TRANSPARENCY, CLOSE TO THE LINK

Links should earn your trust.

Our link policy and the line between a useful recommendation and a commercial relationship.

Current status

Commercial links may be enabled where a real approved destination is configured. Paid links are labeled individually.

If a paid relationship is activated

A clear commission disclosure must appear next to the affected commercial link. Paid links carry sponsored and nofollow attributes. We will not invent referral codes, discounts, approval or a promise that your price is unchanged without verified terms. The vendor’s final price and contract control your purchase.

How comparison pages order their picks

Each comparison states its criteria under “How we chose”: documented monthly cost at the listing counts small hosts actually have, coverage of the job, a free or low-commitment start, and whether pricing stays public as you grow. We include relevant tools that have no partner program with us, and a “keep your current setup” option wherever no new subscription is a reasonable answer. Prices are dated and linked to the vendor’s own page.

What compensation cannot change

The calculator formulas and software matching rules contain no commission amounts. Recommendations are based on tasks, documented features, costs and limits. A manual or free path may be the first recommendation. We do not equate an outbound click with a sale or an approved commission.

Retailers, advertising and tracking

Supplies and safety pages link to Amazon category searches, only for product types that appear in one of our cost models or sourced checklists. Until an Amazon Associates account is approved and activated, those searches carry no tracking tag. Once active, the Associates statement appears on every page with an Amazon link and each paid link is labeled. We never show Amazon prices, ratings or reviews, and Amazon links are hidden when a page is printed. No paid ad campaigns are configured. Analytics, newsletter capture and third-party marketing scripts are disabled in this build.

Read the criteria and evidence