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Active affiliate programs

Amazon Associates. PetScored is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. Our Amazon Associates tracking IDs are petscored-20 on links that point at a specific product and petscoredsearch-20 on links that point at an Amazon search. We use two so we can tell which kind of link readers actually find useful. When you click a tagged Amazon link from PetScored and complete a purchase, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.

Amazon links on PetScored are either a search for the product or a direct product link, and both carry rel="nofollow sponsored noopener". We prefer a search where we cannot keep a direct product link verified, because a stale product link can quietly send you to the wrong size or the wrong recipe. Tagged links are disclosed inline on every product page that surfaces them.

Chewy and Petco. Currently unmonetized. Search links exist for convenience; we are not yet enrolled in the Chewy / Impact or Petco / Rakuten affiliate programs. When we are, this page will list those tracking IDs and the inline disclosure on product pages will update automatically.

What affiliate revenue cannot do

No paid placement.

No manufacturer-sponsored rankings.

No rubric overrides for partners, retailers, or brands.

No bonus points for products that have affiliate programs.

No editorial coverage in exchange for commission rates.

How the score is decided

PetScored scoring is based on source data, deterministic rules from the public rubric, methodology version, and confidence state. The score is reconstructible from the inputs visible on every product scorecard. Affiliate availability is not one of the inputs.

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