Affiliate Disclosure
How this site makes money, in plain terms.
The short version
Some links on this site pay me a commission if you buy, and each page that carries them says so near the top and next to the links. You pay the same either way. I do not accept payment from brands to be included, and no manufacturer has ever seen a page here before it went live.
What an affiliate link is
A link that carries a code identifying where the click came from. Buy something after following one and the retailer pays me a small percentage of the sale. The price you see is the price you would have seen arriving any other way.
Not every link on this site is an affiliate link. Plenty point at manufacturer spec sheets, dealers with no program at all, or retailers I get nothing from, and I use those whenever they are the better answer for the reader.
Where the links go
Today one program pays this site: Uplift Desk, through impact.com. Links to the Uplift V3 desk earn me a commission if you buy. When another program approves this site, this page will name it.
I link to whoever actually stocks a product. That includes retailers that run their own affiliate programs and stores that run none.
What commission does not change
Commission rates vary between retailers and between categories, which creates an obvious incentive to steer people toward whatever pays best. Here is how I handle it.
The recommendation comes first and the link comes after. Products get chosen against fixed rules covering stock, seller, star rating and review count, and those rules are published on the about page so you can check my work.
Every recommendation names a flaw. If a product has no downside listed, I have not looked hard enough.
I tell you when not to buy. There are pages on this site advising readers to buy a product somewhere other than Amazon, because the Amazon listing was a reseller charging over the odds. When one retailer is the worse deal, I will say so, whether or not that retailer ever pays this site.
I publish the rejects. Most pages list products I looked at and turned down, with the reason attached.
Prices
Each buy button shows the price I read at the retailer when the page was last checked, and the date of that check is in the page’s Sources. Prices move quickly, so the retailer’s own page always has the real number.
Questions
Does clicking an affiliate link cost me anything?
No. Same price, same shipping, same returns. The retailer pays the commission out of its own margin.
Do brands pay to appear here?
No. Nobody has ever paid for placement, and no manufacturer has reviewed a page before publication.
How do I avoid the affiliate links entirely?
Search the product name or part number directly at any retailer. Everything here is named specifically enough to find without following a link, which is deliberate.