Disclosure
TopSiteHosters.com earns revenue through affiliate commissions. When you click a provider link and sign up, we may earn a fee at no extra cost to you.
Our Commitment to Transparency
TopSiteHosters.com is committed to being fully transparent about how this site operates and how we generate revenue. This page explains our relationship with the companies and products we feature.
How We Make Money
TopSiteHosters.com is a free resource. To fund the research, testing, and editorial work that goes into maintaining the site, we participate in affiliate programmes offered directly by web hosting providers and website builders.
This means that when you click certain links on our site and go on to purchase a product or service, we may receive a commission from the provider. This comes at no additional cost to you, the price you pay is exactly the same whether you use our link or navigate directly to the provider’s website.
What This Means in Practice
When you see a link to a hosting provider or website builder on TopSiteHosters.com, it may be an affiliate link. These are not always visually distinct from other links, which is why we maintain this disclosure page and reference our affiliate relationships in our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Not every provider we mention has an affiliate arrangement with us. We cover and reference products and services based on their relevance to our readers, regardless of whether a commercial relationship exists.
Our Editorial Independence
We want to be unambiguous about this: affiliate commissions do not influence our reviews, rankings, or recommendations.
Our editorial process is governed by the criteria we apply consistently across all providers, performance, pricing, ease of use, support quality, features, and security. A provider is not featured more prominently because they offer a higher commission, and a provider is not excluded because they offer a lower one or none at all.
We have turned down affiliate arrangements with providers we did not feel met our editorial standards. If a product is not good value for our readers, we will say so regardless of any commercial relationship.
Why We Are Required to Tell You This
Affiliate disclosure is a legal requirement in multiple jurisdictions relevant to our audience:
- EU law: Under the EU Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (2005/29/EC), commercial intent must be clearly disclosed to consumers. Failing to disclose a material commercial relationship is considered a misleading commercial practice.
- Norwegian law: The Norwegian Marketing Control Act (Markedsføringsloven) requires that any form of paid promotion or commercially incentivised content be clearly identified as such.
- General transparency: Beyond legal requirements, we believe you have a right to know how this site works so you can weigh our content accordingly.
Who we are
TopSiteHosters.com is operated by Dragons Media (Browns Internettjeneste), based in Norway. If you have questions about our affiliate relationships or editorial process, please contact us.