Summary: Many products are sold directly by ZS Trader — you add them to the cart and pay us at checkout. Others are fulfilled by partner stores, including AliExpress, through affiliate links: ZS Trader participates in the AliExpress Affiliate Programme (AliExpress Portals) and may receive a commission when you buy through one of those links. You never pay more because of this.
How to tell which is which
If a product has an Add to cart button, you are buying from ZS Trader and paying us directly at checkout — no affiliate relationship is involved. If it has a Buy Now button that opens a new tab, that link is an affiliate link to the partner store that fulfils it, and the note under the button says so on every such product page.
What is an affiliate link?
Every affiliate "Buy Now" button takes you to the product's page on the partner store (usually AliExpress.com). The link includes a tracking code that tells AliExpress the visit came from us. If you complete a purchase within AliExpress's tracking window (usually up to 30 days for most categories), AliExpress pays us a small percentage of the sale as a referral fee.
Affiliate links are marked with the rel="sponsored" attribute in our HTML, which is the industry standard for identifying paid or commercial links to search engines.
Does it cost you anything?
No. The price you pay on AliExpress is identical whether you arrive from ZS Trader or type the address in yourself. The commission is paid by AliExpress out of their own margin. In some cases our links may even carry a coupon or promotional price that isn't available elsewhere.
How commissions affect what we recommend
They don't decide it. Commission rates vary slightly between product categories, but we choose products based on seller reliability, review quality, and value for money — not on which category pays us more. We regularly feature low-commission items because they're genuinely the best choice.
We don't accept payment from sellers for placement, and we don't accept free products in exchange for a listing. If a seller ever sends us a sample, we'll say so on the product page.
Who you're buying from
When the button opens a partner store, ZS Trader is not the seller. Your contract of sale is with that seller, and your purchase is protected by AliExpress Buyer Protection. Refunds, disputes and delivery problems are handled through your AliExpress account.
Prices, ratings and availability
For affiliate products, prices, discounts, ratings, review counts and order counts shown here are collected from the partner store at the time the product was added or last updated. Sellers change prices and run promotions frequently, so the figures here are a guide, not a guarantee. The price shown on AliExpress at checkout is always the final price.
Other relationships
Apart from selling our own products, ZS Trader currently earns affiliate income only through the AliExpress Affiliate Programme. If we join other programmes in future, this page will be updated to list them.
Legal basis
This disclosure is provided in accordance with the US Federal Trade Commission's Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (16 CFR Part 255), the UK Advertising Standards Authority's CAP Code, and equivalent consumer-protection rules in other jurisdictions.
Questions
If anything here is unclear, contact us and we'll be happy to explain.
Last updated: 19 September 2026