Affiliate Disclosure

What this means in practice

Throughout this site — particularly inside the Top 20 Supplements buying guide and inside individual articles in the Reader — you'll see product cards with links to Amazon.ca. Those links contain our Amazon Associates tracking tag. If you click one and complete a purchase on Amazon (any purchase, not just the linked item) within the next 24 hours, Amazon credits us a percentage of the order as an advertising fee. The amount you pay is exactly the same whether you click our link or not.

How we choose what to link to

Every product mentioned on this site was selected because it matches the evidence-based recommendations in the corresponding article — not because it pays the highest commission. Specifically:

• For supplements, we prefer brands with NSF Certified for Sport, Informed Choice, USP Verified, or IFOS seals where they exist.
• For equipment, we prefer products with at least 4-star average ratings, 1,000+ reviews, and clear specifications.
• When a specific brand is named in an article, we link to that brand. When the article is generic, we link to "Amazon's Choice" or the highest-rated non-sponsored result for the product category.
• We do not accept payment from manufacturers to feature their products. The only revenue we receive from our product recommendations is the standard Amazon Associates commission, which is identical across all participating sellers.

Who runs this site

Quick disclosure up front: The Beachside Reader is published by Tim Bunce. I host the site, edit the articles, and make every product recommendation. The Reader is mine.

• The journalism side of the site (the Reader, the supplement guide, the science articles) is run by me. Articles, product picks, and citations are decided on the evidence — not on what's good for the family business.
• The gym side (the /gym page, the contact form, the Wasaga Beach references) exists because the gym hosts the domain and is the local face of the brand. It's clearly labeled as such throughout the site.
• Amazon affiliate revenue from product recommendations helps keep the Reader free and ad-free. It doesn't go to the gym, and it doesn't influence which products I feature. If the published evidence shifts on a supplement, the article gets updated even when it costs me commission.

📨 Editorial inquiries: buncetimothy@gmail.com (Tim Bunce, Editor) — corrections, source disputes, content licensing.
🏋 Gym inquiries: buncetimothy@gmail.com — my family runs the gym; please contact them directly for tours, classes, memberships, or anything operational.

Required FTC + Amazon language

Per Amazon's Operating Agreement and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Endorsement Guides (16 CFR § 255), and Canada's Competition Act guidelines on influencer marketing:

"As an Amazon Associate, The Beachside Reader earns from qualifying purchases. We are 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.ca."

Other affiliate relationships

At present, Amazon Associates is the only affiliate program this site participates in. If we add others (e.g., a supplement brand's direct affiliate program), we will update this page and clearly label any relevant product cards.

Editor's family relationship to Beachside Fitness

Disclosed for transparency. The editor's family runs Beachside Fitness, a Wasaga Beach gym. The Reader sometimes mentions the gym as a local recommendation for Wasaga-area readers. The Reader and the gym are operationally and financially separate. Amazon-affiliate revenue from articles goes to the Reader, not the gym. The gym mention is editorial, not paid placement. If you're not local to Wasaga Beach, the gym recommendation isn't relevant; if you are, you should know there's a family connection so you can weigh it accordingly.

What we never do

• Recommend a product solely because it pays a high commission.
• Write a glowing review of a product we wouldn't personally use.
• Hide affiliate relationships behind unmarked links.
• Use cloaked / shortened links that obscure the destination.
• Receive free product samples in exchange for editorial coverage.

Questions?

If anything on this page is unclear, or you'd like to flag a product recommendation that seems off, please email buncetimothy@gmail.com (Tim Bunce, Editor of The Beachside Reader) with the subject line "Affiliate question". The gym has nothing to do with editorial revenue or affiliate decisions — please don't email the gym about Reader content.

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