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Sponsorship & affiliate policy

How The Guru Index makes money, and the line we keep between commerce and the takes we show you.

The money

Affiliate links

Some shopping links may be affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one, the retailer may pay us a commission.

This comes out of the retailer's margin. It never adds anything to your price.

The boundary

What commissions do not buy

Not the line-up

Which products appear

A commission doesn't decide which products appear on the site.

Not the score

How products are rated

It doesn't change how products are rated, ranked, or framed.

Not the voices

Which takes we feature

It doesn't influence which creators or takes we feature.

The takes come from independent creators and are selected on editorial grounds, full stop. As our footer says: we never let a commission affect a take.

The rest of it

Sponsorships, creators and brands

Sponsorships

If we ever run one

If we ever publish sponsored or paid placements, we will label them clearly as such so you always know what you're looking at.

Sponsored content, if any, will be kept visually and editorially distinct from our independent coverage.

Creators and brands

Nobody is paying anybody

Featured creators are not paid by us to be included, and brands cannot pay to be featured or to change a review.

Trademarks and brand names are used for identification only.

Questions about a link or a placement?

Ask us directly. We'll tell you exactly how a link works and what, if anything, we earn from it.

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