Affiliate Disclosure

Last Updated: June 11, 2026

Blueprint Prepared is a reader-supported publication. Some links on this site are paid links — meaning we may earn a commission if you buy through them. Here’s exactly how that works and what it means for you.

What a Paid Link Is

A paid link is a link to a product or service through which Blueprint Prepared may earn a referral commission if you make a qualifying purchase. You may also see these called affiliate links. The FTC requires us to use the term “paid link” because “affiliate” doesn’t mean much to most readers. So: if you click a link on this site and buy something, there’s a chance we get a small cut from the seller.

How It Works

When you click a paid link, a tracking cookie gets placed in your browser. If you complete a qualifying purchase within the cookie window — typically 24 hours to 30 days depending on the program — the merchant pays us a commission. That payment comes from the merchant, not from you. The price you pay is the same whether you use our link or go directly.

What This Doesn’t Affect

Our reviews are our honest take. We evaluate gear on how well it actually works — build quality, real-world performance, value for money, and whether we’d actually want it in our own kit. We don’t write better reviews for products we earn commissions on, and we don’t bury bad experiences to protect affiliate relationships.

If something we’ve recommended changes — new ownership, quality drop, better alternative available — we update our content. Paid relationships don’t lock us into defending products we no longer stand behind.

Disclosure at the Point of Use

Per FTC 16 CFR Part 255, we disclose paid links in the article itself, before the first paid link appears. The standard language we use:

Disclosure: This article contains paid links. If you buy through them, ThePreppersBlueprint.com may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. This doesn’t influence our research or conclusions. See our Affiliate Disclosure for full details.

Programs We Participate In

We work with affiliate programs in the preparedness, outdoor, and survival gear space. These currently include Amazon Associates and direct brand programs for preparedness products. This list may change as our coverage evolves — this page gets updated when it does.

Free Review Samples

Occasionally a manufacturer sends us a product to review. When that happens, we say so in the article. Free samples don’t buy favorable reviews. We evaluate them the same way we evaluate products we sourced ourselves.

What We Don’t Do

We don’t accept payment to write positive reviews. We don’t run sponsored content without labeling it. We don’t change our editorial positions based on who’s paying us to link to their products.

Questions

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