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Affiliate disclosure

Which links pay us, how much influence that buys (none), and the category we refuse outright.

The short version

Some links on BladeIndex are affiliate links. If you follow one to a marketplace and buy, sell or trade there, we may earn a commission. It costs you nothing extra, and it has no effect on which knife ranks where, what band we print, or which finish we recommend. Bands are read from the marketplaces before any partner relationship is considered, and the check-date on every page is the proof.

Every outbound partner link is routed through a /go/ address on this domain so you can always see that it is one. The programs we participate in or may apply to are established marketplaces and trade services for CS2 items: SkinBaron, DMarket, white.market, Skinport, CSFloat, Lis-Skins, Tradeit, SkinSwap, Swap.gg and CS.TRADE. Some of those programs are gated and may not yet be active; the link works either way. Links to documentation, catalogues and news sources are plain links and earn nothing.

What we refuse

We do not participate in, review, rank or link case-opening, case-battle, upgrader or skin-betting programs, regardless of the commission offered. These are typically the highest-paying programs in this niche, and that is exactly why the refusal is written down here and on the about page rather than left to judgement.

Independence

BladeIndex is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Valve Corporation or by any marketplace it links to. Counter-Strike and all item imagery are property of Valve Corporation and are used for identification only. Questions about any relationship disclosed here can go to [email protected] or the contact page.