Commercial Disclosures

Commercial disclosures

We’re building data.day because we like the craft: data work that holds up under pressure.

Sometimes we mention brands and tools because we use them. Sometimes we like them. Sometimes we don’t. Either way, we want it to be obvious when money is involved — and when it isn’t.

The short version

• We don’t run paid ads.
• We don’t sell pay-for-play coverage.
• If we ever make money from a link or sponsorship, we label it clearly.
• Editorial judgment stays ours.

Editorial independence

We do not sell opinions.

• No pay-for-play: Vendors can’t pay for a review, a mention, or a “positive take.”
• No pre-approval: Vendors don’t see drafts before publication.
• Verification is allowed: We may ask vendors to confirm factual details (pricing tiers, feature availability, limits), but we don’t accept “messaging” edits.

Sponsorships and ads

We currently do not run paid advertisements.

If we ever add sponsorships in the future, we will:

• mark the placement clearly (for example [SPONSORED]),
• keep sponsorship separate from editorial planning,
• refuse sponsorship from products we consider predatory or fundamentally broken.

Affiliate links

Sometimes we link to products or services. In the future, some of those links may be affiliate links. If you buy through them, we may earn a small commission.

If we use affiliate links:

• it won’t cost extra,
• we’ll only do it for things we’ve actually used and can stand behind,
• the existence of an affiliate program will not influence our conclusions.

When an article contains affiliate links, we’ll say so near the top.

Conflicts of interest

Our contributors do real work in the field. That means conflicts can exist.

Our baseline rules:

• If a contributor has a financial interest related to an article, we add a clear Disclosure note.
• Contributors do not review their employer, or direct competitors of their employer.
• If we can’t reasonably keep distance, we don’t publish the piece.

Corrections and updates

We prefer being correct over being confident.

If we get something wrong, we fix it and note the update date. If a product improves and invalidates a criticism, we update the review to reflect the current reality. We don’t scrub history — we append.

Contact

If anything looks unclear, tell us. We’d rather over-disclose than be cute about it.