Affiliate Disclosure

Last updated: 13 October 2026

This page explains, in plain language, how CDKeyCheap makes money and what that means for what you see on the site.

The short version

Right now, CDKeyCheap earns no commission from anything on this site. Direct Steam links have no affiliate tag. Additional retailer prices are provided by CheapShark. Those offers use CheapShark deal redirects as required by its API; resulting purchases may earn CheapShark a commission, not CDKeyCheap. These links are marked with sponsored and nofollow attributes.

What we intend to do

Our intended business model is affiliate commission. As we add further storefronts, some of them will operate affiliate programmes. If we are accepted into one, links from CDKeyCheap to that storefront may carry a tracking parameter, and if you buy something after following such a link, that store may pay us a small percentage of the sale.

This costs you nothing. An affiliate link does not raise the price you pay and does not change what the store charges. It simply tells the store that the visit came from us.

Our commitments to you

• Commission never changes a price. Prices are read from storefront APIs and reproduced as-is. We do not mark them up, adjust them, or delay showing a drop.
• Commission never changes an order. Offers on a game page are sorted by price. A store that pays us more will never be placed above a store that is cheaper.
• Commission never buys a listing. No store can pay to be included in, or excluded from, our catalogue.
• Commission-bearing links are marked. Outbound purchase links carry rel="sponsored nofollow", and any page containing them says so.
• We update this page first. If we join an affiliate programme, this disclosure changes at the same time, not afterwards.

What we are not paid for

We integrate Google AdSense and may earn advertising revenue when Google serves ads. Advertising is separate from game offers and does not determine the order of our price comparisons. We do not sell sponsored reviews, paid editorial, or paid “featured store” placements. Our privacy policy and cookie policy explain Google advertising and your choices.

Regulatory note

This disclosure is provided in the spirit of the US FTC endorsement guidelines and the UK CMA guidance on affiliate marketing, both of which require clear and conspicuous disclosure of material connections. If you believe any part of this site falls short of that standard, please tell us and we will fix it.

Questions

If anything here is unclear, or you want to know whether a specific link earns us money, ask via the contact page and we will answer directly.