Affiliate disclosure

The short version

Some links on this site are affiliate links. If you click one and buy something, the platform pays us a commission. You pay exactly the same price either way.

This is disclosed in line with the US Federal Trade Commission's guidance on endorsements, and with equivalent rules elsewhere. It is also just the honest thing to tell you.

Which programs we are in

As of 11 September 2026, we participate in:

• Udemy — via Impact. Commission 10–15%, 7-day cookie window.

That is the complete list. We are not paid by any project, marketplace, wallet or course creator. We do not accept sponsored posts, paid placements or paid reviews, and no marketplace or wallet linked from this site pays us anything.

How the links work

Every outbound course link goes through a page on this site at /go/ before redirecting. That lets us change affiliate programs without editing every page, and keeps tracking parameters out of the indexed pages.

All affiliate links carry rel="sponsored nofollow", which is what Google asks for and what tells automated systems the link is commercial. They also open in a new tab and are labelled.

Why it does not change the rankings

This is the part that actually matters, so here is the reasoning rather than a promise.

There is nothing to bias towards

Every course we review is on the same platform at broadly the same price — typically $11–15. The commission on our highest-ranked course and our lowest-ranked course is effectively identical. Even if we wanted to steer you towards whatever paid most, there is no meaningful difference to steer towards.

The ranking is a formula, and we publish it

Courses are ordered by a Bayesian-weighted rating: the score is pulled towards the category average in proportion to how few ratings a course has. That is the whole algorithm. It contains no reference to price, commission or program. The method is described in full on the about page.

We publish things that cost us money

Our free resources page argues that most people do not need to buy a course at all, and links to competitors' free material. It is in the main navigation. Several course entries say, in the "best for" field, that we would not recommend them to anyone. The marketing courses page opens by telling you the whole category has aged badly.

A site optimising purely for commission would not publish any of that.

What we do not do

• Accept payment for a ranking position or a favourable review
• Publish sponsored content, of any kind, labelled or otherwise
• Hide affiliate links or disguise them as editorial recommendations
• Recommend anything we would not recommend to someone we knew
• Collect or sell your personal data — see the privacy policy

If the model changes

If we join additional affiliate programs, they will appear on this page before any link goes live. If we ever accept a different kind of commercial arrangement, it will be disclosed here and labelled on the page it affects.

Questions

If anything about how this site earns money is unclear, or a specific link's status is not obvious, ask us. We would rather answer than have you guess.