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How to Read a Sponsor Disclosure
A short guide to spotting paid promotions, affiliate fine print, and the language creators use to stay just inside FTC rules.
If a finance creator recommends a brokerage, an app, or a credit card, you should assume money changed hands until proven otherwise.
This guide covers the eight phrases that almost always signal a paid placement, where to find the disclosure (it's rarely where you'd expect), and how to estimate the per-click rate the creator is being paid.