Affiliate Disclosure

Last updated: May 11, 2026.

The short version

Fern & Feline is a participant in several affiliate programs. When you click a link on this site that takes you to a retailer or service, and you buy something (or sign up) within that program’s cookie window, we may earn a small commission. The price you pay is identical whether you use our link or go directly to the retailer.

That commission is how the site pays for hosting, photography, the plants we buy for testing, and the time spent writing and updating articles. Without affiliate revenue, this site would not exist.

Which programs

We participate in (or are applying to) the following affiliate programs:

  • Amazon Associates (universal fallback): 3% on home and garden, 3% on pet products, 24-hour cookie. Workhorse for plant pots, soil, light meters, and most accessories.
  • Chewy: pet supplies. Flat-fee per new customer or percentage commission depending on tier. 7 to 15-day cookie. The biggest pet retailer in the US.
  • Petco: pet supplies, secondary to Chewy. 2-7% commission, 7-day cookie.
  • Botanical Interests (via ShareASale): 15% commission on seeds and growing supplies. 45-day cookie. Strong for the alternatives cluster.
  • The Sill, Bloomscape, Lively Root: direct-to-consumer plant retailers, when accepted. 5-10% commission, 30-day cookie.
  • Pet insurance (Trupanion, Lemonade, Pets Best, Embrace): flat $50 to $100 per qualified lead, 30-day cookie. Strongest revenue per click in the niche, ethically used only in articles about pet emergencies and high-risk plants where the relevance is genuine.
  • Embark, Wisdom Panel (pet DNA tests) via Impact: $20-30 per sale, 30-day cookie.

If we add or remove a program, this page is updated.

We mark affiliate links inline where they appear and we don’t disguise them. They’re indicated with a small icon and the destination retailer is clear from context. We don’t use cloaked links or aggressive interstitials.

A specific note on pet insurance

Pet insurance affiliate programs pay more per lead than most other affiliate programs in this niche, sometimes 10x more. We include pet insurance recommendations only in articles where the relevance is genuine: emergency-response articles for high-risk plants (lilies for cats, sago palm for dogs, etc.) where a vet visit could be the difference between life and death. We do not pad routine plant-care articles with pet insurance mentions to chase commission revenue. If the article isn’t about an emergency scenario, there’s no pet insurance link.

If you don’t have pet insurance and have a curious pet plus a houseplant collection, you should consider getting it. Vet ER visits for plant poisoning routinely run $500 to $2,500. We recommend pet insurance because it’s good for the reader, not because it’s good for our commissions.

Our editorial promise

  • We don’t recommend products or services we wouldn’t suggest to a friend. Every plant retailer, pet insurance company, and emergency tool we recommend is something we’d choose ourselves.
  • We don’t pad articles with affiliate links. Most articles have zero to two affiliate links. Listicles may have more because the listicle format genuinely involves multiple products.
  • We update articles when our opinions change. A pet insurance company that wins a 2026 review might lose a 2028 one if their claims process changed. We re-evaluate.
  • We disclose when an article was sponsored. As of this writing, no article on the site is sponsored. If that changes, the disclosure will be at the top of that specific article in addition to here.

Cookies

Affiliate links use cookies to track which referrer (us) gets credit for a purchase. Cookie windows vary by program. Amazon’s is 24 hours. Most direct programs are 30 days. Pet insurance programs are 30 days. See our privacy policy for details on cookies and tracking.

Questions

If you have questions about a specific affiliate relationship, email hello@fernandfeline.com.