Additional Disclaimers & Disclosures

Written by BarBend Team

Last updated on January 18th, 2023

This page was created to provide additional clarity on how we create the content of this website, our relationships with product companies and manufacturers, etc. We are also disclosing this information in an effort to be in accordance with the FTC’s “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising“. 16 CFR, Part 255

As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

Receipt of Products

In some cases for our reviews, we receive the product for free in exchange for us considering writing a review (in some cases, where noted specifically, we may just provide a summary of the findings of customers elsewhere). Simply receiving a product does not guarantee we will publish a review of it.

The content of our reviews is true opinion. With that being said, we have received products from the following companies for free:

2POOD
Adidas
Ample
Ascent
Athletic Brewing Company
Athletic Greens
Attitude Nation
Average Broz
Bar Shack
BSN
Bulletproof
Burgabox
Burt’s Bees
ButcherBox
CavemanChefs
Cellucor
Compex
Earth Fed Muscle
Element 26
Eleiko
Elivate Nutrition
ExoSleeve
Factor
Fresh n’ Lean
Force USA
Ghost Nutrition
Giants Pro
Green Vibrance
Gymreapers
Harbinger
HLTH Code
Ice Age Meals
IdealLean/IdealFit/IdealShape
Inov-8
Isopure
Jacked Factory
KAGED Muscle
Kettlebell Kings
Ladder
Leanbean
Legion Athletics
Magic Spoon
Manimal
Marc Pro
MyProtein
Naked Nutrition
Natrogix
Natural Stacks
New Zealand Honey Co.
Nike
OLIFT
One Bar
Onnit
Optimum Nutrition
Opti-Nutra
Paleo Meals To Go
Paleo Power Meals
Paleovalley
Performance Labs
Pete’s Paleo
Pioneer Belts/Pioneer Fitness
Plantrise
Powher
PrettyFit
Promix
Reebok
Ritual
RockTape
Rootz
RxBar
SBD
Schiek
SculptNation
Seed
SOLE Fitness
Territory Foods
The Good Kitchen
Tonal
Transparent Labs
Trifecta Nutrition
Unbroken Designs
Ultimate Nutrition
Under Armour
VitaHustle
Vital Protein
WHOOP
Xtend
Xwerks

Affiliate Links

In some cases on our reviews you may find “affiliate links.” Essentially what that means is that if you click the link and make a purchase, we may receive a small commission. This comes at no cost to you whatsoever. It simply means that the origin of the sale is tracked back to our website. We may also provide a coupon for a product that is used to track the source of a sale, for which we are then compensated.

Not all companies pay a commission, so in an effort to provide full transparency for those reading the reviews, below we will disclose the list of companies with whom we have a direct affiliate relationship (either through direct link or coupons we provide).

Amazing Grass
Ambronite
American Barbell
Ample
Athletic Greens
Bar Shack
Blue Apron
Bragg
Built Bar
Bulk Supplements
ButcherBox
Bowflex
Campus Protein
Care/of
Cellucor
CITYROW
ChallengeMe
Compex
Eleiko
EveryPlate
Fitlifetv
Factor
Field Work Nutrition
Fresh n’ Lean
Fringe Sport
Force USA
Get RXd
GORUCK
Gravitus
GreenBlender
Gym Reapers
HelloFresh
HLTH Code
Hol Food
Home Chef
Horizon Fitness
Hyfit
ICON
Iconic Protein
IdealShape
IdealLean
IdealRaw
IdealFit
Inov-8
Instant Knockout
Jacked Factory
Jaybird Sport
JLab Audio
KAGED Muscle
Kegenix
Kettlebells USA
Kettlebell Kings
Kylea Health
Ladder
Leanbean
Legion Athletics
Life Extension
Life Fitness
Live Well Sports
LuXiaojun Barbell
Magic Spoon
Manimal
Marley Spoon
Medifast
MuscleFeast
MyProtein
Naked Nutrition
NordicTrack
Onnit
Opove
Organifi
Paleo Meals To Go
PaleoEthics
Paleovalley
Perform Better
Performance Labs
PhenQ
Plated
Position USA
Pure Formulas
Powher
Queal
Reebok
Rep Fitness
Ritual
Rogue Fitness
SBD
SculptNation
Seed
SOLE Fitness
Sun Basket
Tempo
The Good Kitchen
Titan Fitness
Tonal
Transparent Labs
Trifecta Nutrition
TRX
Total Living Drink Greens
Uesaka USA
Under Armour
Vibrant Health
VitaHustle
Wandering Bear
WHOOP
Xtend
Xwerks

We may also may link to general e-commerce sites where we receive an affiliate commission, though we have no direct relationship with the company that manufactures the product. For example, we link to a particular product on Amazon.com and receive a commission, though this is purely a relationship with Amazon, and not a relationship with the product’s manufacturer.

As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

These other, general sites include:

Amazon.com
Bodybuilding.com
MoreNiche
Stacked Brands
RogueFitness.com
LiveWellSports.com

Types of Content

We primarily utilize engage in affiliate relationships when reviewing products, or creating “best list” roundups. Some examples of best list roundups would be:

Creatine Supplements (supplement)

Whey Protein (supplement)

Squat Racks (equipment)