Affiliate Disclosure

Commission and Offer Terms

Readwell Media owns and publishes Top Shelf Mushrooms. Certain product mentions may be affiliate offers; if you order through one, this publication could collect a commission while you pay no extra cost.

Each page states when such a payment applies, so read that note before ordering. Readwell Media also owns Pilly Labs, a brand under the same owner as this site, and orders placed there support Readwell Media directly.

This page is published by TopShelfMushrooms.com.

Last updated: May 2026 Top Shelf Mushrooms is transparent about all commercial relationships that may influence what appears on this site. This page explains those relationships in full, in compliance with the Federal Trade Commission’s Endorsement Guides (16 CFR Part 255).

Our Commercial Relationship with Pilly Labs

Top Shelf Mushrooms features products made by Pilly Labs (pillylabs.com). Pilly Labs is the commercial brand that this editorial publication supports. This relationship means:

• Pilly Labs products appear throughout this site in articles, guides, species pages, and product reviews
• Links to Pilly Labs products on this site are paid links — when you click through and make a purchase, Top Shelf Mushrooms may receive commercial benefit
• Banner advertisements and optin forms on this site promote Pilly Labs products directly

What this relationship does not mean:

• It does not mean our ingredient research is fabricated or exaggerated to favor Pilly Labs
• It does not mean we claim Pilly Labs products are clinically proven to produce specific outcomes — we apply the same evidence standards to Pilly Labs products as to all content on this site
• It does not mean we run paid links to competitor products — we do not
• It does not mean we publish negative reviews of other brands — we do not

How We Disclose Paid Links

In compliance with FTC guidelines, paid links to Pilly Labs products are disclosed in two ways:

1. In-article disclosure — A disclosure notice appears at or near the top of every article or review page that contains paid links, stating the commercial relationship clearly before you encounter the first link
2. Link-level disclosure — Paid links use rel="sponsored" markup to signal their commercial nature to search engines

The standard disclosure language used throughout this site:

“Top Shelf Mushrooms and Pilly Labs are both owned by Readwell Media. Links to Pilly Labs products on this page are paid links. If you purchase through them, Top Shelf Mushrooms may benefit commercially at no additional cost to you. This does not influence our evidence assessments or content standards.”

What Are Paid Links?

A paid link is a link where the publisher (Top Shelf Mushrooms) has a commercial relationship with the destination (Pilly Labs) — meaning we may receive compensation when you purchase through that link. “Paid link” is the clearest and most accurate way to describe this relationship. You may also encounter the term “affiliate link” used elsewhere on the internet to describe the same type of commercial link. We use “paid link” language because the FTC has indicated that “affiliate link” alone may not be sufficiently clear to all consumers about the commercial nature of the relationship.

No Third-Party Affiliate Links

Unlike many supplement review sites, Top Shelf Mushrooms does not run affiliate links to third-party brands. We do not earn commissions from links to Amazon, iHerb, or any supplement brand other than Pilly Labs. Our product coverage is limited to Pilly Labs products precisely because our commercial relationship is with that brand specifically.

How We Keep It Straight

Our commercial relationship with Pilly Labs does not override our editorial standards. When we describe the research on an ingredient, we describe it accurately — including what the evidence does not show, where it is preliminary, and where marketing claims have outrun the data. This applies to Pilly Labs ingredients as much as to any other topic on this site. Pilly Labs is credited as the product formulator throughout this site. Top Shelf Mushrooms is the content publisher. These are distinct entities with distinct roles.

FTC Compliance

This disclosure is provided in compliance with the Federal Trade Commission’s Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (16 CFR Part 255, revised 2023). If you have questions about these disclosures or believe a paid relationship has not been adequately disclosed on any page of this site, contact us via our Contact page.

Questions

Questions about our commercial relationships or disclosure practices can be submitted via our Contact page. We are committed to full transparency about how this site works commercially.