Affiliate Disclosure

1. The Deal, Plainly

Many links on this site — "Get Funded" buttons, deal cards, links like /go/firm-name, and promo codes — are affiliate links. If you click one and then purchase a challenge or account from that firm, the firm pays us a commission.

• It costs you nothing extra. You pay the same price — or less, when our discount code applies.
• It's how the site stays free. No paywalls, no subscriptions, no selling your data.
• It's standard FTC-compliant practice, and we disclose it on every page footer plus this dedicated page.

2. How We Keep Reviews Independent

The obvious conflict of interest: we earn money when you sign up with firms we review. Here's how we manage it:

• Fixed public scorecard. Every firm is scored with the same weighted criteria: Challenge Fairness (30%), Payout Reliability (25%), Pricing & Value (20%), Community Trust (15%), Support & Platform (10%). Partner status is not an input.
• Non-partners get reviewed too. We cover firms that pay us nothing, and a non-partner can — and sometimes does — outrank a partner.
• No paid placements. Firms cannot buy a better score, a higher ranking position, or removal of negative information. We don't sell "sponsored" review slots.
• Cons are mandatory. Every review lists drawbacks, restrictive rules, and who the firm is not a good fit for.

3. What Affiliate Status Does Affect

Honesty cuts both ways, so: affiliate partnerships do affect some things on this site.

• Partner firms may have exclusive discount codes listed (because firms only issue codes to partners).
• Deal pages and promotional popups naturally feature firms that run affiliate programs.
• Our coverage prioritizes well-known firms traders actually search for — many of which run affiliate programs, since that's how the industry markets itself.

What it never affects: the score, the ranking order within our lists, or the content of pros and cons.

4. About Promo Codes

Discount codes listed on this site (e.g. on the Deals page) are issued by firms through their affiliate programs. Using a code typically attributes your purchase to us, which earns the commission — and saves you money versus buying without one. Codes can expire or change at any time at the firm's discretion; we remove dead codes when we find them or when readers report them.

5. Risk Reminder

A commission relationship is also why you should hold us to a high standard. So we'll say it here, clearly: most traders do not pass prop firm challenges, and challenge fees are typically non-refundable if you fail. No discount code changes that math. Only buy a challenge if you have a tested strategy and can afford the fee as a cost, not an investment.

6. Questions

If anything here is unclear, or you believe a review reads like an ad, email [email protected] — we take that feedback seriously.