Last updated 1 October 2026
Editorial policy
Vendors cannot buy a better write-up. Verdicts are written before and independently of any affiliate relationship.
Independence
StoreCartel editorial is an independent research publication. No vendor owns, funds or reviews our pages. We do not accept payment, free plans or other benefits in exchange for coverage or a changed verdict. Vendors can send primary sources through the contact page; we check them like any other source.
Affiliate policy
Some links are affiliate links and may earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. We say when a tool has no affiliate programme rather than pretending otherwise, and tools with no programme are covered the same way. A commission never changes a price, a comparison or a recommendation. See the affiliate disclosure for how links are marked.
How pages are written
Answer first, evidence second, detail third. Key facts carry a source link and a checked date. Opinion is labelled as ours, trade-offs are published next to recommendations, and we never write "we tested" for desk research. See how we research.
Update cadence
- Reviews and pricing guides: re-verified against official sources when the page is updated, and each price shows its read date.
- Time-sensitive pages, such as fee changes and platform deadlines, are re-checked when the vendor announces a change.
- A page only gets a new date when something was actually re-checked.
Corrections
If we get something wrong we fix it, change the date and record it on the corrections log. Substantive changes are dated, not silently overwritten. To report an error, use the contact page.
Authorship
Pages are published under the StoreCartel editorial team. We do not use personal bylines or invented reviewer profiles.