RevenueGeeks is an affiliate-supported publisher. We earn a commission when a reader buys a tool through one of our links. This page covers how that works, what it never changes, and how to spot an affiliate link.
How We Make Money
Most outbound links to tools we cover are affiliate links. When you click one and pay for a plan, the vendor pays us a referral commission. Commissions usually run between 10% and 30% of your first payment. A few vendors pay a flat fee instead.
You pay the same price you would pay going to the vendor's site directly. Often you pay less, because we negotiate exclusive discount codes and our links apply them automatically.
Does Commission Influence Our Rankings?
No. The ranking is the ranking. Commission rates have never moved a tool up or down our shortlists. We have recommended tools paying us 5% over tools paying us 40%, more than once. We pick the better fit, not the better payout.
Vendors cannot buy a positive review. We do not accept payment for editorial placement. We do not take sponsored reviews from companies we cover. If a vendor pays us to feature them outside a normal review, we label that page sponsored at the top.
How to Spot an Affiliate Link
Most outbound links to tools we cover are affiliate links. We do not tag each one inline, because a review site is obviously monetized. You can still verify any link in three ways:
- Hover the link. If the URL contains a referral code, a partner ID, or a /go/ redirect, it is an affiliate link.
- All outbound links to vendor sites use rel="sponsored nofollow" in the HTML, in line with Google's guidance for affiliate sites.
- Coupon pages, deal cards, and review CTAs are all affiliate-monetized. Methodology pages, opinion pieces, and free guides are not.
What's Not Monetized
Some of what we publish has no affiliate angle at all. That includes:
- Our editorial methodology pages (this disclosure, the how-we-test page, and the about page).
- Free educational guides where the topic is not tied to a specific tool.
- Critical reviews with a "do not buy" verdict. We keep those live because they help readers.
- Newsletter posts that warn about price hikes, billing traps, or tools that have gotten worse.
Our Editorial Independence
Editorial decisions sit with our editor (currently Adam Wood) and the freelance team. That covers what we cover, how we cover it, and what makes a review good enough to publish. Vendors do not see drafts. Vendors do not approve copy. Vendors do not influence rankings.
We have turned down partnerships from tools we could not honestly recommend. We have published critical reviews of tools whose parent companies later asked us to remove them. We did not.
FTC Compliance
This disclosure follows the U.S. Federal Trade Commission rules on endorsements and testimonials (16 CFR Part 255). We disclose every material connection with a vendor whose product appears on our site.
How to Reach Us
Spotted an unlabeled affiliate link or an unflagged sponsored piece? Email info@revenuegeeks.com. Concerns about how a specific recommendation was reached land at the same address. We treat disclosure issues with higher priority than almost anything else on the site.
RevenueGeeks is operated by its founder and editorial team. We are a registered business and have published since 2020. For more on who we are and how we work, see the about page.