Affiliate disclosure
How we
make money.
The honest version, up front: 1828 Couture earns a referral fee when you buy through some of our links. Here is exactly how that works, and the line we never cross.
The short version
Some links on this site are affiliate links. If you click one and buy, the marketplace pays us a small commission — at no extra cost to you. That fee never decides which listing we show you. As an Amazon Associate and a member of other affiliate programmes, we earn from qualifying purchases.
What an affiliate link is
When we link you to a listing on a marketplace such as eBay — or to a retailer or brand — that link may carry a tag that tells them we sent you. If you go on to buy, we receive a referral fee, typically a small percentage of the sale. The price you pay is identical whether you use our link or not.
The line we never cross
This is a buyer-side site, and the commission never changes what we signal. We surface the genuine, authenticated listing that best fits the bag you're looking at — regardless of which marketplace pays us more, or whether it pays us at all. If the best-fitting listing carries no referral fee, that's still the one you'll see. If we can't evidence a claim with a real, dated listing, we don't make it.
Programmes we participate in
- eBay Partner Network — our primary source of live listings and links.
- Amazon Associates — for bags and accessories stocked on Amazon. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
- Other retailer and brand programmes — added over time; each is used only to link to genuine, in-stock items.
What the marketplace sees, and doesn't
When you click through and buy, the marketplace sets its own cookie under its privacy policy and reports the sale to us in aggregate. We do not receive your name, address, or payment details — only that a qualifying purchase happened. How we handle the little data we do hold is in our privacy policy.
Why we tell you this
Because it's required by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's endorsement guidelines — and because a price-intelligence site that hid its incentives would deserve none of your trust. You'll also see a short disclosure near the buy links themselves, not just on this page.
Questions about any of this? Write to [email protected].