Affiliate Disclosure

How LegalZone.com Makes Money

LegalZone.com is a free legal education platform. We don’t charge readers to access our guides, templates, articles, or resources. Instead, we earn revenue through affiliate commissions — when you click certain links on our Site and purchase a product or service, we may earn a referral fee at no additional cost to you.

This page explains how our affiliate relationships work, what it means for you, and how we maintain editorial independence despite these financial relationships.

What Is an Affiliate Link?

An affiliate link is a special URL that tracks that you were referred to a third-party website from LegalZone.com. If you click an affiliate link and subsequently purchase a product or service from the third-party provider, the provider pays us a commission — typically a percentage of the sale or a fixed referral fee.

Affiliate links look and function like regular links. They take you to the same website you’d reach by typing the URL directly. The only difference is that a tracking cookie or referral code is attached so the provider knows you came from our Site. You never pay more for using an affiliate link. The price is the same whether you click through from LegalZone.com or go directly to the provider’s website.

What Products and Services Do We Link To?

Our affiliate relationships are limited to products and services directly relevant to our content — business formation, legal tools, and related services that our readers actually need. These include:

• Business formation services — LLC and corporation filing services, including BusinessFormations.com
• Registered agent services — companies that provide registered agent designations across US states
• Legal document services — platforms offering legal templates, contract drafting, and document review
• Business banking — banks and financial institutions offering business accounts
• Accounting and tax software — bookkeeping, invoicing, and tax preparation tools
• Payroll services — payroll platforms for businesses with employees
• Business insurance — general liability, E&O, and other business insurance providers
• Domain and hosting services — website tools for new businesses

We do not participate in affiliate programs for products or services unrelated to business formation and legal education. You will not find affiliate links to random consumer products, financial trading platforms, or anything outside our core subject matter.

Affiliate Networks We Work With

We participate in affiliate programs through the following networks and direct partnerships:

• BusinessFormations.com — direct partnership for business formation services
• CJ Affiliate (Commission Junction) — affiliate network connecting publishers with advertisers
• Impact — affiliate and partnership management platform
• FlexOffers — affiliate network
• ShareASale — affiliate network
• Individual partner programs — direct affiliate relationships with specific service providers

Each affiliate network and partner has its own terms, commission structures, and cookie durations. Our participation in these programs does not imply endorsement of every product or service available through the network — only those we specifically choose to recommend.

How Affiliate Commissions Work

When you click an affiliate link on LegalZone.com:

1. You are redirected to the third-party provider’s website.
2. A tracking cookie is placed on your device (if you’ve consented to affiliate cookies via our cookie banner).
3. If you complete a qualifying action (typically a purchase or signup) within the cookie window (usually 30–90 days), the provider records the referral.
4. The provider pays LegalZone.com (EJB SAS) a commission — either a percentage of the sale or a fixed referral fee.
5. You pay the same price as any other customer. The commission comes from the provider’s marketing budget, not from your pocket.

Editorial Independence

This is the most important section of this disclosure. Our editorial content is independent of our affiliate relationships. Specifically:

• We choose what to recommend based on quality. Our recommendations are determined by research, testing, and relevance to our audience — not by commission rates. A product that pays a 50% commission but doesn’t deliver value to our readers will not be recommended. A product that pays 5% but genuinely helps our readers will be.
• Affiliate partners cannot influence our content. No partner has editorial approval, review rights, or the ability to request changes to our guides, comparisons, or recommendations.
• We disclose negative information. If a service has significant drawbacks, we include them — even if that service is an affiliate partner. Readers deserve the full picture.
• We cover non-affiliate options too. Not every product or service we mention is an affiliate link. We include free alternatives (like IRS.gov for EIN applications and FinCEN for BOI filing) even though they generate no revenue for us — because they’re the right recommendation for the reader.
• We never create content solely to promote an affiliate product. Our content strategy is driven by reader needs, search demand, and our editorial mission — not by which products we can monetize.

How We Identify Affiliate Links

Pages on LegalZone.com that contain affiliate links include a disclosure statement — typically near the top of the page or adjacent to the affiliate links — indicating that the page contains affiliate links and that we may earn a commission from qualifying purchases.

We strive to make these disclosures clear and conspicuous. If you’re ever unsure whether a link is an affiliate link, assume it may be — especially links to commercial products and services. Or simply contact us at contact@legalzone.com and we’ll confirm.

FTC Compliance

This Affiliate Disclosure is provided in compliance with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines on endorsements and testimonials (16 CFR Part 255), which require disclosure of material connections between endorsers (including publishers) and the products or services they recommend.

While EJB SAS is a French company, we serve a global audience that includes US readers. We voluntarily comply with FTC disclosure guidelines as a matter of best practice and reader transparency, in addition to complying with applicable EU and French consumer protection and advertising regulations.

Your Choices

You are never required to use our affiliate links. You can:

• Navigate directly: Type the provider’s URL into your browser instead of clicking our link. You’ll reach the same website at the same price — we just won’t receive a commission.
• Block affiliate cookies: Decline affiliate cookies via our cookie consent banner, or configure your browser to block third-party cookies. Affiliate tracking won’t function without cookies.
• Use free alternatives: For many services (EIN registration, BOI filing), the government provides free direct access. We always link to free options where they exist.

Using our affiliate links is completely voluntary. If you choose to use them, it’s a simple way to support free content on LegalZone.com at no cost to you.

Relationship with BusinessFormations.com

LegalZone.com and BusinessFormations.com are both operated by EJB SAS. When we link to BusinessFormations.com, we are linking to a related property under the same corporate entity. This is not a typical third-party affiliate relationship — it is a direct internal referral between two websites owned by the same company.

We disclose this relationship prominently because transparency matters. Our editorial recommendations for BusinessFormations.com are subject to the same editorial standards as any other recommendation — we recommend it because we believe it provides genuine value, and we disclose the corporate relationship so you can factor that into your assessment.

Tax and Legal Context

Affiliate commissions received by EJB SAS are declared as revenue in accordance with French tax law and applicable international tax regulations. Our affiliate activities are conducted through our registered French entity (SIREN 993 526 326) and are subject to French corporate taxation and VAT where applicable.

This disclosure does not constitute tax or legal advice. For questions about the tax implications of affiliate income for your own business, consult a qualified tax professional.

Changes to This Disclosure

We may update this Affiliate Disclosure from time to time as we add or remove affiliate partnerships, change affiliate networks, or update our disclosure practices. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date.

Contact

For any questions about our affiliate relationships, editorial independence, or this disclosure, please contact us at:

EJB SAS
5 rue des Scandinaves
77700 Serris, France
Email: contact@legalzone.com