Affiliate Disclosure

The short version

UK Pickleball Hub is reader-supported. Some of the outbound links to retailers and equipment vendors are affiliate links — when you click one and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This is one of the ways the site funds itself.

Affiliate revenue does not change which paddle, ball, shoe, court or coaching resource we recommend.

What is an affiliate link?

An affiliate link is a normal-looking link to a retailer (Amazon, an equipment brand, a coaching subscription, etc.) that carries a tracking parameter identifying the referrer. If you buy something on the retailer's site within a defined cookie window, the retailer pays the referrer a commission — typically 1–10% of the sale price.

The price you pay is unchanged. The commission comes out of the retailer's margin, not your wallet.

Programmes we may participate in

We currently participate in (or may participate in) the following affiliate programmes for pickleball-relevant products and services:

• Amazon Associates UK — paddles, balls, shoes, bags and pickleball-adjacent fitness gear available on Amazon UK
• Direct manufacturer programmes — selected paddle and apparel brands that operate their own affiliate scheme
• Coaching and education platforms — online pickleball coaching subscriptions where they offer an affiliate scheme
• Court-finder and booking platforms — if and where these expand to UK pickleball

We do not run sponsored content disguised as editorial. If we ever accept a paid placement, it will be clearly labelled "sponsored" or "paid partnership" at the top of the relevant page.

Why affiliate revenue does not change our recommendations

• Our gear shortlists are built from documented specifications (weight, face material, core, grip, UK price and stock), governing-body approval, and cited expert / player feedback — not from affiliate commission rate.
• We do not maintain a "highest commission first" ranking.
• If the best paddle for a use case is from a brand we have no affiliate relationship with, it still gets recommended — without an affiliate link.
• If a brand offers us a higher commission to bump it up the rankings, that offer is declined and disclosed on the affected page.

This is the only way the site is worth reading. A guide that recommends whichever paddle pays the most isn't a guide — it's an advertorial.

How affiliate links appear on the site

Where a link in body text or a product card is an affiliate link, we label it inline (e.g. "buy from Amazon UK (affiliate link)") or via an icon — and we always disclose at the top of the page that affiliate links are present.

The footer's affiliate-disclosure notice is shown on every page.

Your right to refuse

You are free to:

• Copy the product name, search for it directly on the retailer's site, and buy that way (no affiliate credit)
• Use a different retailer than the one we link
• Disable referral cookies in your browser

None of these choices affect the editorial content on this site.

Compliance

This disclosure is published to comply with the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) guidance on influencer / affiliate marketing, and with the equivalent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidance for US-based affiliate programmes. We treat both as the binding minimum standard.

Questions

For anything not covered here — contact channel in the footer (where available).