How We Make Money

While Staying Unbiased

At RTINGS.com, unbiased reviews are our greatest strength. Our mission is to provide accurate, objective, and trustworthy reviews, empowering our users to find the best products for their needs. We achieve this by rigorously maintaining a wall of independence between our testing and how we make money.

Our Editorial Independence

We firmly believe our editorial independence is foundational to your trust. We take significant steps to ensure impartiality:

• We buy our own products

Unlike most websites, we don't get our review units directly from the manufacturers. Instead, we buy everything ourselves via retailers, like a normal customer, to stay unbiased. The manufacturers don't cherry-pick our units; they actually represent what you would buy.

• No paid or sponsored reviews

Manufacturers, brands, or advertisers can't influence our reviews and recommendations. We also don't let brands decide what we test. We let our community vote on which product we should review next.

• Transparent testing methodology

We openly share our detailed testing methodologies and test results to ensure accountability and transparency so you can verify our results yourself.

Our Sources of Revenue

We keep a strict wall between our editorial and revenue teams to ensure that how we make money doesn't influence our test results and recommendations. This helps us fund our lab without affecting our reviews. Our different sources of revenue are:

• Insider Subscriptions

You support us directly by subscribing to the Insider program, which gives you access to extra features.

• Affiliate Revenues

Our site includes links to various retailers and stores. We receive a small commission when you click these and make a purchase. The commissions we receive through our partners don't influence our testing and editorial content in any way.

• Display Advertising

We display ads via a third-party agency to ensure it doesn't influence or compromise our lab and editorial content.

• Content Licensing

We license our content in various forms, such as badges from our recommendations and the use of our quotes. This provides an additional revenue stream and helps expand our market presence. Licensing arrangements don't influence any product recommendation or review. Content licensing is managed by a third-party partner to maintain a strong wall between editorial and monetization.

Your Trust Matters

Have questions about our editorial independence or monetization practices? Send us an email.