The short version
Some links on this site are affiliate links. If you click one and buy something, we may receive a commission from the retailer. You pay the same price either way. Commissions do not change which products we recommend or what we say about them.
The longer version
What an affiliate link is
An affiliate link is a normal link with a tracking parameter attached. When you follow it, the retailer can see that you arrived from this site, and if you then make a purchase, they pay us a percentage of the sale or a fixed fee. The price you pay is unchanged — the commission comes out of the retailer's margin, not your pocket.
Which links are affiliate links
Links to retailers and product pages generally are. Links to manufacturer documentation, regulatory sources, news reports, and pages elsewhere on this site are not.
Every article containing affiliate links carries a disclosure at the end. Where an entire page is commercial in nature, the disclosure appears near the top.
Programmes we participate in
We participate in affiliate programmes operated by retailers and by affiliate networks, which may include Shopee, Lazada, TikTok Shop, YesStyle, and networks such as Involve Asia, Awin, Commission Factory and Rentracks, depending on the market. This list changes over time.
What this does not affect
- Which products we recommend. We recommend products on the basis described in our editorial policy. Several products we recommend earn us nothing.
- What we say about them. Our guides include negative assessments of products we could have earned commission on, and recommend skipping steps that would have been profitable to promote.
- The price you pay. Never.
What we do not accept
- Payment in exchange for a positive review or a recommendation.
- Payment to remove or soften criticism.
- Sponsored content presented as editorial. If we ever publish sponsored content, it will be labelled as such at the top of the page.
Advertising on this site
We promote this site's articles through paid advertising on social platforms, including Meta and TikTok. Those advertisements lead to our own articles. We do not place affiliate links directly in advertisements.
Questions
If anything here is unclear, or if you think a link is inadequately disclosed, please tell us. We will fix it.