FTC Disclosure Notice
Material Connection: Histicle participates in the Amazon Associates affiliate program and receives compensation when you purchase books or educational resources through certain links on this website. This compensation helps support our educational content creation and website operations at no additional cost to you.
What Are Affiliate Links?
Affiliate links are special URLs that contain tracking codes. When you click these links and make a purchase, we may receive a commission from the retailer. This is a standard practice across the internet that allows educational content creators to earn revenue while providing valuable resources to their audience.
Here’s what’s important to understand: using our affiliate links never costs you more. The price you pay remains exactly the same whether you use our link or go directly to Amazon’s website.
Our Affiliate Partner
Histicle participates in the following affiliate program:
- Amazon Associates Program: We earn qualifying commissions from Amazon purchases of books, educational materials, and travel resources made through our links
We only recommend books and educational resources that we genuinely believe offer value to students and history enthusiasts. Our affiliate relationship with Amazon never influences our editorial decisions about which historical topics to cover or how to present educational content.
How We Use Affiliate Links
You may encounter affiliate links throughout our educational content, including:
- Book Recommendations: When we suggest historical books, biographies, or educational resources
- Educational Guides: In comprehensive guides helping you find learning materials
- Resource Lists: In curated lists of our favorite historical books and educational materials
- Travel Resources: When mentioning guidebooks, travel resources, or historical site information
- Research Materials: In our recommendations for students working on historical projects
We clearly identify affiliate content with disclosures at the beginning of relevant articles, and we never hide the fact that we may earn from your purchases.
Our Editorial Standards and Independence
Our primary goal is providing valuable, accurate historical education to help students and history enthusiasts learn about the past. We maintain strict editorial standards to ensure our affiliate relationship never compromises our educational content quality:
- Educational Independence: Our content team selects historical topics and educational resources based on learning value, not commission potential
- Honest Recommendations: We provide genuine opinions about books and resources, including any limitations, regardless of affiliate status
- Student-First Approach: Educational needs and learning goals always come before our commercial relationships
- Research and Evaluation: We base recommendations on educational merit, historical accuracy, and genuine usefulness rather than marketing materials
- Transparency: We clearly disclose affiliate relationships and never hide our compensation
- No Pay-for-Play: Publishers or authors cannot pay us to guarantee positive coverage or inclusion in our educational content
We recommend educational resources we genuinely believe offer value to our student and educator audience. If we wouldn’t use it ourselves or recommend it to family members studying history, we won’t recommend it to you.
Amazon Associates Program Details
Histicle is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for educational sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Amazon links on our site may include our affiliate tag, and qualifying purchases may result in commission earnings. This relationship does not influence the price you pay or our editorial decisions about which educational resources to feature.
Types of Products We Recommend
Through our Amazon affiliate links, we may recommend:
- Historical Books: Textbooks, biographies, historical fiction, and reference materials
- Educational Resources: Study guides, historical atlases, and educational materials
- Travel Guides: Guidebooks for historical sites and educational travel resources
- Research Tools: Materials to support student research and learning
All recommendations are based on educational value and relevance to historical learning, not commission rates.
Earnings Disclaimer
Individual results from affiliate earnings vary significantly. Our commission earnings from the Amazon Associates program fluctuate based on numerous factors including seasonal trends, book availability, and reader purchasing patterns.
The educational resources we recommend should not be considered a guarantee of earnings or results for affiliate partners. Our success with affiliate programs may not be typical or representative of other affiliates’ experiences.
Your Shopping Experience
Using our affiliate links supports our ability to create free educational content while maintaining the same shopping experience you’d have otherwise:
- Same prices – you never pay more
- Same customer service and return policies
- Same product warranties and guarantees
- Same checkout and shipping processes
Your decision to use our affiliate links is entirely voluntary and appreciated, but never required to access our educational content or historical information.
Educational Use and Academic Settings
For educators and students using our recommended resources:
- Our recommendations are based on educational merit and historical accuracy
- We encourage comparing multiple sources for comprehensive learning
- Educators may share our resource recommendations with students
- Students should always verify that recommended books meet their specific assignment requirements
Questions and Contact
If you have questions about our affiliate relationship, how we select educational resources to recommend, or our editorial policies, we’re happy to discuss them.
Contact us: john@histicle.com
We believe in transparency and are always willing to explain our educational standards and selection processes.
Effective Date: July 30, 2025
This affiliate disclosure may be updated periodically to reflect changes in our partnerships or policies. Any significant changes will be reflected with a revised effective date.
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