Affiliate Disclosure

What This Means in Plain English

Some links on Certency — including links to certification programs, online courses, study guides, and training resources — are affiliate links. If you click one of these links and buy something, the company pays us a small referral fee. The price you pay is exactly the same whether you use our link or go directly to their website.

This is how Certency funds its operations and keeps its content free. Without affiliate revenue, we could not sustain the platform, maintain our data infrastructure, or produce the reports we publish.

Our Affiliate Partners

We currently participate in affiliate programs offered by the following companies. This list may be updated as we add or remove partnerships:

We may also earn commissions through other affiliate networks including Impact.com, ShareASale, and Commission Junction when certification providers or training platforms run programs through those networks.

Our Editorial Independence Commitment

We take editorial integrity seriously. Here is exactly how affiliate relationships do and do not affect our content:

• Rankings are data-driven, not commission-driven. Certifications are ranked by employer demand data — specifically, how often they appear in job postings. Higher affiliate commissions do not earn a certification a better ranking or more prominent placement.
• We do not accept payment for editorial coverage. No certification body, training provider, or other company has paid for a positive review, a featured placement, or a favorable ranking on this site.
• Sponsored content is always labeled. If we ever publish content that has been paid for or sponsored by a third party, it will be clearly labeled as such.
• We recommend what the data supports. Our course and resource recommendations are based on content quality, market relevance, and user reviews — not commission rates.
• We link to non-affiliate resources too. Many of our articles link to official certification body websites, government resources, and other sources that pay us nothing. We link to them because they’re useful.

How Affiliate Tracking Works

When you click an affiliate link, a small tracking cookie is placed on your browser by the affiliate network. This cookie records that you arrived at the merchant’s site via Certency, so that if you make a purchase, we receive credit for the referral. These cookies typically expire within 30–90 days depending on the program.

You can opt out of affiliate tracking by disabling cookies in your browser settings. This will not affect your ability to use Certency, though some functionality may be limited.

FTC Compliance

This disclosure is made in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s guidelines on endorsements and testimonials in advertising (16 CFR Part 255). We are committed to transparency and will update this page whenever our affiliate relationships change materially.

Questions?

If you have questions about our affiliate relationships or our editorial process, please reach out:

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