How StorkScout makes money

StorkScout is a commercial product-discovery site. Shopify may pay us a commission when you follow a product link from StorkScout and make an eligible purchase. This does not add a fee to your purchase; the seller still controls the price, checkout, shipping, and returns.

Organic links can still earn commission

Shopify can include attribution on product links from both organic and promoted Catalog results. An attributed link is not automatically an advertisement. When Shopify marks a result as a promoted placement, StorkScout labels it Sponsored before you click. Organic results are not given that label, even when an eligible purchase could earn us a commission.

What compensation can never buy

The Weekly StorkScout Edit is assembled using the editorial and live-eligibility rules published on the methodology page and has no input for money. No seller can pay to enter it, move higher, stay longer, or keep a competitor out. Affiliate commission and promoted-placement status never change its selection or order.

Search, guides, and photo matching

These surfaces request results live from Shopify Catalog and preserve the order Shopify returns. Shopify may blend promoted placements into those results when monetization is enabled. StorkScout labels each promoted result Sponsored and shows a commission disclosure before product links. We do not reorder results based on commission.

The FTC part

In plain terms, StorkScout has a material connection to Shopify and to merchants whose attributed purchases can pay us. We disclose that connection near product links rather than relying on this page or the footer alone. Outbound product links also use the sponsored link attribute so search engines receive the same signal.

StorkScout sends you directly to the exact merchant URL supplied by Shopify. We do not hide that destination behind our own redirect or alter Shopify's attribution parameters.

Questions about any of this? Email hello@storkscout.com.