Legal Starter Kit for Affiliate Disclosures

If you use affiliate links on your blog, social, email, or podcast – you need to disclose them. In this guide, you'll find:

What affiliate disclosures are – and when you legally need them
Simple disclosure templates you can copy and paste
Platform-by-platform cheat sheet (blogs, TikTok, email)
Where to place your disclosures so they count
A pre-publish checklist to avoid missed disclosures
Tips for AI tools and auto-inserted affiliate links
What global laws (FTC, EU, UK, etc.) actually require

Behind this Guide

Meredith Shippee, J.D., is a licensed attorney with 15 years of experience and the founder of The Blog Law Guide – a legal resource built specifically for bloggers and content creators. She’s helped thousands of creators stay compliant without getting buried in legal jargon.

Before launching her own business, Meredith spent over a decade in BigLaw, so she knows exactly how to break complex legal rules into something simple and actionable. Now she focuses on giving bloggers the tools they need to protect their work and stay out of legal trouble.

Meredith is also a travel blogger herself, so she gets it. She knows the challenges of monetizing content while keeping things legal – and she created this guide to make that part easier for you.