Affiliate Link Disclosure – The Passive Circle

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1What Are Affiliate Links? 2Why We Use Them 3Our Relationships 4Our Promise 5FTC Compliance 6Questions?

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Affiliate Link Disclosure

thepassivecircle.com · Transparency is the foundation of everything we do

FTC Compliant Honest Reviews Only Last Updated: 24 July 2025

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1. What Are Affiliate Links?

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Some of the links on this website are affiliate links. This means that if you click on a link and then make a purchase, we may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you.

Think of it like a referral fee. The tool or service pays us a percentage for sending you their way. The price you pay stays exactly the same as if you had gone directly to their website.

Sometimes you may even receive an exclusive discount through our links that is not available to the general public.

Plain English version: When you click one of our affiliate links and buy something, we earn a small commission. You pay nothing extra. This is how we keep The Passive Circle free and running without charging you anything.

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2. Why We Use Affiliate Links

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Running a website takes real time, effort, and money. Affiliate partnerships allow The Passive Circle to keep going and stay completely free for you to read and use.

Cover running costs: Hosting, domain registration, tools, plugins, and design all cost money. Affiliate income keeps the lights on without charging readers anything.

Keep content free: We never put content behind a paywall or subscription fee. Affiliate commissions make that possible.

Stay independent: We do not run display ads or accept sponsored posts. Affiliate partnerships let us maintain full editorial control over what we write.

Continue publishing: Every tutorial, review, and beginner guide takes hours to research and write. Affiliate income makes it sustainable to keep publishing regularly.

Recommend what we actually test: We only partner with tools we use ourselves, have tested, or genuinely believe will help our beginner audience.

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3. Our Affiliate Relationships

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The Passive Circle exists to help beginners build their first affiliate marketing website and earn their first passive income. Every tool we recommend ties directly into that mission.

We may earn commissions from products and services in the following categories:

Web Hosting Domain Registrars WordPress Themes SEO Plugins Speed and Security Plugins Email Marketing Platforms Sales Funnel Builders Automation Tools Checkout and Monetization Tools Keyword Research Tools AI Writing Tools SEO Content Optimization Tools

Primary tools we actively promote

Tool	Category	Why We Recommend It	BD-Safe Payment
systeme.io	Funnel Builder	60% lifetime recurring commission. We use it for our own funnels.	Wire/SWIFT
Hostinger	Web Hosting	Best value hosting for beginners. High conversion and easy to use.	Payoneer
MailerLite	Email Marketing	Best free email tool for new bloggers. 30% recurring commission.	Payoneer
Blocksy Pro	WordPress Theme	Our own theme. First-person reviews based on real daily use.	Wire transfer
LowFruits.io	Keyword Tool	Perfect for beginners finding low-competition keywords. 30% recurring.	Payoneer
ThriveCart	Checkout Tool	High commission, lifetime deal appeal, great for digital products.	Payoneer

Traffic bait tools: Some tools like Bluehost, Ahrefs, Jasper AI, and ClickFunnels are mentioned in our content because they have high search volume. We do not earn commissions from these. We use them to drive traffic and then recommend better alternatives that are beginner-friendly and BD-safe.

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4. Our Promise to You

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Honesty is the foundation of The Passive Circle. Selim built this site while learning affiliate marketing himself, sharing real wins, real mistakes, and real results. Our credibility depends entirely on your trust. Here is exactly what you can expect from us:

We will always

✅Disclose when a link is an affiliate link

✅Share honest pros and cons, including real negatives

✅Recommend only tools that genuinely fit a beginner’s needs

✅Tell you clearly when a tool is just traffic bait

✅Update content whenever pricing or features change

✅Verify official pricing before publishing any review

✅Include honest user ratings from Trustpilot and G2

We will never

🚫Recommend a tool just because the commission is higher

🚫Hide affiliate relationships or mislead you in any way

🚫Accept paid reviews or sponsored content

🚫Charge you extra because you used our link

🚫Let commissions change our honest opinion of a product

🚫Publish outdated pricing without checking official sources first

🚫Give editorial control to any affiliate partner

Our EEAT approach: We build trust through honest relatability, not authority claims. Selim is on the same journey as you. Everything published on The Passive Circle comes from real testing, real mistakes, and real results. That authenticity is non-negotiable.

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5. FTC Compliance

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In accordance with the FTC Endorsement Guides (16 CFR Part 255), we clearly disclose our affiliate relationships. This disclosure applies to all content across thepassivecircle.com, including blog posts, reviews, tutorials, comparison pages, tool lists, and resource guides.

Site-wide disclosure: Affiliate links may appear anywhere on this website. We aim to label them clearly wherever possible, and this page-level disclosure covers all content sitewide.

Editorial independence: Our opinions are entirely our own. No affiliate partner has editorial control over what we write, how we rate a product, or what recommendations we make.

Results disclaimer: Results and income figures mentioned in our posts reflect our own personal experience and may not be typical. Affiliate marketing results vary widely depending on the person, niche, effort, and strategy.

No sponsored posts: We do not publish sponsored content or paid reviews. Every recommendation is based on our honest assessment of a tool’s value for beginner bloggers and affiliate marketers.

For international readers: While FTC guidelines are US-based, we apply the same disclosure standards globally. If you are reading from the UK, Canada, Australia, Bangladesh, or anywhere else in the world, you can trust that our affiliate relationships are disclosed honestly and consistently.

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6. Questions?

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If you ever have a question about a specific recommendation, a commission relationship, or anything on this page, please reach out. We believe in full transparency and will always respond honestly and directly.

Questions about a specific tool recommendation or affiliate relationship

Concerns about a piece of content or a review

General questions about how affiliate marketing works

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Get in touch with Selim We typically respond within 48 hours. No question is too basic.
contact@thepassivecircle.com

Thank you for reading and for supporting The Passive Circle. Your trust, and your support through our affiliate links, is what makes this mission possible. Together, we are building something real.