Financial Disclosure Statement: Explanation of Our Website's Revenue Generation Methods
Whether you trust us or not boils down to understanding our financial gameplan and how it influences our reviews. We're open about making money through affiliate commissions with big names like High Point Scientific, AgenaAstro, Explore Scientific, Orion's Telescope.com, and Amazon, but rest assured, this doesn't affect our honesty.
Clicking our affiliate links earns us a small commission, with no extra charges to you whatsoever. Even if you opt for the same product sans our referral, you'll find no price difference. It's a win-win scenario, for you get top-notch recommendations, and we maintain our esteemed reputation.
We never accept money for writing positive or negative reviews. Our recommendations are based solely on the telescopes' quality.
We strictly follow a code of conduct:
- We're blunt, calling a spade a spade, so we don't sugarcoat our opinions.
- Our reviews strive to be as accurate and objective as possible.
- Only telescope veterans with hands-on experience review our products.
- We never accept payoffs to publish or upgrade a review.
- Editorial writers are financially independent, only recommending products of exceptional quality.
It's a common misconception that we'd recommend the most profitable scopes. However, let's face it, the telescope industry doesn't rake in funds like, say, the credit card or VPN market.
We typically have a percentage-based payment rate for almost all telescopes we recommend, ensuring no financial incentive to recommend one over the other without a solid reason. Advocating for what you want, without considerations for our endgame, strengthens our long-term readership and authority status in the astronomy community.
Advertisements can't cover the costs of hiring experts and creating an information empire. And let's be real, the revenue from ads alone wouldn't even cover the running costs.
Transparency about our finances keeps trust alive. Our goal is to be a reliable, comprehensive resource for the astronomy community, and we believe that's best achieved by being open about how we make money.
- Our reviews are not influenced by financial incentives, as we typically have a percentage-based payment rate for the telescopes we recommend, ensuring no bias towards any specific scope.
- In the telescope industry, unlike markets such as credit cards or VPNs, profits are not as high, making it unlikely for us to recommend scopes based on financial gain.
- We strive to maintain our integrity by never accepting money for writing positive or negative reviews, and our recommendations are based solely on the quality of the telescopes, not their financial potential in the retail sector.
