This page explains how German SaaS makes money and the rules we follow to keep that from corrupting what we publish. We would rather over-explain this than have a reader wonder.
Affiliate relationships
German SaaS participates in affiliate and partner programs for some — not all — of the tools we write about. When you click a link to one of these tools and subsequently sign up or purchase, we may earn a commission. This comes at no additional cost to you; it does not raise your price or change the terms you receive.
Any page that contains affiliate links carries a clear disclosure near the top. Links that are affiliate links are marked as such in the page's markup. Not every tool we cover has an affiliate program, and the presence or absence of one does not influence whether or how favourably we cover a tool.
The rules we follow
- Fit over commission. We recommend the tool that suits the reader, including when it is one we earn nothing from, and including when a higher-paying alternative exists.
- Real criticism of tools we earn from. Every review states genuine limitations, including for tools with affiliate programs. A review that only praises is an advertisement, and we do not publish advertisements as reviews.
- No pay-for-coverage. We do not accept payment to review a tool, to review it favourably, or to rank it above a competitor. Affiliate commission is earned only when a reader independently chooses to sign up.
- Transparency by default. Where our interests and the reader's might diverge, we say so in the open.
Why we tell you this
Disclosure of affiliate relationships is required under consumer-protection rules in the EU and elsewhere, and we comply with that requirement. But the deeper reason is practical: this publication is only useful if you can trust it, and trust depends on knowing exactly how we are paid. Now you do.
Questions
If anything here is unclear, or you believe we have failed to disclose something we should have, contact us via the details on the contact page.