FTC Affiliate Disclosure

Effective: 2026-05-01 · Last reviewed: 2026-05-01

Grail Den ("we," "us," or "our") provides this disclosure in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's Endorsement Guides (16 CFR Part 255). We disclose our material connections to merchants and partners so that users can evaluate links, recommendations, and content with full information.

Affiliate Partnerships

Grail Den participates in the following affiliate and referral programs:

• eBay Partner Network (EPN). When you click on an eBay product link served through Grail Den's Hunt module, search results, or deal alerts, the link contains our EPN Campaign ID. We receive a commission from qualifying purchases. The EPN ID is embedded for all non-administrator users; Super-Admin accounts see clean, non-affiliate URLs.
• Amazon Associates. Some links to collecting supplies, storage products, and recommended tools include an Amazon Associates tracking tag. We receive a commission from qualifying purchases.
• Stripe Connect (marketplace transactions). When you complete a marketplace transaction, Grail Den is paid a 7.5% seller commission, separately disclosed at checkout and in the Marketplace Terms Section 2. This is a transactional fee, not an affiliate commission.
• Sponsored authentications and labeled content. If a Screen Grade authentication is sponsored or comped, the listing or post is labeled SPONSORED in-app and on the web. Sponsorship does not change the verdict; Screen Grade verdicts are issued without knowledge of sponsorship status, per editorial firewall described below.

How This Affects You

• You will never pay more as a result of our affiliate partnerships. Commissions are paid by the merchant or platform, not by you.
• Product availability and pricing are determined by the respective marketplaces and may change at any time.
• We do not manipulate search results, deal alerts, or feed recommendations based on affiliate commissions. Search results come directly from marketplace APIs and are sorted by relevance and price, not by commission rate.
• Super-Admin users (Grail Den staff) see clean, non-affiliate URLs to avoid self-dealing in reporting and QA.

Editorial Independence

Affiliate relationships do not influence our editorial content, news-feed curation, or platform feature decisions. We select news sources, blog content, exemplars, and authentication content based on quality and collector relevance, not affiliate potential. Screen Grade verdicts are issued by human authenticators who do not have visibility into whether a submission is a paid, sponsored, or comped grade; this editorial firewall is a Grail Den operating rule.

FTC Compliance

This disclosure complies with 16 CFR Part 255 (FTC Endorsement Guides). It is presented prior to any material connection, in proximity to affiliate links where required, and in plain language. If you believe any specific piece of content on Grail Den lacks a required disclosure, please contact us via the Grail Den contact form with subject "FTC Disclosure" and we will review within five (5) business days.

Questions?

If you have questions about our affiliate relationships, please use the Grail Den contact form with subject "FTC Disclosure."