HireDronePilot is a participant in the Amazon Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by linking to Amazon.co.uk. This page explains what that means in practice, which links carry a commercial relationship, and how it does or does not influence the advice on this site.
In plain English
If you click a “Check price on Amazon” button in one of our buying guides and you then buy something on Amazon, HireDronePilot may earn a small commission from Amazon. The price you pay does not change. The commission comes out of Amazon’s margin, not your pocket.
What this means for the advice you read here
Every drone we recommend is a drone we would fly ourselves, or recommend to a close friend asking which drone to buy. The ranking in our buying guides reflects genuine experience and the specifications published by the manufacturer in each drone’s user manual — not which product pays the highest commission. If a drone does not deserve to be on the list, it is not on the list, regardless of whether it earns a penny.
We also do not inflate prices or route you to worse offers to earn more. The Amazon price you see is the Amazon price everyone sees. Amazon’s Operating Agreement forbids us from quoting prices that are out of date, which is why our guides tell you to check the current price on Amazon itself rather than showing a figure here that might be wrong by the time you read it.
Which links are affiliate links
Every button labelled “Check price on Amazon” in our buying guides is an Amazon Associates affiliate link. Those links carry the rel="sponsored" attribute so that search engines and browsers can see clearly that a commercial relationship exists. Normal internal links between pages on HireDronePilot, and ordinary reference links to the CAA and other authorities, are not affiliate links and carry no commercial relationship.
If we ever add a different affiliate programme beyond Amazon, this page will be updated to name it.
The exact Amazon wording
Amazon requires all participating sites to carry the following statement somewhere prominent, and we are happy to carry it here as well: “As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.”
Your position under UK advertising rules
The UK Advertising Standards Authority requires sites that publish paid or commission-earning content to identify that content clearly. Every HireDronePilot article containing affiliate links carries a visible disclosure at the top of the article and a per-link note next to every Amazon button, in addition to this full disclosure page. If you ever feel a commercial relationship has not been signposted clearly enough, please let us know.
Contact
Questions about this disclosure, or about any commercial relationship on the site, can be sent to peter@hiredronepilot.uk. Peter reads and answers every email personally.
Updates
This disclosure was last revised on 20 April 2026. Material changes will be highlighted on this page with a revised “last updated” date.