Commercial transparency
Affiliate revenue never buys ranking points.
Some researched vendors publish affiliate or referral programs. That commercial information is kept separate from product fit, calculation, comparison, scoring, and tie-breaking.
Our non-negotiable rule
Affiliate commission must never affect a recommendation score, ranking, comparison verdict, calculator result, or tie-breaker. The scoring engine imports product capability and pricing records; it does not import affiliate rates, durations, cookies, status, or destinations.
An active commercial relationship changes only the outbound destination and disclosure. It does not change the independent research result.
How links work
When affiliate status is active, a clearly disclosed commercial CTA may use the approved affiliate destination. Otherwise, no monetized vendor link is shown. Neither case changes the independent research result.
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