Affiliate Disclosure

Effective: 2026-05-24

📝 Plain-language summary

The short version:when you click a product link in Discount Hunter and buy something, we may earn a small commission from the shop. The shop pays us — not you. Your price doesn't change.

Why we tell you: US (FTC) and EU consumer law require that we disclose paid relationships clearly. We also think you deserve to know how a free service stays free.

What it doesn't mean:we don't rank shops by commission rate. The alerts you get are determined solely by the products you asked us to watch. If we ever promote something for affiliate reasons separate from your watchlist, that promotion will be labeled.

1. What an affiliate link is

When you click a product link from inside Discount Hunter (the bot, the Mini App, the Web App, or the Chrome extension), that link may carry an attribution parameter that identifies Discount Hunter as the referrer. If you then complete a purchase on that shop within the shop's attribution window (typically 24 hours to 30 days), we receive a small percentage of the sale as a commission.

You pay the same price as a customer who arrived directly. The commission comes out of the shop's marketing budget, not your pocket.

2. Which links are affiliate links

Only some. A product link becomes an affiliate link only where the shop or its affiliate network operates a partner program and has approved Discount Hunter's participation. In that case, the link carries an attribution parameter that credits the referral to us. All other links are unmodified, direct links to the shop and generate no commission.

3. How this affects what you see

Our alerts are driven by your watchlist. Whether a product link earns us a commission has no influence on:

If a feature is ever influenced by affiliate revenue (for example, a sponsored shop spotlight), that feature will be labeled clearly as such.

4. Cookies and attribution

Affiliate attribution works through cookies and URL parameters that the destination shop or affiliate network sets when you click. Discount Hunter does not place these cookies itself; the destination shop or network does after the redirect. You can opt out of being tracked by affiliate networks individually (most provide opt-out pages); we'll still earn no commission in that case, but the price you see and the alerts you receive remain unchanged.

See our Privacy Policy for what data the affiliate networks themselves receive (in short: standard click and referrer data — never your Telegram identity).

5. Refunds, returns, and disputes

Affiliate commissions are reversed when you return a product within the shop's return window. Returns, warranty issues, and disputes are handled by the shop you purchased from, not by us. We are not party to your transaction with the shop.

6. Regulatory compliance

This disclosure is published under the requirements of the US FTC Endorsement Guides (16 CFR Part 255), the EU Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (2005/29/EC), and the Dutch Consumer Protection Act. The disclosure appears in the bot first-run message, in the Mini App and Web App footers, and in the Chrome extension popup, so you encounter it before clicking an affiliate link.

7. Where the money goes

Affiliate revenue funds the operating cost of the Service (servers, scrapers, AI tooling, proxies). When (and if) those costs are covered, a portion is earmarked for the "Banka AI Fund" — a self-reinforcing budget that pays for AI infrastructure across the operator's broader project family. This is documented internally; it doesn't affect your experience but we mention it for completeness.

8. Questions

If something here is unclear or you spot a link that you think should have been labeled, email affiliate@discounthunter.app and we'll address it.