Affiliate Disclosure 

The Essential Man will occasionally evaluate or mention products and services. If we believe a product or service is good, and the merchant selling it provides an affiliate program, we have no problem referring others to it via an affiliate link. That means we may receive a commission or other kind of income if you purchase the product we promote.

Certain items and links to products/services on this website are affiliate links, and any purchases you make may result in a commission for me. We are paid to give our honest opinion on products and/or services on occasion. You will not be charged any additional fees as a result of this.

These items and services are mentioned because we believe in them. We only endorse products or services that we believe will benefit you. Of course, full disclosure: The Essential Man is a for-profit business, which means we do make money from it.

To make things easier for both of us, assume that any links to products or services are affiliate links and that The Essential Man will be compensated if you buy something. 

Product Reviews

Occasionally, we will request products from companies for the purpose of reviewing for our content and buying guides. 

Reviewing products takes up a large part of our company budget, so we welcome any way that can help reduce the cost of our process in order to help consumers find the best products.

Companies that send products for review are not compensated, and agree to the terms below:

  • Sending a product for review does not guarantee a positive review

  • Sending a product does not guarantee it being featured in the final review (It may be disqualified in the final review for various reasons)

  • Companies may not request to screen the review before it is published

Often companies will deny a product request from us. In which case, we will purchase the product for the purpose of review. A company denying our request for products does not influence our review of the product.

Affiliate links & endorsements are disclosed in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's standards.

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