Affiliate Disclosure & Editorial Ethics

1. FTC Affiliate Disclosure

In accordance with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines concerning the use of endorsements and testimonials in advertising, please assume that some outbound links on GameApp.email and within our Saturday email dispatches are affiliate links.

This means that if you click an affiliate link to a verified digital storefront (such as Fanatical, Humble Bundle, or authorized cloud VPS providers) and complete a purchase, GameApp.email may receive a modest referral commission at zero extra cost to you. In fact, many partnerships provide exclusive subscriber coupon codes that lower the final retail price further.

2. The Strict Curation Firewall

Our editorial integrity is not for sale. We maintain a strict internal firewall between our commercial partnerships and our weekly curation process:

• Price Merit Over Commission: We never promote an inferior game or a higher price simply because it pays an affiliate commission. If a game is 50% cheaper directly on Steam or itch.io with no affiliate program, we link directly to Steam or itch.io.
• Historic Low Verification: Every deal listed must independently pass our historic low criteria, verified across third-party price databases before inclusion.
• Sponsored Placement Transparency: If an edition contains a sponsored placement from a developer or server hosting partner, it is unmistakably labeled with a [SPONSORED DISPATCH] tag at the top of the section.

3. How GameApp.email Remains Free

Running high-performance LiteSpeed edge servers, maintaining price scraping bots, and employing full-time playtesters requires capital. We finance our operations through two transparent channels:

1. Ethical, playtested affiliate referrals on verified historic low hardware and game sales.
2. Single, highly selective sponsor placement per weekly Saturday issue.

This sustainable model ensures our newsletter remains 100% free to read for all 18,450+ subscribers without requiring paywalls or intrusive display ads.