⚡ The Short Answer
When you click a link on PetVitalCare and buy a product, we may earn a small commission from the retailer — at no extra cost to you. You pay the exact same price whether you use our link or go directly to the site.
This commission is how we keep this site free. It does not determine what we recommend. We have never accepted money to feature a product, and we never will.
🛒 Amazon Associates Program
PetVitalCare.shop 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.
This means: when you click a link to Amazon on our site and make a purchase within the cookie window, Amazon pays us a small percentage of that sale. The percentage varies by product category.
Amazon Cookie Window
Amazon uses a 24-hour cookie. This means if you click our link and purchase within 24 hours, we earn the commission — even if you buy a different product than the one we linked to. If you add items to your cart via our link, the cookie extends to 90 days for those cart items.
🤝 Other Affiliate Programs
In addition to Amazon, we participate in several other affiliate programs for dog dental products. These typically offer higher commission rates and longer cookie windows than Amazon.
| Program | Commission | Cookie | Products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Associates | ~3% | 24 hours | All pet products |
| Chewy Affiliate | 4–7% | 15 days | Dental chews, food |
| Oxyfresh | 10%+ | 30 days | Water additives |
| TropiClean (ShareASale) | 10% | 30 days | Dental sprays, gel |
| Petco Affiliate | 4–8% | 7 days | General pet supplies |
⚙️ How Affiliate Commissions Work
Here's the exact flow of what happens when you use one of our links:
You click a link on our site
The link contains a tracking code that tells the retailer (Amazon, Chewy, etc.) that you came from PetVitalCare.
You browse and decide to buy
You make your own purchase decision. We have no influence over what happens once you're on the retailer's site.
The retailer pays us a commission
If you complete a purchase within the cookie window, the retailer pays us a small percentage of the sale — typically 3–10%.
Your price is exactly the same
The commission comes entirely from the retailer's margin. You do not pay a single cent more by using our links. This is verified by Amazon's and Chewy's own affiliate program terms.
📋 Our Non-Negotiable Rules
These are the internal rules we set when we launched PetVitalCare. They haven't changed, and they won't.
We never accept payment for rankings
A product cannot pay, trade, or negotiate its way onto our "best of" lists. Rankings are determined purely by research quality, VOHC approval, safety record, and real user outcomes.
We never accept free products in exchange for positive reviews
Brands occasionally offer to send us free products. If we accept a sample, we disclose it clearly in the article — and a free sample does not guarantee a positive review or any review at all.
We never inflate ratings to earn more commission
Higher-rated products get more clicks, which means more commissions. We know this. We still give honest ratings — including low scores for products that don't deserve more, even if it costs us revenue.
We always disclose affiliate relationships
Every page that contains affiliate links includes a disclosure notice — either at the top of the article, near the product, or both. You will never wonder whether we're earning from a link on our site.
We recommend non-affiliate alternatives when they're better
If the best product for your dog happens to not have an affiliate program, we still recommend it. We'd rather you get the right product than earn a commission on the wrong one.
🤝 Our Promise to You
🦷 The PetVitalCare Commitment
⚖️ FTC Compliance
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requires websites to clearly disclose material connections to brands — including affiliate relationships — that could influence the content they produce.
📜 FTC 16 CFR Part 255
This disclosure page is published in compliance with the FTC's Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (16 CFR Part 255), which requires clear and conspicuous disclosure of any material connection between an endorser and the seller of a product or service.
In plain English: the FTC requires us to tell you we earn commissions from some links on this site. We comply with this requirement — and we believe you deserve to know regardless of whether the law requires it.
For more information, visit the FTC's official guidance on endorsements.
❓ Questions About This Disclosure?
If anything on this page is unclear, or if you have a question about a specific link or recommendation on our site, we want to hear from you.
Email us at petvitalcareusa@gmail.com — a real person will read and respond to your message within 48 hours.
You can also visit our Contact page to send us a message through our web form, or read our About page to learn more about who we are and how we work.