Advertising & Affiliate Disclosure

1. Why We Disclose

At HostPartyPlay, our mission is to empower party hosts, parents, event planners, and educators with 100% free planning tools, party calculators, printable templates, interactive games, and curated recipes.

Running and maintaining high-speed interactive web tools, creating original entertainment resources, hosting fast servers, and writing comprehensive guides requires real investments of time, engineering, and resources. Rather than putting our party tools behind paid subscriptions or charging membership fees, we fund our operation through contextual display advertising and affiliate referral commissions.

We firmly believe in full transparency and comply with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines concerning endorsements, testimonials, and affiliate advertising (16 CFR Part 255).

2. How Affiliate Links Work

Throughout our articles, supply lists, gift guides, and recipe ingredient roundups, you will encounter links to recommended products, decorations, bakeware, costumes, and party supplies on retailer websites (such as Amazon, Target, Party City, and specialty craft stores).

When you click on one of these affiliate links and subsequently make a purchase, the merchant tracks the referral and pays HostPartyPlay a small percentage commission for directing the traffic.

3. Affiliate Program Participation

4. Display Advertising & Ad Networks

In addition to affiliate links, HostPartyPlay displays programmatic advertisements managed by digital advertising partners (such as Raptive, Mediavine, and Google AdSense).

These advertising partners may use cookies, pixels, and web beacons to serve contextual ads based on the content of the page you are viewing or targeted ads based on your browsing interests. These technologies do not collect sensitive personally identifiable information such as your name, email, or telephone number.

For complete details on how advertising partners collect and process anonymous data, and how you can opt out of interest-based ads, please review our Privacy Policy.

5. Sponsored Content & Product Gifting

On rare occasions, we may collaborate with brands to review party equipment, tabletop supplies, or entertainment kits. In any such instance:

• The collaboration will be clearly identified as “Sponsored” or “Presented in partnership with [Brand]” at the top of the article.
• Sponsored content receives the same honest, rigorous critique as our non-sponsored guides. We never agree to post misleading reviews or guarantee positive coverage.