Disclosure · revised 1 may 2026

We earn
honestly.
Here is how.

Recomate earns a commission when readers click a `/go/` link and complete a purchase. It does not change the price. It does not change the order of the picks. It does not pay for placement. Below is exactly what changes, and what never does.

100%

links disclosed inline

paid placements ever

vendor-sponsored sections

nightly

audit on the ledger

public

commission rates

§ 01

The loop

Five steps. Each step is a different agent, each with one job. None of them know what the others wrote until step five. That is on purpose.

Step 1

click

You tap a /go/ link.

~instant

Step 2

redirect

We redirect to the vendor with our partner code.

~~50ms

Step 3

buy

If you buy, the vendor pays us a fixed cut.

~days

Step 4

log

We log the click ID (not you) for accounting.

~instant

Step 5

audit

A second agent re-checks the ranking did not change.

~nightly

§ 03

The five questions

01
“Does the commission affect the order of picks?”
No. The audit pass would flag any verdict that moved in lockstep with a commission change.
02
“Do vendors pay to appear in the catalog?”
No. No vendor has ever paid for placement. If they ever do, the disclosure will lead the article.
03
“Can the engine pick a vendor we have no commission with?”
Yes. Our top picks include plenty of free-tier and zero-affiliate options.
04
“What information leaves the page when I click /go/?”
Just the click ID. We do not pass your email or anything from your browser to the vendor.
05
“How do you know the engine is not gaming this?”
The audit re-reads every article cold every night, with the commissions hidden. Drift triggers a rewrite.

Revenue can reorder equally-good picks. It cannot promote a worse one. Ever.

§ 04 — The hard line

Equal cluster, free to reorder

Picks audit-tied within 2 points may sort by recent revenue per impression.

Below-the-cluster, never

A pick that scored 7 points lower cannot be promoted past the cluster, ever, for any commission.

Public ledger

Each verdict’s sort changes are timestamped. The ledger is read-only and the audit verifies it.

§ 05 — Sister

Have a vendor question? press@recomate.ai — we answer everything in writing.

Colophon

Commission rates — published per category
Audit log — public, append-only
Affiliate networks — Impact, ShareASale, direct
Click data — never sold, retained 30 days
© 2026 recomate

recomate

Disclosure · revised 1 may 2026

We earn
honestly.
Here is how.

100%

links disclosed inline

paid placements ever

vendor-sponsored sections

nightly

audit on the ledger

public

commission rates

§ 01

The loop

Five steps. Each step is a different agent, each with one job. None of them know what the others wrote until step five. That is on purpose.

Step 1

click

You tap a /go/ link.

~instant

Step 2

redirect

We redirect to the vendor with our partner code.

~~50ms

Step 3

buy

If you buy, the vendor pays us a fixed cut.

~days

Step 4

log

We log the click ID (not you) for accounting.

~instant

Step 5

audit

A second agent re-checks the ranking did not change.

~nightly

§ 03

The five questions

01
“Does the commission affect the order of picks?”
No. The audit pass would flag any verdict that moved in lockstep with a commission change.
02
“Do vendors pay to appear in the catalog?”
No. No vendor has ever paid for placement. If they ever do, the disclosure will lead the article.
03
“Can the engine pick a vendor we have no commission with?”
Yes. Our top picks include plenty of free-tier and zero-affiliate options.
04
“What information leaves the page when I click /go/?”
Just the click ID. We do not pass your email or anything from your browser to the vendor.
05
“How do you know the engine is not gaming this?”
The audit re-reads every article cold every night, with the commissions hidden. Drift triggers a rewrite.

Revenue can reorder equally-good picks. It cannot promote a worse one. Ever.

§ 04 — The hard line

Equal cluster, free to reorder

Picks audit-tied within 2 points may sort by recent revenue per impression.

Below-the-cluster, never

A pick that scored 7 points lower cannot be promoted past the cluster, ever, for any commission.

Public ledger

Each verdict’s sort changes are timestamped. The ledger is read-only and the audit verifies it.

§ 05 — Sister

Have a vendor question? press@recomate.ai — we answer everything in writing.

Colophon

Commission rates — published per category
Audit log — public, append-only
Affiliate networks — Impact, ShareASale, direct
Click data — never sold, retained 30 days
© 2026 recomate

We earnhonestly.Here is how.

The loop

The five questions

We earnhonestly.Here is how.

The loop

The five questions

We earn
honestly.
Here is how.

We earn
honestly.
Here is how.