Affiliate disclosure

TechKea earns money through affiliate links. When you click one and then buy or sign up for a tool, the vendor or its affiliate network may pay us a commission. That’s what keeps the site free to read.

How affiliate links work

The affiliate programs we join are mostly run by software companies, often through affiliate networks such as Impact.com. When you click an affiliate link, the network notes that you came from TechKea, usually with a cookie or a tracking code in the link.

If you then buy or sign up within the program’s time window, we may earn a one-time fee, or a share of what you pay for a set period. The terms differ from program to program.

How to spot them

Affiliate links on TechKea go through a short redirect on our own domain: their address starts with techkea.com/go/, followed by the tool’s name. The redirect sends you straight on to the vendor or its affiliate network.

These links open in a new tab and are marked as sponsored in the page code, the label search engines use for paid links. The “Try” button in a review’s verdict box is usually an affiliate link, and the line beneath it tells you which site it goes to.

What it costs you

Usually nothing extra. The vendor sets the price, and buying through our link doesn’t normally change it. Now and then a vendor offers a discount or a longer trial through a partner link; when that applies, the page says so.

What commissions never change

Commissions never affect a score, a ranking or a recommendation. Every tool is scored with the same five-part rubric, and the rubric has no line for commission. Commission terms are kept out of the scoring entirely.

We also cover tools that have no affiliate program, or whose program we haven’t joined, and they’re tested and scored the same way. When there’s no program, we link straight to the tool’s official site. If the best tool for you pays us less, or nothing at all, it’s still the one we recommend.

How we test explains the rubric, and our editorial policy covers the rest of the rules that keep money and verdicts apart.

Where we disclose it

Every page with affiliate links shows a short disclosure above the first one, so you know before you click. It links back to this page.

Consumer protection rules in many countries, such as the US Federal Trade Commission’s guidance on endorsements and the UK’s advertising codes, expect paid relationships to be clear and easy to find. We apply the same standard to every reader, wherever you are: plain words, placed before the link, on every page that needs it.

Other ways we make money

TechKea doesn’t run display ads today. If we add them later, they’ll sit in clearly marked slots labeled “Advertisement”, kept apart from our reviews, and advertisers will have no say in our coverage. When we publish walkthrough videos, they’ll be hosted on YouTube, which may share ad revenue from them with us.

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