How we make money, what gets linked, and the rules we hold ourselves to when recommending tools. Short, plain, and honest.
Last updated: April 15, 2026
30-second version
If you click one and buy something, the tool’s vendor pays me a percentage — at no extra cost to you. Your price, features, and support are identical whether you use my link or not. The commission does not influence what gets recommended, and it never will. Every paid link is labeled in the post.
The rules I follow
A tool has to earn its spot. If I haven’t run it in my own solo business for at least a week of real work, it doesn’t get linked.
Where two tools compete, I recommend the one that fits the reader — even when the other pays more. Posts will name both and say why.
Every link that pays me is flagged inline or in the post’s disclosure box. If a link isn’t flagged, it doesn’t pay me.
If a recommendation ages badly, the post gets a dated update at the top — not a quiet edit.
The legal bit
The US Federal Trade Commission requires publishers to clearly disclose material connections — including affiliate commissions — when endorsing products. This page, plus the disclosure box on every post that contains affiliate links, is how RunItOnAutopilot meets that requirement.
Relationships with the programs listed below may include: percentage-of-sale commissions, flat per-signup bounties, recurring revenue share on subscription tools, or a mix. Programs change terms. The fact of a commission existing is what matters — the amount doesn’t change the recommendation.
Programs I’m in
Non-exhaustive — programs join and leave this list over time. If a tool appears in a post and isn’t here, assume no commission is earned.
Kit (ConvertKit)
Email / newsletter
ActiveCampaign
Email / CRM
GetResponse
Email / autoresponders
Surfer SEO
SEO tooling
monday.com
Project management
ClickUp
Project management
Dubsado
Client management
HoneyBook
Client management
Notion
Docs & systems
Zapier
Automation
Common questions
No. The commission comes out of the tool’s marketing budget, not your bill. Your price is the same whether you click here, type the URL in yourself, or hear about it from a friend.
Not on the blog. Sponsored slots may appear in the newsletter later, and they’ll be labeled Sponsored at the top of the email — never mixed into an editorial recommendation.
It still has to be the right pick for the reader. When programs pay very differently for similar tools (common in email software), I’ll say so in the post so you can weigh it yourself.
Nothing on your end. You get the same price and the same tool. I just don’t get credited for the referral — which is fine.
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