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Affiliate Disclosure

Last updated: 18th September 2026

The short version

When you buy a gift through a link on Opia, the shop may pay us a small commission. It doesn't add anything to the price you pay. It's how the lights stay on, and how Opia stays free without ads.

Links only work this way if you've agreed. We ask once, when you sign up, and you can change your answer any time in /settings.

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

The longer version

What's an affiliate link?

A regular link sends you straight to the shop. An affiliate link goes to the same page, but tells the shop where you came from. If you buy something within the shop's window (typically 24 hours to 30 days), the shop pays the referrer a small percentage of the sale.

We use two programmes: Amazon Associates for Amazon UK, and Skimlinks for other shops.

Your choice

When you sign up, we ask whether the shop links you open can be affiliate links. Say yes and they work as described below. Say no and every shop link goes straight to the shop, with nothing added. Nothing else on Opia changes either way, and you can switch in /settings.

The choice is yours alone. A list's owner can't make it for the friends who visit their list.

What we do

  • When an item is added: nothing. The link you paste is stored as it is.
  • When you open an Amazon UK link, if you've agreed: it goes straight to amazon.co.uk, with Opia's Associates tag added to the address.
  • When you open a link to another shop, if you've agreed: the click passes through Skimlinks (go.skimresources.com), which sends you on to the shop. That includes Amazon sites outside the UK and amzn.to short links.
  • Links in our emails are never affiliate links.
  • We say so where the links are: above the items on every list, above your open claims, and on your own list. You only see it if you agreed to affiliate links, because otherwise there is nothing to disclose.
  • Everyone who has agreed gets the same link. In your own item's edit panel, you see the link exactly as you pasted it.
  • The buyer pays the same price they would have paid with a plain link.

What we don't do

  • We don't change the link you saved. Your item's address stays exactly as you pasted it.
  • We don't track which specific person bought what. The networks tell us that a click converted at a shop for a commission. Nothing in that ties back to a specific Opia user.
  • We don't favour higher-commission shops. Items appear in the order they were added, and nothing about a shop or its commission changes that.
  • We don't tell wishlist owners that anything was bought. The rule that owners never see claims comes before any commercial reason to say so.
  • We don't load Skimlinks' script, or anyone else's, on our pages.

Which shops?

Skimlinks works with a large number of shops. Amazon UK is handled through Amazon Associates.

If a shop isn't part of either programme, the link still works and earns nothing.

Cookies

If you've agreed to affiliate links, clicking through to a shop can set a cookie controlled by the network (Skimlinks or Amazon), not by Opia. It lets the shop tell the sale came from Opia. These expire under each network's policy (typically 24 hours for Amazon, up to 30 days for Skimlinks shops). You can clear them from your browser any time.

Skimlinks' privacy policy: https://skimlinks.com/privacy-policies/end-users/

As an Amazon Associate

Opia is a participant in the Amazon Associates Programme for Amazon UK (amazon.co.uk), an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Skimlinks

Links to other shops go through Skimlinks, an affiliate network. When you click one, Skimlinks receives the click and the destination address, may set a cookie on its own site, and pays Opia a share of any commission. Skimlinks decides for itself how it uses this data, under its own privacy policy (linked above).

Why we're telling you all this

Because regulators require it, and because we'd rather you know than feel surprised. The model is simple and common: most large UK and US gift and product sites do it. The buyer pays the same, the shop pays for the referral, and we don't have to put ads on the site.

If you'd rather purchases weren't attributed to Opia, choose plain links in /settings.

Questions

Email abbasalibhai.business@gmail.com.