tataipl26.com is 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.in and other Amazon websites.
This page explains in plain language what affiliate marketing means, how it works on our website, and what it means for you as a reader.
What Are Affiliate Links?
An affiliate link is a special trackable URL that connects to a product on a partner retailer's website (in our case, primarily Amazon.in). When you click an affiliate link on tataipl26.com and complete a purchase on Amazon, we earn a small commission — typically 1% to 10% of the purchase price, depending on the product category.
Importantly: The price you pay is exactly the same whether you click our affiliate link or visit Amazon directly. The commission comes out of Amazon's marketing budget, not your pocket.
Our Amazon Associates ID
Our official Amazon Associates tracking ID is momu03-21. You will see this tag in our affiliate URLs (e.g., amazon.in/...?tag=momu03-21). This is how Amazon attributes any qualifying purchase back to us.
How Affiliate Links Are Marked
We are committed to full transparency. Every affiliate link on tataipl26.com is clearly identified through one or more of the following indicators:
- Visual ad badges — Affiliate banners are designed with clear branding (e.g., "🛒 As an Amazon Associate, tataipl26.com earns from qualifying purchases")
- HTML attributes — All affiliate links use
rel="sponsored nofollow"attributes, the standard for marking commercial relationships - Disclosure text — Each affiliate banner includes a disclosure note about our Amazon Associates participation
- This dedicated page — You're reading it now
Products We Recommend
The products we link to on tataipl26.com generally fall into these categories:
- 🏏 Cricket equipment — bats, balls, gloves, pads, shoes
- 🎽 IPL team jerseys and merchandise
- 📚 Cricket books and almanacks (Wisden, player biographies)
- 📺 Smart TVs and home entertainment (for watching IPL)
- 💺 Bean bags, recliners, and home setup gear
- 🍿 Snack combos and party essentials
We only feature products that are genuinely relevant to cricket fans. We do not promote products outside this scope.
Editorial Independence
This is the most important part of our disclosure:
Our affiliate relationships do not influence our editorial decisions. Match recaps are written based on the match. Player profiles are written based on the player. Predictions are based on form and stats — never on what products we'd like to sell.
We will never:
- Bias coverage of a player or team because of an affiliate deal
- Recommend a product we don't believe is genuinely useful
- Hide the affiliate nature of any link
- Sacrifice editorial integrity for commission revenue
Why We Use Affiliate Links
Running tataipl26.com involves real costs — domain renewal, hosting, image creation, content research subscriptions, and time invested by our editorial team. Affiliate revenue, alongside display advertising and the occasional sponsorship, is what keeps the lights on.
Without affiliate revenue, we would either need to:
- Charge a subscription fee for content access
- Run more intrusive advertising
- Reduce the depth and frequency of original coverage
By clicking our affiliate links when you genuinely intend to buy a product, you support free, ad-light, original cricket journalism. Thank you. 🙏
Other Affiliate Programs
While Amazon Associates is currently our primary affiliate program, we may, from time to time, participate in other relevant affiliate programs (e.g., fantasy cricket platforms, sports streaming services, sports apparel brands). Any new affiliate relationships will be disclosed on this page and within the relevant content.
We will never participate in affiliate programs for:
- Online betting or gambling platforms (illegal in most parts of India)
- Get-rich-quick schemes or financial scams
- Adult content or anything not appropriate for cricket fans of all ages
Standard Amazon Associates Disclosure
Per the Amazon Associates Operating Agreement, we are required to display the following statement:
"tataipl26.com is 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.in."
Cookies from Affiliate Programs
When you click an affiliate link on tataipl26.com, Amazon (or another retailer) may place cookies on your device to track the referral and any subsequent purchase. These cookies typically last for 24 hours (Amazon's default cookie window).
For more information about how cookies are used on our website, please see our Privacy Policy.
FTC Compliance
This Affiliate Disclosure complies with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (16 CFR Part 255), even though we are based in India. We follow international best practices for affiliate transparency because we believe our readers deserve to know exactly when there's a commercial relationship behind a recommendation.
Questions?
If you have any questions about our affiliate relationships, want to clarify how a specific product was selected, or have concerns about content integrity, please contact us. We respond to all good-faith inquiries within 48 hours.
Updates to This Disclosure
If our affiliate relationships change significantly (new partnerships, removed partnerships, or changes in commission structures that affect our coverage), we will update this page and indicate the revision date at the top.
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