FTC affiliate checklist for US creators

Above the first CTA

Put disclosure before the first affiliate link.

Clear wording

Say you may earn a commission in plain language with readable contrast.

Reuse carefully

Share a component, rewrite claims per post, never stamp identical bodies across locales.

FAQ

YouTube too? Follow platform labels plus FTC principles.

Next steps

Scan five posts and fix any link that appears before the notice.

Operator notes

Keep a changelog of pricing, hosting, and disclosures. Prefer one solid update over thin stamp spam. Measure checkouts and refunds, not only sessions. Document URL owners and reserved covers so editors do not collide. Schedule a monthly review of broken CTAs, stale screenshots, and locale prefixes that 404 after deploys. Favokres quality gates exist so the Worker storefront stays readable while your PC stays free for other work.