Affiliate disclosure
PodSavvy earns money from affiliate commissions when readers click links to Amazon UK and complete a purchase.
The required Amazon statement
As an Amazon Associate, podsavvy.co.uk earns from qualifying purchases.
This statement appears in the footer of every page and at the top of every page that contains affiliate links, in line with the Amazon Associates Programme Operating Agreement.
What “affiliate link” means
When you click an affiliate link on PodSavvy and buy something on Amazon UK within 24 hours, Amazon credits a small commission to us. The commission rate varies by product category. For coffee pods (categorised as Grocery on Amazon UK), the standard rate is around 3% of the purchase price.
The price you pay is exactly the same as if you’d gone directly to Amazon UK without clicking our link. The commission comes out of Amazon’s margin, not your wallet.
What we don’t do
We don’t take payment from any pod manufacturer or brand to feature their product. We don’t have advertising sponsorships, sponsored content, or paid placements in our rankings. We don’t sell email lists, reader data, or analytics to third parties.
When a brand sends us samples (rare in the affiliate-site world), we mention it in the review. When a brand offers to pay for a “featured slot” in a guide, we decline.
How rankings are decided
Every ranking on PodSavvy is based on cost per cup, calculated from the current Amazon UK list price divided by the number of pods in the pack. Where two pods are similarly priced, we use editorial judgement about taste, machine compatibility, and consistency. The product we’d buy ourselves is the product we put at the top.
The commission Amazon pays us doesn’t influence this judgement. A 35p premium pod earns more commission than a 14.5p budget pod, but the budget pod usually wins on value and sits higher in our rankings. L’OR Espresso Ristretto tops the Nespresso Original ranking despite being the cheapest pod in that guide. It earns the lowest per-click commission of anything on that page.
When supermarkets beat Amazon
Where a supermarket sells the same pod cheaper than Amazon (Aldi Alcafé at 15.6p per cup, Sainsbury’s running offers on Lavazza Qualità Rossa, etc.), we mention it in the per-product review. We earn nothing from supermarket sales, but the reader’s interest comes before the affiliate revenue.
UK rules we follow
We comply with:
The Amazon Associates Programme Operating Agreement. This includes the required “As an Amazon Associate” disclosure phrase, accurate pricing (we date our prices and refresh fortnightly), and no misleading product claims.
UK CAP Code / ASA rules on affiliate marketing. Affiliate links are disclosed prominently on every page containing them. A disclosure callout appears above every comparison table.
CMA guidance on hidden advertising. Our rankings are based on value criteria we publish openly, not on undisclosed payment from brands.
Cookies set by affiliate links
When you click an Amazon affiliate link, Amazon sets a cookie on your browser via amazon.co.uk that lasts 24 hours. This cookie tells Amazon you arrived via our affiliate ID, which is how the commission gets credited if you complete a purchase. We don’t set this cookie ourselves; Amazon sets it on their own domain. See our cookies policy for the full breakdown.
Questions
Email hello@podsavvy.co.uk if you’ve spotted a pricing change or want to ask about a specific ranking.