Transparency: How Does Backgammon Meister Fund Itself?

Backgammon Meister has been online since 2008, free and ad-free for every reader. To make that possible, the site is funded through affiliate links.

What are affiliate links?

Some links on this site — to backgammon cases, books, or online providers like Gameduell, for example — are partner links (via programs including the Amazon Associates program, Awin, Etsy, and others). If you buy something or sign up through one of these links, Backgammon Meister may earn a small commission from the provider — at no extra cost to you. The price you pay is always the same, whether you buy through one of our links or go directly to the provider.

Technically, these links run through the /linkto/... address on this site — that keeps the actual, often long and messy tracking URLs out of the visible text and makes it easy to update a link’s destination if a partner program changes.

Does this influence our recommendations?

No. Which products, cases, or books get recommended here is decided purely by editorial judgment — not by the size of a potential commission. There’s no paid ranking and no purchased placement: a product is recommended because we think it’s good, not because someone paid for it to be there.

Who’s behind the content?

Every article on Backgammon Meister comes from Ulf Mayer, who has run the site since 2008 and has played backgammon himself for many years — from quick matches on his smartphone to games with a fine wooden board among family and friends. More on that at the end of every article, in the author box.

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