If you’ve ever searched for reviews before, you no doubt came across dozens of sites that look just like this: a grid of the same products/services, their basic features listed, a “rating” of 90-100% or 4-5 stars, and an editorial review.
You might’ve already realized these aren’t real reviews. These sites are run by affiliate marketers, being paid directly by services or indirectly through affiliate referral programs. They write their own positive reviews of every service, without ever having an account with them, so that you’ll pick one of their listings and click through to the services site to buy. When you do, they get paid for the referral.
We are different. We believe the best way to choose a service is to research them first, starting with what their customers are saying. All our reviews are submitted by our visitors, just like you, who want to share their experience. You get the good and the bad experiences so that you can make your own decision.
Most review sites list order their lists of services by how much each is paying per referral to maximize their income. That means all their lists are almost identical, showing you the same names over and over, even if the companies provide poor support, service and features.
Our reviews are ordered by weighted customer rating. That means a web host with a 5-star rating by a single reviewer won’t automatically go to the top of the list, but one with numerous reviews well above the average will. The more reviews customers submit about a host, the more we trust the ratings to be accurate and allow it to move up the ranks.
To avoid being influenced by any company, we accepts no advertising. No ads are shown on the site, and no service can pay us to have their site listed higher, or to remove negative reviews. We do add referral IDs to the links to the sites, if the service has a referral program. This allows us to earn revenue to develop and maintain the website for you, however, we allow you to review whatever service you’ve used, even if they don’t have a referral program.
Since we aren’t run the same way most “review” sites are run, controlled by advertising partners and maximizing affiliate commissions, we can’t afford to pay $5 per click or more to advertise on search engines like they do.
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