LEGAL · DISCLOSURE · LAST UPDATED JULY 2026
Affiliate Disclosure
We believe you deserve to know exactly how Hosting Garage works, how the hosting links on this site operate, and how they do – and do not – affect what you see here. This page explains all of it, plainly.
The short version
Hosting Garage’s diagnostic tools are free and contain no affiliate links. Some pages display hosting benchmark data served from Host Latency, an independent India hosting benchmark. The links inside that data carry Host Latency’s referral tracking – if you purchase hosting through one, Host Latency may earn a commission from the hosting company, at no additional cost to you. Hosting Garage holds no direct affiliate accounts with hosting providers.
This disclosure is provided in accordance with the FTC Endorsement Guides (16 CFR Part 255, updated 2023), the Consumer Protection Act 2019 (India), and the ASCI Guidelines for Influencer Advertising in Digital Media.
What this means for you
Hosting Garage is a free website health checker. It diagnoses your website’s SSL, DNS, site status, security and server performance from Mumbai – no cost, no signup. The diagnostic tools themselves contain no affiliate links and have no commercial relationship with any hosting provider.
When a check finds that your server response time is high – a hosting-layer problem – the result may reference India hosting benchmark data so you can see how your host compares. That benchmark data, including any purchase links inside it, is served live from Host Latency’s embed API. Those are the only commercial links on this site.
Which links are affiliate links
✓ Affiliate links
Hosting-provider links inside benchmark tables and leaderboards served from Host Latency – buttons such as “View plan →”. These carry Host Latency’s referral tracking, are marked rel="sponsored" in the page code, and appear alongside a “Source: Host Latency” credit.
✗ Not affiliate links
Everything else. The SSL checker, DNS checker, website checker, speed test and down checker are free tools. Links to documentation, external research, our Methodology page, or Host Latency’s own site are informational, not commissioned.
Who earns the commission
The referral tracking in these links belongs to Host Latency. If you purchase hosting after clicking one, the hosting company pays a commission to Host Latency – not to Hosting Garage. Hosting Garage does not hold direct affiliate accounts with hosting providers, and no hosting company pays Hosting Garage for placement, coverage, or ranking.
You pay the same price either way. Commissions are paid by the hosting company out of its own margin and are never added to your bill.
Do commercial links affect your results?
No. Your diagnostic results – SSL status, DNS resolution, site status, server response time, safety and security checks – are produced by automated measurement, as documented on our Methodology page. No commercial relationship can change what a check reports.
The hosting rankings shown in benchmark embeds are determined by Host Latency’s monitored performance data — real paid hosting accounts, measured continuously from Mumbai – under Host Latency’s published methodology. Hosting providers cannot pay to improve their position. Hosting Garage does not produce, adjust, or reorder that data; it displays it as received.
Your choices
You are never required to use these links. Every hosting company shown can be reached by typing its name into your browser directly — the benchmark data is available to you either way. Using the links supports the continued operation of Host Latency’s independent monitoring, but the choice is entirely yours.
If you ever find a commercial link on this site that isn’t disclosed as such, tell us at hello@hostinggarage.in and we’ll correct it.
Changes to this disclosure
This page is reviewed whenever the way hosting links work on this site changes, or when relevant regulations are updated. The date at the top reflects the current version.
Questions about any specific link or relationship: hello@hostinggarage.in.