Material connection disclosure.
The Archive earns affiliate commissions on pointer-tier listings. We declare every link, every commission, every relationship.
Who we are. Apex Tatva is a non-profit archival project preserving the 80-book canonical corpus of traditional medicine. The Sovereign Bazaar is one surface of that archive.
How commissions work. When you click a Tier A (Pointer) listing and complete a purchase at Amazon, iHerb, Banyan Botanicals, Pukka, Etsy, or a partner Shopify storefront, the Archive may receive a commission of 3–10% of the sale price. You pay nothing extra.
Affiliate programs we participate in. Amazon Associates Program (US/IN/UK/DE/JP), Impact.com network (iHerb, Banyan, Pukka, Gaia, Pure Encapsulations), ShareASale, Etsy Affiliate Program, partner Shopify Storefront referrals.
What we do with commissions. 100% of net affiliate revenue funds the digitisation, translation, and verification of the 80-book corpus and the operating costs of the Trust-Node verification network.
What we do NOT do. We do not accept payment for editorial placement in canonical lineage. The canon is fixed. Vendor listings are filtered through canonical binding — listings that cannot bind to a citation are rejected, regardless of commission.
Tier B (Sovereign / Mediated) listings. The Archive acts as facilitator using Stripe as merchant of record. We keep 0% — funds flow to the verified Trust-Node steward minus Stripe fees.
EU users. Under Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 (Platform-to-Business), ranking parameters are: (1) canonical citation depth, (2) Trust-Node verification status, (3) jurisdictional availability, (4) recency. Affiliate commission rate is not a ranking factor.
Amazon Associates required wording. As an Amazon Associate, the Archive earns from qualifying purchases.