Trust

Editorial guidelines

Affiliate sites have a reputation for thin content, hidden sponsorships, and SEO-stuffed listicles written by nobody in particular. These are the rules every post on this site is written by — designed so we never become that kind of site.

Sourcing

• Every recommended product has either been in our homes for eight weeks or evaluated against 50+ verified buyer reviews and labelled accordingly.
• Specs, prices, and shipping availability come from the seller's own listing and are dated in the post.
• Citeable claims link to the primary source — even if it's long, technical, or in a foreign-language regulator site.
• We don't republish AliExpress marketing copy. Descriptions are written by us.

Authorship

• Every article has one named author with a public profile page.
• AI tools are allowed for research, outline, and first draft — never for factual claims, spec numbers, or roundup rankings without human verification against primary sources.
• When a brand sends us a product, it's disclosed at the top of the post. The relationship doesn't affect the score.

Affiliate transparency

• Every outbound product link carries rel="sponsored nofollow".
• Pages with affiliate links carry a visible disclosure.
• Sub-IDs are used internally to attribute clicks to specific pages — internal accounting, not user tracking.
• Commission rate never determines ranking. When equivalent products differ in commission, we'll say so in the post and still rank by quality.

Corrections

If we get something wrong, the fix goes up the same day with a dated correction note at the bottom of the post. Corrections never get hidden. We don't take posts down because they became inconvenient.

The bright lines

• No paid placements in roundups. Ever.
• No fake scarcity, fake reviews, or fake testimonials.
• No mass-produced AI listicles without human verification.
• No sponsored content disguised as editorial.
• No takedowns to protect a commission.