Disclosure
Affiliate Disclosure
Written to satisfy the FTC's endorsement guidance, and to be honest with you regardless of what those guidelines require.
Current status
Cigar HQ participates in affiliate programs with the following retailers: Cigars International, Thompson Cigar, Cigora, Famous Smoke Shop, Gotham Cigars, JR Cigars, Cigars.com, Best Cigar Prices.
When you follow a link to one of those retailers from this site and make a purchase, Cigar HQ may earn a commission. This costs you nothing extra — the price you pay is the same as it would be had you gone to the retailer directly.
How paid links are marked
Any outbound link that earns Cigar HQ a commission is labelled as a paid link where it appears, not only here. There is no version of this site where a paid link looks identical to an unpaid one.
Paid links additionally carry the rel="sponsored" attribute in the page markup, which is the machine-readable signal search engines expect for compensated links.
What money does not buy
No retailer, brand, manufacturer or distributor pays for inclusion in our catalog, for a favourable write-up, or for placement anywhere on this site.
Commission rates do not influence ranking. Where multiple retailers stock a cigar we list them together and let you compare, rather than steering you to whichever pays most.
We do not accept free product in exchange for coverage. If that ever changes, it will be disclosed on the page in question.
Why we tell you this
Affiliate revenue creates a real incentive to recommend whatever earns the most, and readers are right to be sceptical of any site that has one. The only useful answer is to be specific about what the arrangement actually is and let you weigh it.
Questions about any of this are welcome at hello@cigar-hq.com.