Here at The Curvy List we aim to give you relevant and useful articles and news for the plus size community – but we gotta pay to keep the lights on. We rely on several means to cover our costs, from sponsored posts, sidebar and banner ads, affiliate links and product reviews. Let’s look at each one:
Sponsored Posts & Product or Service Review:
Sponsored posts are when a company comes to us with their product or design and want us to try it out and sometimes review it. They are looking to get their product in front as many potential customers as possible and in return we get some form of compensation – often money or products. We only accept products that we like and think that you’ll like. We don’t want to promote something none of us are going to like or find useful. We’ll make a note at the beginning of a post that it’s sponsored so you’ll know ahead of time.
If we are gifted a piece of clothing we work into a outfit showcased, we’ll note it with a “c/o” to show that article was given in “care of” that brand. We don’t showcase every item we receive as we only want to share with you the items we think you’re going to absolutely love.
Affiliate Links:
We also utilize affiliate links. Affiliate links often utilize a cookie (learn more) stored on a user’s computer for 15 days or more depending upon the affiliate program. Most expire after 90 days.
If you make a purchase from a site after following an affiliate link we’ll receive a small portion of the sale from the site via a third party. It comes out of the store’s profits and won’t cost you anything! So by simply following the link and buying online like you normally would, you’re helping to support us at no cost to you! It’s a win-win for everyone.
Ads & Banners:
We’re all pretty much familiar with banner ads on the web. These are like mini sponsored posts and we try to provide only ads that we believe are going to be relevant to our readers.