Affiliate disclosure · updated July 12, 2026

The recommendation is never for sale.

This page states plainly how Agentic Income makes money from the links on this site, exactly which recommendations that affects — none, by design — and how to verify any of it yourself. It is the full disclosure, not the minimum one.

The disclosure itself

Word for word, everywhere it applies.

This is the exact notice that appears on every page carrying an affiliate link. Nothing softer runs anywhere on the site.

Some links on this page are affiliate links. If you buy through them, I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend tools I actually use or have tested.

How we choose tools

Fit is the gate. The payout comes after.

Four rules decide whether a tool is recommended at all — and none of them is “what pays best.”

Recommended without the payout first

A tool has to earn the recommendation on fit alone before any affiliate link is attached. If joining the program would change the answer, the answer was wrong — and the tool does not go in.

A non-affiliate alternative, always named

Every recommendation names a credible alternative we earn nothing from. If that alternative is the better call for a segment of readers, we say so first, in the same breath.

Honest costs on the table

Each tool carries its real price, its labor floor, and its failure modes. We would rather lose the click than hide the con that makes the click regrettable.

Hands-on or clearly labeled

If we have used a tool, the artifact says so. If we have not, the evidence label reads “desk review.” The labels are part of the product, not fine print.

The doctrine

The recommendation survives the incentive.

Before any tool enters the registry with an affiliate link, it must already be the recommendation without one. The four principles below govern every surface on the site — the same ones on the trust standard.

Best fit first

The recommendation has to work without the payout. If the affiliate route changes the answer, the answer is wrong.

Disclosure stays visible

Affiliate links are marked in context. The reader should understand the business model before they click.

Delivery before scale

Every offer must have a defined handoff path, support boundary, and fallback state before promotion.

Catalog over hype

The site ranks payer routes from a maintained catalog instead of chasing whatever tool is loud this week.

The legal floor — and past it

Stricter than the law asks.

Material connection, disclosed

Some tools here are ones we have joined a referral program for. If you buy through the link, the program may pay us a commission — sometimes once, sometimes a share of your subscription while you stay a customer. That is a real business relationship, and it is disclosed wherever it applies, before the link.

No earnings claims, at all

The FTC’s Operation AI Comply treats AI-attached “passive income” promises as its highest-risk category. Our standard goes further than the rule: we do not market income outcomes anywhere — only machinery and education. What you build is real; what you earn is never promised.

Never a paid placement

We do not accept payment to write a positive review, do not hide better unpaid alternatives, and label our own products (Blueprint, Agent Team Pro, Private Intel) separately from third-party tool recommendations. Compensated reviews and AI-generated fake reviews are exactly what the Consumer Reviews Rule bans; we do not go near them.

Every compensated link routes through our self-hosted go. redirector, whose router policy sends disclosure headers on every hop and rel="sponsored" on the link itself — so search engines and browsers can identify it as compensated. The redirector is an open repo: audit the routing, the catalog sync, and the headers yourself.

Verify it yourself

The current, real program list.

No curated highlight reel — this is every active program in the catalog file the site actually runs on, the same one that drives every payout label across the network.

ToolStatusPayout windowCommission
Higgsfieldactive12-month15% (Ambassador)
Systeme.ioactivelifetime60%
CapCutactiverecurringup to 35%
ElevenLabsactive12-month22% first 12 mo (11% Business)
Copy.aiactiveyear-145% first year
HeyGenactiverecurring25% recurring
Writesonicactivelifetime30% recurring (to 40% top tier)
Opus Clipactiverecurring~
Adobe Fireflyactiverecurring~30%
Gammaactive12-month30% first 12 mo
Jasperdeprioritized12-month25% first 12 mo (30% after 100 conversions)
Synthesiaactiveyear-1~25% first year
Topaz Labsactiveone-time (×12 on monthly)20%
Pikaverifyrecurring30%
Freepikactiverecurring30% recurring / 20% one-time
Canvaactiveone-timeup to $36/signup
Descriptactiveone-time$25 flat per new subscription
Perplexityactiveone-time~$15/US referral
Rytractivelifetime30%
Pollo AIactiven/cn/c

A program appearing here means Agentic Income can legally earn from that tool today. It does not mean every mention of that tool is a paid link — check the disclosure notice on the specific page for that.

Frequently asked questions

Do I pay more because a link is an affiliate link?

No. Affiliate pricing is identical to going direct — the same checkout, the same price, the same terms. The only difference is that the tool’s program credits Agentic Income for the referral.

Does a commission change which tool wins the recommendation?

No, and that is the whole doctrine. The recommendation has to work without the payout. If the honest answer is a tool with no affiliate program — or a competitor’s tool — that is what we recommend, and every recommendation names a non-affiliate alternative so you can check our work.

How do I know which specific links are affiliate links?

Every page that carries a compensated link shows the disclosure notice in plain language before you reach the link, and the links themselves route through our self-hosted go. redirector, which sends disclosure headers on every hop. Disclosure lives next to the link, never buried in a footer.

Which programs is Agentic Income actually enrolled in right now?

The table on this page is generated from data/programs.json — the same catalog that powers every “Try” button and payout label across the site. It is not a marketing highlight reel; it is the literal data file the site runs on.

Is this even legally required, or are you going further?

The law requires disclosing a material connection before the click. Our standard is stricter than the floor: we do not market income outcomes at all — only machinery and education — because the FTC’s Operation AI Comply treats AI-attached earnings claims as its highest-risk category. Honesty here is the compliance floor and the conversion strategy at once.

This disclosure exists because the honesty of the recommendation is the entire product here — not a legal formality bolted on afterward. See the trust standard for how recommendations get made, or the tool catalog for the underlying data.