Editorial policy
These are the rules every review on GoodBuyJournal follows. They apply to every writer, every category and every brand, including brands we earn a commission from.
We only review what we have used
Every review is based on hands-on use of the product, recorded on video by our team. We do not publish reviews based only on spec sheets, press releases or other people's reviews. If a review compares a product we have not used, the article says so.
Advertisers do not decide our verdicts
Brands can send us products and can pay commissions on sales, but neither buys a score, a ranking or a positive review. Brands do not see or approve a review before it is published, and they cannot ask us to change a verdict. The people testing and writing do not decide which links pay the most.
Sponsored content is labelled
If we ever publish content a brand has paid for, it is labelled as sponsored at the top of the page, before any button or link, and it is kept apart from our reviews and best-of lists.
Everything is checked before it is published
Every review is checked by a second person on the team. Numbers, prices, trial periods, warranties and cancellation terms are checked against the brand's own pages and our footage. Anything we cannot check is removed. Claims a company makes about itself are attributed to that company.
We tell you the downsides
Every review names the product's main drawback and says who should skip it. We would rather lose a sale than send someone home with the wrong product.
We keep reviews up to date
Products, prices and policies change. When they do, we update the review. The date at the top of each article is the last time it was fully checked, not the last time a comma moved.
Who is responsible
Editorial decisions on GoodBuyJournal are made by the HME Technologies team. Commercial staff and partners have no say in what we test or what we conclude.
Corrections
If you think something on GoodBuyJournal is wrong, email hello@hmetech.com with the page link and what you think needs fixing. We read every report and reply to the ones that need it. When we get a fact wrong, we fix it as soon as we have checked it and add a note to the article saying what changed and when. We do not quietly rewrite verdicts.
See also how we test and every brand we've tested.