Disclosure
Affiliate Disclosure
How this site makes money, stated plainly and up front.
The short version
GreatAmericanLakes.com 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. We earn from qualifying purchases.
If you click a product link on this site and buy something, Amazon pays us a commission. You pay exactly the same price you would have paid going to Amazon directly. It costs you nothing.
We are an affiliate, not a store
We do not hold inventory, process payments, or ship anything. Every purchase link on this site sends you to Amazon, and Amazon is the seller of record for everything we link to. Questions about orders, shipping, returns, or warranties go to Amazon or the manufacturer, not to us.
How commission affects what we recommend
It doesn't. Commission rates vary by category, and we do not weight recommendations toward the categories that pay better. Products are ordered by a confidence score built from rating and review volume, plus editorial judgement about whether the item suits Great Lakes conditions.
We list drawbacks on every product write-up. If a cheaper item does the job on your water, the page says so. Nobody pays us for placement, and we do not accept sponsored posts or paid links.
How the links are built
Product links route through /go/<id> on this domain before forwarding to Amazon. That is a plain redirect so we can fix a broken destination in one place; it does not track you across sites and sets no cookie of its own. Every outbound affiliate link carriesrel="sponsored nofollow" and opens in a new tab.
Prices and availability
Prices, ratings, and review counts shown here were accurate on the date stamped on each page and are not fetched live. Amazon changes prices constantly. Always confirm on the listing before you buy.
Questions
Anything unclear here: contact@greatamericanlakes.com.
Last updated 2026-09-01