Last updated: March 19, 2026
The short version: Commodity.com earns money when you click an affiliate link and go on to open an account with a broker. It costs you nothing extra. It does not affect our editorial content, review scores, or which brokers we recommend.
Contents
1. How our business model works
Commodity.com is a free resource. We do not charge readers for access to our guides, price data, broker comparisons, or educational content. We earn revenue through affiliate commissions. Here is exactly how that works:
- You read our content. You visit Commodity.com for commodity guides, live price data, broker comparisons, trading education, or market analysis.
- You see broker recommendations relevant to your country. Our GeoIP system detects your approximate location and shows brokers that are licensed and regulated in your jurisdiction. This is for regulatory compliance – brokers are legally restricted in which countries they can accept clients from.
- You click an affiliate link. If you click a link to a broker’s website, you are taken directly to that broker. A tracking cookie records that you came from Commodity.com.
- You open an account. If you decide to open a trading account and begin trading, the broker pays us a commission for the referral.
- You pay nothing extra. The broker’s fees, spreads, commissions, and account terms are identical whether you arrive from our site or go to the broker directly. Our commission comes from the broker’s marketing budget, not from your pocket.
That is the entire model. No paywalls. No sponsored content. No data sales.
2. Our affiliate partners
We have affiliate relationships with the brokers and financial service providers listed below. If a company appears on this page, assume that any link to their website on Commodity.com is an affiliate link unless stated otherwise.
| Partner | Category | Affiliate Relationship | Review Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| APMEX | Precious Metals | Yes | No |
| AvaTrade | CFD Broker | Yes | Yes |
| Binance | Crypto Exchange | Yes | Yes |
| Bitfinex | Crypto Exchange | Yes | No |
| bitFlyer | Crypto Exchange | Yes | No |
| BitMEX | Crypto Exchange | Yes | No |
| Bitpanda | Crypto Exchange | Yes | No |
| BullionStar | Precious Metals | Yes | No |
| BullionVault | Precious Metals | Yes | Yes |
| Capital.com | CFD Broker | Yes | No |
| City Index | CFD Broker | Yes | Yes |
| CMC Markets | CFD Broker | Yes | Yes |
| Coinbase | Crypto Exchange | Yes | Yes |
| Crypto.com | Crypto Exchange | Yes | Yes |
| Easymarkets | CFD Broker | Yes | Yes |
| eOption | Options Broker | Yes | No |
| eToro | CFD Broker | Yes | Yes |
| Forex.com | CFD Broker | Yes | Yes |
| Fortrade | CFD Broker | Yes | Yes |
| FXCM | CFD Broker | Yes | Yes |
| Gemini | Crypto Exchange | Yes | Yes |
| GoldBroker | Precious Metals | Yes | No |
| Huobi | Crypto Exchange | Yes | No |
| HYCM | CFD Broker | Yes | Yes |
| IG | CFD Broker | Yes | Yes |
| Kraken | Crypto Exchange | Yes | Yes |
| Libertex | CFD Broker | Yes | No |
| Markets.com | CFD Broker | Yes | Yes |
| Money Metals Exchange | Precious Metals | Yes | No |
| OKX | Crypto Exchange | Yes | No |
| Pepperstone | CFD Broker | Yes | Yes |
| Plus500 | CFD Broker | Yes | Yes |
| Revolut | Fintech | Yes | No |
| Robinhood | Stock Broker | Yes | Yes |
| SD Bullion | Precious Metals | Yes | No |
| Skilling | CFD Broker | Yes | Yes |
| Stormgain | Crypto Exchange | Yes | No |
| Trading 212 | Stock Broker | Yes | Yes |
| TradingView | Charting Platform | Yes | No |
| XM | CFD Broker | Yes | Yes |
| XTB | CFD Broker | Yes | Yes |
This table is updated whenever a partnership begins or ends.
3. Amazon Associates
Commodity.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
Assume any link to Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, or any other Amazon domain on this site is an affiliate link. If you click through and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.
4. Affiliate networks
In addition to direct affiliate relationships with the brokers listed above, we work with the following affiliate networks:
- ShareASale – An affiliate network that connects publishers with merchants across multiple categories.
- Commission Junction (CJ Affiliate) – One of the largest affiliate networks, used by many financial service providers.
- Skimlinks – A network that may automatically convert certain outbound links into affiliate links where a commercial relationship exists.
Network partnerships may change over time. Where a link is monetized through a network rather than a direct partnership, the same disclosure principles apply: you pay nothing extra, and the relationship does not influence our editorial content.
5. Companies we mention without affiliate relationships
Many companies, organizations, and institutions are mentioned on Commodity.com in editorial content where we have no commercial relationship of any kind. When we reference these entities, it is because they are relevant to the topic – not because we are paid to mention them.
Examples of entities we reference editorially with no affiliate or commercial relationship:
Regulatory bodies: CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission), SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission), FCA (Financial Conduct Authority), ASIC (Australian Securities and Investments Commission), CySEC (Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission), BaFin, FINMA, MAS, NFA, FINRA.
