Affiliate Disclosure

Honesty and trust matter to us — especially since we're helping you make decisions about spending money (yours or your employer's) on courses and certifications. Here's exactly how we make money and how that shapes what you see on this Site.

How We Make Money

StipendSmart earns commissions through affiliate partnerships with some of the learning platforms we write about, including but not limited to Coursera, LinkedIn Learning, and Pluralsight. If you click a link on this Site and then sign up for or purchase something on that platform, we may receive a commission. This comes at no additional cost to you — the price you pay is the same whether you use our link or go directly to the platform.

These relationships are managed in part through affiliate networks, such as Impact, that track referrals and handle commission payouts on behalf of the platforms.

What This Means for Our Content

• We only recommend or feature platforms we believe offer genuine value for professional development, regardless of whether they pay us a commission.
• Our comparisons and reimbursement-likelihood guidance are based on our own research and publicly available information, not on which platform pays the highest commission.
• Not every link on this Site is an affiliate link, and not every platform we mention has an affiliate relationship with us.
• We do not accept payment in exchange for a guaranteed positive review.

Why We're Telling You This

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requires that any website earning money through affiliate links clearly disclose that relationship to its readers. We believe in this transparency independent of that requirement — you should always know when money is changing hands in the background.

Questions

If you have questions about a specific link, recommendation, or our relationship with any platform mentioned on this Site, contact us at contact@stipendsmart.com.