Affiliate Disclosure
The Kind Host participates in affiliate programs from Amazon Associates, Williams-Sonoma, Crate & Barrel, West Elm, Pottery Barn, Wayfair, and other retailers in the home, kitchen, and entertaining categories. Some of the links in our articles are affiliate links.
What that means
If you click a link to a product on our site and buy that product, we may earn a small commission from the retailer. It does not change the price you pay. The commission comes out of the retailer’s marketing budget, not your pocket.
How we decide what to recommend
Affiliate revenue is part of how this site stays free to read. But the recommendation logic is the same whether a product has an affiliate link or not:
- We’ve used the product ourselves, or thoroughly researched it against alternatives.
- We’d recommend it to a friend (the actual gut-check we use).
- The product fits a real use case we describe, not “the best ever,” but “the best one if you only host four people a few times a year.”
If a product is great but doesn’t have an affiliate program, we still link to it. If a product has a great commission but isn’t worth recommending, we don’t.
Disclosure in articles
Every article that contains affiliate links shows a disclosure banner at the top. We don’t bury disclosures in footers or fine print, that’s the FTC’s expectation and ours.
Amazon Associates
The Kind Host 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.
Questions
Email hello@thekindhost.com. If a recommendation seems off, tell us, we’d rather hear it and fix it.