Disclosure
How we intend to make money
Status as of 2026-05-27
One programme is active. Amazon Associates (US program, provisional pending the 3-sale qualification threshold) is enrolled. Amazon links on this site carry our tracking tag and qualifying purchases may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Every other outbound link still earns us nothing.
The plan, programme by programme
| Programme | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Associates | Active (US, NL, DE, UK) | US, NL, DE and UK programmes approved 2026-05-27, all provisional pending the 3-sale qualification threshold per marketplace. Per-market tag is applied client-side based on your browser locale. FR, IT, ES, CA, AU not yet enrolled; clicks from those regions are routed to the local Amazon for UX but earn us nothing. |
| EU Linux vendors | Planned | Tuxedo, Slimbook, Framework, Star Labs, where they run a partner or affiliate programme. No relationship today; not a reseller, not a partner. |
| Display ads | Planned | Once traffic supports it. None running now. |
| Newsletter, lead-gen, sponsored reviews | Never | Out of scope. The site does not run any of these and will not. |
When a programme goes live, this page moves it from "planned" to "active" with the go-live date, and the affected links start carrying an affiliate tag. Until you read that here, every outbound link earns us nothing.
What does not change when a programme goes live
The score is computed from cited data before any link is
attached, so a future payout cannot move the number. Outbound
buy links use rel="sponsored nofollow noopener noreferrer"
both today and after a programme goes live, so they pass no
ranking signal and leak no referrer. A future commission costs
you nothing and does not change the price you pay at checkout.
No paid placement, no sponsored review, no link-for-review,
ever.
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
Prices, plainly
Prices shown are indicative. Where we cannot show a verified live price we show the RRP (advised retail price), clearly labelled, and the real price may be lower at checkout. End-of-life models show a last-seen figure with its date. We never claim a "best price guarantee".
Legal basis
This disclosure follows the EU Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (2005/29/EC) and the Dutch Reclamecode. Both require that a commercial relationship be disclosed clearly and not overstated. Operator: ClockwiseIT (KvK 71214364), the Netherlands. Full impressum on the about page, privacy posture on the privacy page.