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title: "Disclosure"
url: "https://screenshot-laptop.com/disclosure/"
platform: "n/a"
section: "About this site"
updated: "2026-09-16"
license: "CC-BY-4.0"
attribution: "screenshot-laptop.com"
---

# Disclosure

*How this site is funded, and what that does and does not buy anyone.*

URL: https://screenshot-laptop.com/disclosure/

Last reviewed 12 September 2026. Required by the FTC's endorsement guidelines, and worth stating clearly regardless.

## Affiliate links

Some pages link to third-party software. **Some of those links may earn a commission** if you buy after clicking, at no extra cost to you — the vendor pays it out of their margin, and the price you pay is the same either way.

Where a page contains affiliate links, it says so on the page itself, near the links rather than buried at the bottom.

## What commission does not buy

This is the part that matters:

- **No vendor pays for a recommendation.** Placement cannot be bought on this site at any price.
- **No vendor sees a page before publication**, or has any right of review.
- **Commission does not affect the verdict.** Several pages recommend free tools over paid ones — [ShareX and Greenshot over Snagit](https://screenshot-laptop.com/tools/snagit-vs-greenshot/) for most people, and Windows' own built-in tools over anything at all. Free tools pay nothing.
- **We say who should not buy.** The Snagit comparison states plainly that most personal users should not pay for it. That advice costs us money and it is still the right advice.

The [tools overview](https://screenshot-laptop.com/tools/) opens by telling you that most people do not need any screenshot tool. A site optimising for commission would not lead with that.

## Advertising

We do not currently display advertising.

If that changes, this page will name the network before any ads appear, and the [privacy policy](https://screenshot-laptop.com/privacy/) will be updated to explain what data the network collects and how to opt out of personalised advertising.

## Things we don't do

- **No sponsored posts.** No page here has been paid for by a vendor.
- **No paid reviews or paid placement** in any comparison or list.
- **No paid guest posts or link insertions.** We receive these requests regularly and decline them. Selling links would also breach Google's spam policies, quite apart from being dishonest.
- **No free-product-for-coverage arrangements.** Where a paid tool is assessed, it was bought or used on its own free tier or trial.
- **No AI-generated screenshots or fabricated test results.** Every capture is a real one from real hardware.

## How assessments are actually made

Tools are judged on whether they solve a problem the built-in tools cannot, as described in [how we test](https://screenshot-laptop.com/how-we-test/). The starting assumption on every tools page is that you need nothing, and a tool has to earn its place by closing a specific gap — scrolling capture, automatic upload, consistent file naming, repeatable region capture.

We avoid quoting prices, because they change and a stale figure is worse than none. You are pointed at the vendor's own site for current pricing.

## Third-party trademarks

Naming a product does not imply a relationship with its maker. This site is independent and not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any company named on it, whether or not a commercial link exists.

## If you would rather not use an affiliate link

That is completely fine, and it costs us nothing worth mentioning. Search for the tool by name, or type the vendor's address directly. The recommendation is the same either way — which is the entire point of disclosing this.

## Questions

If anything about how this site is funded is unclear, ask at **[contact@screenshot-laptop.com](mailto:contact@screenshot-laptop.com)** and we will answer directly.

## Questions

**Does using an affiliate link cost me more?**

No. The price is identical; the commission comes out of the vendor's margin. If you would rather not use one, navigating to the vendor directly is completely fine.

**How do I know a recommendation isn't just the highest-paying one?**

The clearest evidence is what the site recommends against. Multiple pages steer readers to free tools and to the operating system's own built-in features, neither of which pays anything. The tools overview opens by saying most people need no tool at all.

**Do you accept guest posts or paid links?**

No. We decline these requests as a matter of policy — selling links would mislead readers and also breach Google's spam policies.