Advertiser disclosure

The short version

Some links on this site are affiliate links. If you click one and buy something, the retailer pays us a commission. You pay the same price you would have paid without the link. That commission is our only revenue.

What a commission does not buy

A place on the list. Products are selected and ranked before anyone checks which of them carry a commission.
A higher ranking. The score is a published rubric, and the rubric contains no commercial term. See how we test.
Softer language. Where a commission-bearing product has a flaw, the entry says so.
Protection from being cut. Products from paying brands come off the list every year.

How the wall works in practice

Testers score candidates without access to commercial data.
The editor locks the ranking and the copy.
Only then does one person map affiliate links onto the locked list.
If no affiliate programme exists for a product, it stays on the list with a plain link and earns us nothing. Several entries every year are exactly that.

Rates, in plain numbers

Commissions in this category typically run between 3% and 8% of the sale price, occasionally higher on small accessories and lower on electronics. We deliberately do not tell testers or editors which categories pay more, because knowing would be enough to bias a borderline call.

Other things you should know

We do not accept free product, loaned units or paid travel. Everything is bought at retail.
We do not run sponsored posts, paid placements or “featured partner” slots.
We do not write about a brand we hold equity in. Nobody on the team currently does.
Prices and discounts shown here are set by retailers and change without notice. Confirm on the seller’s page.

Regulatory note

US readers: this disclosure is intended to satisfy the FTC’s Endorsement Guides, which require a clear and conspicuous disclosure of material connections. We repeat a short form of it at the top of every page that carries affiliate links, rather than burying it here alone.