1. The short version
Most outbound brand and offer links on AskPropFirm are affiliate links. If you click one and later pay for an evaluation at the partner firm, we earn a commission at no extra cost to you. That commission is how the site is funded. Editorial scoring and review content are decided before any affiliate relationship is offered or accepted.
2. What "independent" actually means here
- Scoring is decided by the editorial rubric in Methodology, not by partnership status.
- We have published reviews that scored partner brands below 7/10.
- We have declined partnerships with brands whose rules failed our minimum bar.
- No brand sees its review before publication. No brand has copy-approval.
3. Sponsored content
If a piece is paid for separately — a sponsored guide, a sponsored placement on the offer wall — the page is labelled Sponsored at the top in the same gold eyebrow used for editorial sections, but with the word "Sponsored" instead of a section number. We do not currently sell sponsored placements; this paragraph exists so the policy is on record before we ever do.
4. Coupons
Every coupon on the site is tested manually before it goes live and re-tested at least once a week. If a code dies, it is removed from the active list within 48 hours. The discount value displayed on each row is the value confirmed at the partner's checkout — not the value the partner's marketing email claims.
5. What we will not do
- Take a "review fee" or any payment in exchange for a positive score.
- Hide a negative finding because the brand is a partner.
- Publish reviews of firms we have not personally tested through one full evaluation and one withdrawal.
- Sell or rent any reader's personal data — see Privacy Policy.
6. Verify us
If you suspect a review is biased, the fastest fix is to email czkteampro@gmail.com with the page URL and the specific claim you are disputing. Confirmed corrections are pushed within 48 hours with a change-log entry on the affected page.