Affiliate & Advertising Disclosure

Last updated: 29.09.2026

ExchangeCatalogue.com (“ExchangeCatalogue”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) is a free, independent information and comparison platform for crypto exchanges and related services.

To keep the Website free for users, we may work with partners, advertisers, and affiliate programs. This page explains how we make money, how affiliate links work, and how this affects (or does not affect) our editorial content and rankings.

This Disclosure should be read together with our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and General Disclosures.

 

1. How ExchangeCatalogue Makes Money

ExchangeCatalogue may receive compensation when you interact with certain links, buttons, or promotions on our Website. This can include:

  • Clicking on a link to a third-party platform (e.g. crypto exchange, broker, wallet, or service)

  • Signing up, depositing, or completing other qualifying actions after visiting a platform via our link

  • Viewing or interacting with sponsored placements or ads shown on our pages

Compensation models may include, for example:

  • Cost-per-action (CPA)

  • Revenue share

  • Cost-per-mille (CPM) or display advertising

  • Flat fees for sponsored placements or collaborations

This compensation helps us:

  • Cover hosting, development, research, and content creation costs

  • Maintain and improve tools, comparisons, and reviews

  • Keep the Website free for users

We do not charge users for accessing our listings, reviews, or guides.

 

2. What Are Affiliate Links?

An affiliate link is a special link that allows a third-party platform to recognize that you reached their site via ExchangeCatalogue.

If you:

  1. Click an affiliate link on ExchangeCatalogue, and

  2. Visit a third-party platform (for example, a crypto exchange), and

  3. Register, trade, deposit, or take another qualifying action,

the platform may pay us a commission or other compensation.

Important points:

  • Affiliate links do not cost you anything extra. In many cases, users receive the same or better terms (e.g. discounts or fee reductions) compared to visiting the platform directly.

  • Compensation received via affiliate links does not change the fees you pay to that third-party platform, unless explicitly stated as a discount or promotion.

You should always assume that any commercial link on the Website may be an affiliate link.

 

3. Sponsored Content and Advertising

In some cases, we may display:

  • Sponsored placements (e.g. an exchange highlighted in a “sponsored” slot)

  • Sponsored articles, banners, or collaborations

When content or placements are sponsored, we aim to:

  • Clearly label them with terms such as “Sponsored”, “Advertisement”, “Partner”, or similar wording

  • Keep sponsored placements visually distinguishable where possible

Sponsored content should not be confused with our purely editorial content. Even when we work with sponsors, we aim to maintain factual accuracy and transparency.

 

4. Editorial Independence and Rankings

Our goal is to provide honest, data-driven, and useful information about exchanges and platforms.

To support this, we:

  • Develop and maintain review and ranking criteria based on factors such as security, fees, regulation, features, user experience, and support

  • Aim to evaluate platforms consistently according to these criteria

  • Strive to keep core data and analysis independent from commercial deals

However, compensation may influence where and how certain partners appear, for example:

  • A partner exchange may be featured more prominently in certain comparison tables or sections

  • Some partners may appear in “top” or “recommended” lists with clear “Sponsored” or “Partner” labels where applicable

Some things are never for sale. Money never changes a licence status or a score. It also never decides whether an exchange counts as allowed in a country. In the 32 countries in our licence tracker, an exchange that may not serve you is left out of our country list and our Exchange Finder. Sponsored or not, the rule is the same. Our licence tracker page has no partner links.

We do not guarantee top rankings or positive reviews in exchange for compensation. If a platform performs poorly on our core criteria or becomes unsafe or non-compliant, we may:

  • Lower its ranking

  • Add warnings or flags

  • Remove it from certain pages altogether even if we previously had or still have a commercial relationship with that platform.

For more detail on how we review and rank platforms, please refer to our Editorial Policy.

 

5. Third-Party Tracking, Cookies & Analytics

Affiliate programs and advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies to:

  • Track when you click a link on ExchangeCatalogue and later perform an action on a third-party site

  • Attribute signups or transactions to our Website so they can calculate commissions

This may involve:

  • Setting cookies when you click certain links

  • Redirecting through tracking URLs

  • Using pixels or tags on external sites (controlled by the third party)

We do not control how third-party platforms set or use their cookies. You can learn more about how we and our partners use cookies and similar technologies in our:

Where required by law (for example, in the EU/UK), we will ask for your consent before setting non-essential cookies, including analytics and certain affiliate tracking cookies.

 

6. No Investment, Legal, or Tax Advice

Even if we have affiliate or advertising relationships with certain platforms, nothing on ExchangeCatalogue should be interpreted as:

  • Personalized investment advice

  • A recommendation to use, buy, sell, or hold any specific asset or service

  • Legal, tax, or regulatory advice

Our content is for information and education only. You are solely responsible for your decisions and should always perform your own research and consult qualified professionals where needed.

Please read our Risk Disclosure and General Disclosures for more information on risks and disclaimers.

 

7. Conflicts of Interest

Because ExchangeCatalogue may receive compensation from some of the platforms we list or review, potential conflicts of interest can arise.

To manage these:

  • We aim to apply the same core evaluation criteria to all platforms, whether they are partners or not.

  • We may clearly label sponsored or partner placements where they appear.

  • We reserve the right to change scores, rankings, or recommendations if new information arises (for example, security incidents, regulatory actions, or major policy changes), regardless of any commercial arrangements.

If you ever feel that a particular ranking or review appears inconsistent or unclear, you are welcome to contact us and share your feedback.

 

8. Your Choices

You are under no obligation to click any affiliate link or use any platform we mention.

You can:

  • Search for platforms directly instead of using our links

  • Block or delete cookies in your browser

  • Adjust your cookie preferences via our cookie banner or settings (where available)

We encourage you to choose the platforms and services that best fit your needs, risk tolerance, and legal obligations, regardless of whether they are our partners.

 

9. Changes to This Affiliate & Advertising Disclosure

We may update this Affiliate & Advertising Disclosure from time to time, for example:

  • When we add or change affiliate and advertising relationships

  • When laws or regulatory guidance change

  • When we adjust how we label or present sponsored content

When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically so you understand how we earn money and how that may relate to the content you see.

 

10. Contact

If you have any questions about this Affiliate & Advertising Disclosure or how ExchangeCatalogue earns revenue, you can contact us at:

Email: info@exchangecatalogue.com

For a full overview of our legal documents and policies, please visit our Legal & Disclosures page.