# Money & law – Kreativblogger

> Affiliates, sponsorships, disclosure, legal notice, tax.

- [How to Make Money Blogging: 6 Models With Honest Maths](https://kreativblogger.de/en/money-and-law/make-money-blogging/): Blogs make money through display ads, affiliate links, paid sponsorships, their own digital products, memberships and services. Meaningful income usually needs steady search traffic or a loyal audience, which takes months to years to build. For small blogs, selling your own product or service earns the most per reader, while ads only pay off at scale.
- [Impressum for Bloggers in Germany: Rules, Template, Address](https://kreativblogger.de/en/money-and-law/impressum-for-bloggers/): If you blog from Germany and the site is public and not purely personal, you almost certainly need an Impressum. Ads or one affiliate link usually trigger it. It must show your full name, a postal address for service, an email address and a second quick contact route; journalistic blogs also name a responsible person.
- [Affiliate Disclosure for Blogs: US, UK and German Rules](https://kreativblogger.de/en/money-and-law/affiliate-disclosure/): An affiliate disclosure must be clear and sit where readers see it before or alongside the link, not only in a footer. In the US, plain wording like 'I earn a commission from links in this post' works; the UK expects an upfront 'Ad' label; German readers need 'Werbung' or 'Anzeige', or an asterisk explained next to the link.
- [Blogger Tax in Germany: Registration, VAT and Trade Tax](https://kreativblogger.de/en/money-and-law/blogger-tax-germany/): If you live in Germany and run a blog to earn money through ads, affiliate links or sponsorships, the tax authorities generally treat it as a trade. You register a Gewerbe with your local trade office and file the tax registration questionnaire through ELSTER within one month. Trade tax only applies once trade income exceeds €24,500 a year.

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