Editorial policy

Independence

aliencpa is an independent magazine. We have no stakes, partnerships or other interests in the companies we cover, apart from ordinary affiliate links on brands we tested and liked. We write honestly because we test things ourselves.

What money can’t buy

• A rating, a score or a positive verdict.
• A place in a top list: the order of every top list is editorial.
• The removal of a critical article, a negative review or a comment.

Paid materials exist, and they are always labelled: Sponsored for articles, reviews and pinned placements, Ad for banners. A sponsored review is researched, written and fact-checked by our editors like any other text. The sponsor doesn’t approve it and doesn’t choose the verdict.

How a text is made

1. The editor collects the data and the screenshots.
2. We research the topic with AI tools to check that the facts are current and to fill the gaps.
3. The editor confirms the facts and the angle.
4. The text is drafted with AI assistance, from the editor’s notes and in the editor’s voice.
5. The editor edits the draft, and the final text is checked once more with AI tools for errors and inaccuracies.
6. The editor reads and approves the final version. Nothing is published without it.

Every article shows the line “Approved by the editor” with the date. We keep an approval log of who approved each text and when; entries in it can’t be edited or deleted.

We don’t publish press releases, advertiser texts or submitted articles as they are. We rewrite them in the magazine’s style and check the facts and the proof.

Case fact-checks

We take public case studies of agencies and media buying teams and run our own fact-check: what the author left out, where the numbers don’t add up, what stays unclear. Each case gets the editors’ verdict and a score from 1 to 5, with links to the companies involved.

Corrections

When we get something wrong, we fix it. We try to stay objective, but we can make mistakes too: select the text and use “Report a mistake”, or write to us through contacts.

Scam investigations

We investigate scams, fraud and deception by affiliate networks or by webmasters. We are an independent platform and give both sides of a conflict a voice: the company gets our questions and a chance to answer, and we publish its answer.

Comments under investigations stay open and are not deleted by the editors, so the company, affiliates and other participants can add to the story or update it. The goal is more transparency and trust between affiliate programs and webmasters.

A “Caution: scam” label on a company always links to its investigation. The evidence is kept by the editors.

Comments and reviews

Reviews and comments are moderated after publication. We don’t hide honest reviews and don’t show fake data. We remove only the legal minimum:

• spam;
• threats;
• non-public personal data;
• illegal content.

A removed comment stays in place, marked “Removed by moderator: ”. Links are not allowed in reviews and comments, so the magazine can’t be used for free advertising. A company can answer reviews for free once it confirms it owns its card.

Topics we cover and don’t

We cover affiliate marketing verticals only: nutra, dating, adult, gambling and betting, finance offers, e-commerce and AI products. We don’t cover essays, forex, binary options, pharma, phishing or scams against users.

Grey topics — cloaking, renting agency ad accounts, getting around ad review and similar — get an introduction that is open to everyone. The details and schemes are for signed-in members only and are not served to bots or search engines.

No income promises

We don’t promise income anywhere on the site. Numbers in case studies are the results of specific people in specific conditions, checked as far as we can.

Audience

The magazine is for adults (18+).