Affiliate disclosure

ReviewKong earns money through affiliate commissions. Some links on this site pay us when you buy; none of them buy a position in a ranking. This page explains exactly how that works, because a disclosure that is vague is not a disclosure.

How the commission works

When you follow a commercial link on this site, it passes through our own redirect (a URL beginning /click/) which records the click and forwards you to the company. If you then buy something, the company may pay us a referral fee. You pay the same price you would have paid going there directly; the fee comes out of the company’s marketing budget, not your pocket.

How to tell which links pay us

• Every page that carries a commercial link says so in plain language before the first one appears — at the top of each guide and again in the footer.
• In the page source those links are marked rel="sponsored", which is what search engines expect. That is a machine-readable signal, not a substitute for the human-readable disclosure above it.
• Links to brands that pay us nothing are marked rel="nofollow" and go straight to the company’s own site with no redirect.
• Where a ranked product is not a partner, we say so on the card itself rather than leaving you to inspect the markup.

What commission does not change

• Placement. Rankings follow the criteria published on each guide. A brand cannot buy a higher position, and we do not accept payment for one.
• Drawbacks. Every product we cover has a “what doesn’t work” section, and partners get the same treatment as everyone else.
• Inclusion. We rank products that pay us nothing whenever they deserve the place. In our VPN ranking, one of the recommended services runs no affiliate programme at all.

What it does change, honestly

Commercial reality deserves an honest account. We are more likely to write about categories where affiliate programmes exist, because that is what funds the work — you will find a guide to VPNs here and not one to public library cards. Within a category, the ranking is editorial. Across categories, the economics influence what gets covered first, and pretending otherwise would be dishonest.

Prices and accuracy

Prices, plan structures and promotional terms in these categories change frequently. Every page shows the date it was last reviewed. Treat our figures as a guide and the company’s own checkout as the authority — and if you find something out of date, tell us at [email protected].

Advertising standards

This disclosure is written to satisfy the disclosure expectations of advertising regulators in the markets we publish to, including the United States Federal Trade Commission’s endorsement guides and the equivalent rules in the UK and EU. If you believe a page here falls short of that, we want to know: [email protected].