StackEditorial policy and method
How Stack Bazaar decides what to cover, how pages are researched, and what we will never do.
How a deal is checked
Before listing, we compare the deal price with the vendor’s regular pricing page, read the refund policy and licence terms, and record the expiry date. Lifetime deals are flagged with the vendor’s age and funding status where known, because a lifetime licence is only as long as the company.
Ranking
Deals are ordered by editorial judgement of value and risk, never by commission rate.
What we never do
- Sell a ranking, a score, a placement or a positive sentence.
- Claim personal testing we did not perform.
- Publish numbers without a source and a date.
- Let a commission rate decide coverage.
- Use invented reviewers, invented testimonials or stock "customer" quotes.
Frequently asked
Do you personally use every product you cover?
No, and we will not pretend otherwise. Where a page is based on first-hand use it says so, with the plan and the dates. Otherwise it is built from documentation, pricing history and verified user reports, and it says that too.
Can a vendor pay to be included or to improve a score?
No. Vendors can send corrections with sources, which we check like any other evidence.
How often are pages updated?
Prices and features are re-checked on a schedule and each page shows its last-checked date. Readers’ corrections are handled as they arrive.