Affiliate Disclosure
Revenue is allowed. Editorial capture is not.
Some links on Cold Plunge Guide are affiliate links, and more may become affiliate links over time. That does not change the standard we apply to the recommendation itself.
What this means in practice
If a page includes an affiliate link, Cold Plunge Guide may earn a commission if a reader buys through that link. The price to you does not usually change, but the site may be compensated by the merchant. Every affiliate link on this site carries rel="sponsored" markup, and any page containing them carries a visible disclosure block. If a page has neither, the links on it earn us nothing.
What this does not mean
A commission does not buy a recommendation, and it never buys a ranking. Several of the biggest cold plunge brands run affiliate programs, several credible ones don't, and our roundups do not care which is which. We do not treat every $5,000 plunge as a winner, and we do not treat every $150 stock tank as a compromise. The point of the site is to reduce buyer mistakes, not to maximize checkout rates.
Sponsorships
We may accept sponsorships. A sponsor gets labeled placement, clearly marked as sponsored, and nothing else. Sponsors do not see content before publication, do not move rankings, and do not get their weaknesses removed from our brand records. Manufacturer access improves accuracy, never ranking.
How we keep it clean
We prefer explicit tradeoffs, clear downside sections, and category fit over generic "best overall" language. When a product is overpriced, underpowered, poorly supported, or mismatched to the likely buyer, that is part of the published verdict, affiliate relationship or not. If you ever spot a recommendation that reads like it was written for the merchant instead of the buyer, email us. That is a bug, and we treat it like one.