Exchanges and market infrastructure: CME Group, NYMEX (New York Mercantile Exchange), COMEX, ICE (Intercontinental Exchange), LME (London Metal Exchange), LBMA (London Bullion Market Association), CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade), Shanghai Futures Exchange, Tokyo Commodity Exchange.
Government and data agencies: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), USDA, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Census Bureau, World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), OPEC.
Industry organizations: World Gold Council, Silver Institute, International Copper Study Group, International Coffee Organization, International Cocoa Organization.
Companies mentioned in market context: When commodity guides discuss major producers, miners, or traders (e.g., Glencore, BHP, Rio Tinto, Saudi Aramco, ExxonMobil), these are editorial references to explain market dynamics. We have no commercial relationship with these companies.
If we ever establish an affiliate relationship with a company that was previously mentioned only editorially, it will be added to the partner table above and disclosed accordingly.
6. What affiliate relationships do not affect
Our affiliate partnerships have no influence over:
- Which brokers we review. We review brokers without affiliate relationships. We do not exclude brokers because they declined to partner with us, and we do not add brokers to our reviews simply because they offered an affiliate deal.
- The scores or ratings we give in reviews. Review scores are determined by our editorial team using documented criteria. A broker paying us a higher commission does not receive a higher score.
- The accuracy of fee data, spread information, or regulatory status. We report the facts as we find them. If an affiliate partner has high fees, we say so. If they have regulatory warnings, we report them.
- The risk warnings we display. CFD risk warnings, general trading risk disclaimers, and instrument-specific cautions appear regardless of affiliate status. We will never soften a risk warning to protect commission income.
- Whether we recommend a broker or advise caution. If an affiliate partner’s service deteriorates, loses regulatory standing, or raises fees to uncompetitive levels, we will say so. If a non-partner broker is genuinely better for a specific use case, we will recommend them.
Our editorial policy documents these safeguards in detail. Our methodology page explains exactly how we evaluate and score brokers.
7. How GeoIP targeting works
When you visit Commodity.com, our system detects your approximate geographic location using your IP address (via IP2Location). This determines which brokers you see recommended on our pages.
This serves both regulatory compliance and commercial purposes. We are upfront about both:
- Different brokers are licensed in different countries. A broker regulated by the FCA (UK) may not be authorized to accept clients from Japan. A broker regulated by ASIC (Australia) may not operate in the EU.
- Some products are restricted by jurisdiction. For example, CFDs (Contracts for Difference) are not available to retail clients in the United States. US users see different broker recommendations because CFD brokers are legally prohibited from serving them.
- Sanctions and KYC requirements vary. Brokers must comply with local Know Your Customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) regulations. Showing a broker to users in jurisdictions where that broker cannot legally operate would be irresponsible.
In practice, this means:
| If you are in… | You will see… | Because… |
|---|---|---|
| United States | US-regulated brokers only (e.g., Forex.com, Robinhood) | CFDs are banned for US retail clients; only NFA/CFTC-regulated brokers can serve US users |
| United Kingdom | FCA-regulated brokers | UK residents should use brokers authorized by the Financial Conduct Authority |
| Australia | ASIC-regulated brokers | ASIC is the relevant financial regulator for Australian residents |
| European Union | CySEC/EU-regulated brokers | MiFID II passporting allows CySEC-licensed brokers to serve EU clients |
GeoIP detection is approximate and based on your IP address, not precise GPS data. If you use a VPN, you may see broker recommendations for the VPN server’s country rather than your actual location. See our privacy policy for details on how location data is handled.
8. Why we chose this model
There are several ways a financial information site can make money. We chose affiliate commissions because the alternatives are worse for readers:
- Display advertising clutters the page, slows load times, introduces tracking scripts from dozens of third-party ad networks, and creates a worse reading experience – especially on mobile. Financial display ads are also frequently misleading.
- Paywalls restrict access to financial education and market information that we believe should be freely available. Commodity markets affect food prices, energy costs, and the wider economy. Locking that information behind a subscription serves nobody well.
- Sponsored content – articles written or paid for by the companies we cover – compromises editorial independence. We would rather earn nothing from a broker than publish their marketing copy as our own editorial.
- Selling user data is something we will never do. Your reading habits, search patterns, and personal information are not products we sell to third parties.
Affiliate commissions let us publish free, independent content. The trade-off is that we must be transparent about these relationships – which is the purpose of this page.
We may introduce display advertising in the future if it can be done without degrading the user experience. If we do, this page will be updated to reflect that change.
9. Your choice
You can bypass any affiliate link on this site by searching for the broker’s name directly in your browser. You will arrive at the same website, with the same fees and terms. We would rather you use our links – it helps fund the site at no cost to you – but we respect your choice either way.
If you find our content useful and want to support the site, the best thing you can do is use our links when signing up for a broker you were going to use anyway. It costs you nothing and helps us keep publishing.
10. Contact
Questions about our commercial relationships, affiliate partnerships, or anything on this page? Contact us at /contact/.
If you believe an affiliate relationship has influenced our editorial content in any way, we want to hear about it. That would be a failure of our editorial process, and we take it seriously.
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