Affiliate disclosure

NorseHost participates in affiliate programs. Here's exactly what that means for the reviews you're reading.

NorseHost is part of the MediaNordic portfolio, an independent publishing outfit. We make money from affiliate commissions. Some links on this site are affiliate links; when you sign up or purchase through them, we may earn a one-time or recurring commission at no extra cost to you.

Hard rules we follow

  1. Rankings are editorial. No affiliate has ever moved their way up a NorseHost list and no one ever will. If a provider scores poorly on our rubric, we say so even when we’re paid per signup.
  2. Every affiliate link is labelled. If a link in a post is an affiliate link, the affiliate disclosure box at the foot of the post says so.
  3. We refuse programs with editorial strings attached. If a vendor asks us to soften criticism or remove a section, we drop the program and publish why.
  4. We cite prices and policies at the time of writing. Affiliate programs change. If you click a link that’s changed materially since we wrote the review, we want to know – email [email protected].

What we never do

  • Native-ad reviews disguised as editorial
  • “Recommended” placements bought by the vendor
  • Reviews written by the vendor’s PR team

Programs we currently participate in

A full up-to-date list lives in our methodology under “sources of revenue”. When we add or drop a program, the list moves immediately.