Affiliate disclosure
This page explains, in full, how Zen Network is paid, which links are commercial, and what that arrangement does and does not affect. We would rather over-explain this than leave any of it to guesswork.
The short version
Some links on this site that point to a game provider are paid affiliate links. If you follow one of those links and go on to register or sign up with the provider, the provider may pay Zen Network a commission. You pay nothing extra as a result. The commission does not decide what we write, which topics we cover, or the order in which anything appears.
Which links are paid, and which are not
We keep this distinction clear on purpose:
- Affiliate links point to a game provider and are the ones we earn from. Wherever one appears, we place a short note directly beside it saying so, and any button that leads to a provider uses the words "Visit the [provider] website" rather than an instruction to download or buy.
- Links to government bodies and regulators — such as the ACCC, the Australian Classification Board, Scamwatch, the eSafety Commissioner, the Australian Cyber Security Centre and the OAIC — are not paid. We earn nothing from them; they are there because they are useful.
- Links between our own pages are simply navigation and earn us nothing.
Technically, every affiliate link carries the attributes rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" and opens in a new tab, which is both the honest way to mark a paid link and the standard search engines ask for.
Who pays us
We are paid by the game providers we link to, or by the affiliate programmes those providers use, when a reader we refer completes a qualifying action such as registering an account. We are not paid by you, and we do not add any fee to anything you do. We do not sell your data — there is no data to sell, because this site collects nothing about you, as our privacy policy explains.
What the commission does — and does not — influence
This is the part that matters most, so we will spell it out both ways.
What it does influence
The commercial relationship is the reason a specific product appears on this site at all. Our coverage of individual products is limited to providers we have such a relationship with, and we say so openly on our About page. In that narrow sense, money determines which products we describe.
What it does not influence
The commission does not change the facts we state, which come from what the provider publishes. It does not change the cautions and "what to watch out for" notes we include. It does not buy a better description, a higher placement, or the removal of anything unflattering. Our general guides — on the category, classification, spending, security and the free-to-play model — carry no affiliate links in their explanatory text and would read exactly the same with every commercial link removed.
Why we disclose in more than one place
You will see this arrangement mentioned in three places: a clear box near the top of our homepage, a short line immediately beside every affiliate link, and here in full. That repetition is deliberate. A disclosure is only useful if you see it at the moment it matters — right next to the link you are deciding whether to click — rather than buried in a policy you would have to go looking for.
Our commitment to you
We commit to keeping paid links clearly marked, to never disguising an advertisement as independent advice, and to never using pressure, false urgency or invented praise to push you towards a link. If you ever feel a page here has crossed that line, we want to know: email info@zennetwork.online and we will look at it.
Australian consumer law
Under the Australian Consumer Law, misleading or deceptive conduct in trade is prohibited, and that obligation falls on us as the publisher. We take it seriously: every claim on this site is one we intend to be able to stand behind, and disclosing our commercial interest openly is part of meeting that standard. The ACCC is the regulator responsible for these rules.