Ethics & Disclosure

You should be suspicious of product review sites. Most of them earn money in ways that create pressure on what they recommend, and most of them do not explain how. Here is our full accounting.

How we make money

We earn affiliate commission. When you click a link on this site to Amazon or another retailer and buy something, we receive a small percentage of the sale at no additional cost to you. WeBuyTheHype is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

That is our only revenue. We do not run display advertising. We do not sell sponsored posts, paid reviews, "brand spotlights", newsletter placements, or any other product a brand could buy from us. We have no affiliate arrangement that pays differently for a higher ranking.

What that money does not buy

Commission rates do not affect our rankings. This matters most where it would be easiest to cheat: our top pick is frequently not the most expensive product in the roundup, and several of our picks earn us nothing at all because they are sold direct by the manufacturer with no affiliate programme. We include them because they are the right answer.

We also publish articles with no monetisation whatsoever. Every piece in our Features section carries no affiliate links, and we label it at the top of the page.

We buy everything

No manufacturer has ever given us a product. We do not accept review units, press loaners, samples, event travel, hospitality, or hardware discounts. If a PR firm sends something unsolicited, it goes back or to a charity, and it does not get reviewed.

This is unusual and it is deliberate. Free hardware creates an obligation that no disclosure statement neutralises.

Nobody gets a preview

Manufacturers do not see our articles before publication. They do not get to fact-check, comment, or request changes. If we have a factual question we ask it, but we do not share drafts.

Corrections

When we get something wrong we correct it visibly, with a dated note explaining what changed. We do not silently edit articles to make old judgements look better.

Prices

Prices on this site were accurate when the article was published or last updated and will drift — particularly in categories like mattresses and standing desks where discounting is close to permanent. Always check current pricing at the retailer. Where a product is almost never sold at list, we say so in the article rather than quoting a number nobody pays.

AI disclosure

We use AI tools for research assistance, transcription and copy-editing. Every product judgement, score, and recommendation on this site comes from a person who used the product. No article is published without a named editor's review.

Questions

If anything here is unclear, or you think we have failed our own standard, write to us. We publish substantive corrections.