Being Open About Affiliate Relationships
Here at Retro-Calculator.com, we believe in full transparency with our visitors. Some of the links you click throughout our website may be affiliate links—which means we may receive a small commission if you choose to purchase a product or service through them.
This does not cost you anything extra, and in many cases, it allows us to share exclusive deals or the best available pricing directly with our readers.
How This Site Is Supported
Affiliate commissions help keep the calculator buttons clicking and the nostalgia alive.
We earn income from certain links that lead to external tools, calculator kits, parts, or digital products we mention and recommend. This only occurs if you click a link and make a purchase.
If you’re curious about how affiliate marketing works, you can read more via the FTC’s official guidelines or explore a helpful breakdown at Webopedia.
We’ve reviewed many tools and products over time, and while we aim to disclose affiliate relationships wherever possible, it’s best to assume all outbound product links are affiliate links unless stated otherwise.
Why Affiliate Links?
Running Retro-Calculator.com isn’t just a hobby—it’s a project that requires time, resources, and funding to grow and maintain.
From retro coding experiments to browser-based calculators, we invest in:
Hosting and website maintenance
Design and user testing
Sourcing and reviewing old-school tools
Creating and publishing free online calculators
Since we don’t charge users to access any part of the site (no paywalls, no subscription tiers), affiliate links are a practical way to support the site while keeping all of our tools 100% free.
We only recommend products or services we genuinely believe are useful. If we come across a subpar tool, we’ll either avoid linking it entirely or call out its shortcomings honestly.
Do Affiliate Links Affect Our Opinions?
Absolutely not.
Our reviews, tutorials, and product suggestions are independent of any compensation. We don’t let commissions influence our judgment or content recommendations.
We also don’t accept free products or pre-written content from vendors. If we ever do in the future, we’ll clearly disclose it at the top of that page.
Your trust matters more than any click-through commission.
Affiliate Networks We May Work With
We may use several affiliate programs or networks depending on the vendor of a given product. These include but are not limited to:
Amazon Associates
ShareASale
Commission Junction
Impact Radius
Other trusted affiliate platforms
Each product or tool we link to may fall under a different program, but our standard of quality stays the same.
Amazon Associates Program
Retro-Calculator.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. This is an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to products on Amazon.com and its international partners.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Any Amazon link you see on this website may result in a commission, which helps us maintain and expand our retro calculator archive.
Other Partner Programs
Aside from Amazon, we may also promote products and services through other companies in the tech and creative tools space—such as hosting services, productivity software, coding kits, or retro hardware vendors.
Again, any link that takes you off this site to a product page might be an affiliate link, and if you complete a purchase, we may receive compensation. That support helps keep the pixel-perfect calculator designs coming.
Third-Party Ads
Some of the banner ads or image ads you may see on Retro-Calculator.com are served by advertising networks (such as Google Ads). These are not personally selected or reviewed by us, and we don’t have direct relationships with those advertisers.
They help generate additional revenue—but do not influence our content or recommendations.
Questions or Concerns?
If you ever have questions about our affiliate partnerships, how links work, or anything else related to site monetization, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
You can contact us at support@retro-calculator.com or by visiting our Contact Page.
This Affiliate Disclosure may be updated from time to time, without prior notice.
Last updated: 15 June 2025