As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
That sentence is required, and it is true, but on its own it explains very little. Here is the fuller version.
How this site makes money
Feather and Lens contains affiliate links. If you click one and buy something, the retailer pays us a small percentage of the sale. The price you pay is exactly the same as it would have been had you gone to the retailer directly — the commission comes out of the retailer’s margin, not your pocket.
This is the entire business model. There is no subscription, no paywall, and no sponsored content. Readers buying gear they were going to buy anyway is what funds the testing and the writing.
Which programmes we participate in
We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon. This includes Amazon’s international storefronts.
Where we participate in other retailer or manufacturer affiliate programmes, the same rules described on this page apply to them.
What commission does not do
It does not decide what we recommend. This matters more than it might sound, because commission rates vary considerably by product category — which creates a genuine incentive to steer readers toward whatever pays best. We do not do that, and we think it is worth being specific about why.
A recommendation that is wrong costs a reader far more than it earns us. Someone who buys a binocular on our advice and finds it unusable at dusk does not come back, does not tell anyone about the site, and is right not to. The only version of this business that works over years is one where the advice is honest.
So: products are chosen for review because they are worth examining, and ranked by how they performed. Where the best answer is a cheaper product, or no product at all, that is what we write.
Prices and availability
Prices shown on retailer sites change constantly, and we cannot guarantee that any price, discount or availability mentioned on this site is current at the moment you read it. Always confirm the price on the retailer’s own page before buying.
Cookies and tracking
Affiliate links work by setting a cookie in your browser that tells the retailer we referred you. Amazon’s cookie lasts 24 hours. If you buy within that window we are credited, whether or not you buy the specific item you clicked. We do not receive any personal information about you as part of this — only anonymised reports of what was purchased. See our Privacy Policy for the full picture.
How links are marked
We aim to make it clear when a link is an affiliate link, and to place a disclosure near the top of any article containing them, before you encounter the first link. If you find a page where that is missing, please tell us at contact@featherandlens.com and we will fix it.
Last updated: 23 August 2026