Legal
Affiliate disclosure
Every commercial relationship on this site, named.
Carat Brands earns commission when a reader clicks a link on this site and makes a purchase. This costs the reader nothing. It is how the site is funded, and under the United States Federal Trade Commission's Endorsement Guides we are required to tell you about it clearly, which is what this page is for.
Who we have relationships with
| Retailer | Commission | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Nile | 3.5% | Rate published on bluenile.com/affiliates. Third-party blogs still quote a retired 5% figure. |
| James Allen | up to 5% | Rate published on jamesallen.com/affiliates-and-community. |
| Brilliant Earth | 5% bridal / 7% fine jewelry | Published on brilliantearth.com/affiliates. Capped at $500 per order; paid net of returns. |
| Rare Carat | CONFIRM | Terms not published publicly — request the rate card before writing the review. |
| Grown Brilliance | CONFIRM | Programme exists with a 30-day cookie; the rate is not published. Request the rate card before writing the review. |
What is live today
We currently earn commission on Rare Carat links only. Its links on this site are tracked; the rest are plain links to the retailers' own category pages and earn us nothing.
That is worth saying plainly, because it is the obvious place for a conflict to appear: the only retailer paying us is one of four, and the honest test of an affiliate site is whether that shows up in what it writes. Read the Rare Carat review — it opens by explaining that the marketplace model puts an extra party between you and whoever is responsible when something goes wrong, and it tells you to check the underlying vendor's terms on every listing. That is not the copy of a site optimising for its paying partner.
Rates differ between retailers, and the ones we rate most highly are not the ones paying us. That is not a virtue we arranged; it is the situation, and if it changes this page changes first.
What we are not
We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, employed by, or sponsored by any retailer covered here. We hold no equity in any of them. All company names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are used here for identification only.
Links
Outbound retailer links are marked rel="sponsored nofollow" and open in a new tab, whether or not they currently earn us anything. Marking them all the same way means we cannot quietly present a paid link as an unpaid one.