have questions about our affiliate relationships, how we make money, or our editorial independence, contact us at hello@pediatricpicks.com. You can also learn more about our editorial process on the About Pediatric Picks page and our review methodology page.