Affiliate Disclosure

The short version

Some of the links on this site earn us money. We'll always tell you when that's the case. We only recommend things we'd recommend anyway, and we only connect people with partners we've actually vetted.

How we make money

UnclaimedFundsLookup is a privately-owned, for-profit business. We make money in three ways:

1. Display advertising

Some pages show banner and contextual ads from ad networks like Google AdSense. These ads are clearly labeled as advertising. We don't choose which specific ads appear, but we block certain categories we don't want our readers to see (cryptocurrency, payday loans, competing finder services, adult content).

2. Affiliate partnerships

Some links on our site are affiliate links. If you click one of these links and sign up for the service, we may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Categories where we use affiliate links include:

• Estate planning and will creation services
• Identity theft monitoring
• Tax preparation software (relevant to tax-refund searches)
• Certain legal document and notary services

We only use affiliate links for services we'd recommend anyway. If we think a specific service is better for you than one that pays us a commission, we'll recommend the better one.

3. Licensed finder referrals

For genuinely complex cases — estates of deceased relatives, business dissolutions, large multi-state recoveries — we sometimes refer readers to licensed unclaimed property finders or probate attorneys in our vetted partner network. When this happens:

• The partner pays us a referral fee, only if they take the case
• You pay no more than the state's statutory fee cap (typically 10–15% of the recovery)
• You never pay anything upfront — the partner's fee comes out of the recovery
• We tell you exactly which partner you're being referred to before you agree

We vet every partner before adding them to the network. Licensing, bonding (where required), track record, and history of consumer complaints are all checked. If a partner stops meeting our standards, we remove them.

What this means for you

We have a financial incentive to recommend services. We're aware of that and we do our best to counter it by:

• Actively steering you to the free DIY path when it's the right choice
• Being explicit about when a link pays us
• Only partnering with providers who respect state fee caps and consumer-protection laws
• Never hiding the fact that you can skip us and go directly to the state

FTC compliance

This disclosure complies with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's guidelines on endorsements and testimonials (16 CFR Part 255), which require clear and conspicuous disclosure of material connections.

Questions

If you want to know whether a specific link or recommendation on our site earns us money, ask us. We'll tell you.