What is an affiliate link?
An affiliate link is a special tracked URL. When you click one and make a purchase, we receive a small commission from the retailer — at absolutely no extra cost to you. The price you pay is identical to what you'd pay going directly to the site.
Think of it like a referral fee: the store pays us a small percentage for sending a customer their way. You pay nothing extra. We earn a little something for the recommendation.
How we use affiliate links
Affiliate links may appear across Homeschool Frontier, including:
- Product recommendations in our Shop section
- Curriculum reviews and comparison pages
- Blog posts mentioning specific products or resources
- "Best of" lists and curated resource roundups
- Getting Started guides linking to recommended materials
How to spot them: Pages containing affiliate links will include a notice near the top stating "This page contains affiliate links." We don't bury this — you'll always know before you start reading.
Programs we participate in
We currently participate in, or may participate in, the following affiliate programs:
- Amazon Associates — Amazon.com and related Amazon properties
- Curriculum publishers — Various homeschool curriculum companies with their own programs
- Educational product retailers — Online stores selling homeschool supplies and materials
- Online learning platforms — Subscription-based educational services
This list may expand as the site grows. We'll update this page when we add new programs.
Our promise to you
We started Homeschool Frontier because we're homeschooling parents ourselves. Everything here is built around one question: what would actually help a homeschooling family?
- We only recommend products we'd genuinely consider using in our own home
- We never recommend something just because it pays a higher commission
- If we have a negative opinion about something, we say so — even if it costs us a sale
- Affiliate relationships are always disclosed, never hidden
- Our editorial content — state law database, rights info, blog articles — is completely independent of any commercial relationship
Bottom line: Affiliate commissions help keep this site free and ad-light. They never compromise what we say or recommend. If we didn't think something was worth your money, it wouldn't be on this site.
FTC compliance
The Federal Trade Commission requires websites to disclose material connections to companies whose products they recommend. Receiving a commission for referring a sale is considered a material connection.
This page, along with disclosures on individual pages containing affiliate links, satisfies the FTC's guidelines under 16 CFR Part 255: Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.
For more information, visit ftc.gov.
Questions?
If you have questions about our affiliate relationships or want to know whether a specific recommendation is affiliate-linked, just ask.