How to Write the Disclosure Line for a Solar Referral Programme 2026

A referral disclosure is the least complicated sentence in your entire article and the one most likely to be written badly. The rule is simple: the reader must be able to tell, without effort, that you may benefit if they register through your link. Everything else is a matter of placement, wording, and consistency.

Where the disclosure belongs

Put it directly before the first referral link, not in the footer and not only in the page metadata. If the article contains a link in the middle, a reader who clicks it must already have seen the disclosure above that point. A common working pattern is three placements: one sentence in the introduction where you first mention the programme, one line beside the call to action, and one line in the closing paragraph.

What a disclosure has to contain

• That you may receive a commission or referral fee if the reader registers.
• That the relationship is commercial rather than editorial.
• That the reader's decision is unaffected by the commission.
• That earnings are not guaranteed.

The first three sentences fit in one line if you write them plainly. The fourth belongs in the disclaimer block, but it should be visible on the same screen rather than three paragraphs down.

Four wording patterns

These are structures you can adapt, not scripts to paste unchanged. The wording that fails is always the wording that sounds like legal boilerplate.

1. Direct: I may earn a referral commission if you register through my link.
2. Contextual: The link below is an affiliate link. If you sign up, I receive a commission at no additional cost to you.
3. Plural: Some links on this page are referral links and may earn me a commission.
4. Editorial: I use this platform and recommend it on that basis, but I also earn a commission from referrals.

Three phrasings that always cause problems

First, this is not an advertisement, written next to a referral link, which is the most common failure. Second, burying the disclosure in a caption under a video, where it is read by nobody. Third, a disclosure that appears only on a separate linked page: by the time the reader opens it, the decision has already been made.

Matching the disclosure to the medium

A caption works for a short video, a spoken line works for a livestream, and a paragraph works for a written article. The medium changes the form, never the substance. On a short video, the disclosure appears before the link is shown on screen, not after it appears in the description.

Checking before you publish

• Is the disclosure above the first referral link, in the same screen?
• Does it say what you receive, without euphemisms?
• Is the earnings disclaimer present and readable?
• Do you use the same wording in every language version?