How We Make Money
How YardVerdict makes money
YardVerdict participates in Amazon Associates and will link to eligible deer fence and garden cart product pages once verified URLs are added. Every fencing & barriers, gardening & growing, lawn power, outdoor cooking, and pools & spas score and rank is calculated before any affiliate link is attached.
How do Amazon Associates links work?
A deer fence title or garden cart button will link to that product's specific Amazon /dp/ASIN page only after a verified URL is added — never a search or category page. Until then the fencing & barriers, gardening & growing, lawn power, outdoor cooking, and pools & spas picks carry no live retail link.
How is scoring kept independent?
Scores for a deer fence, a garden cart, and every other fencing & barriers, gardening & growing, lawn power, outdoor cooking, and pools & spas product are computed from published specifications first, then a link is attached — never the other way round. The 0-100 grade never moves because a link exists. The scoring formula is published on the Scoring Methodology page, including each criterion and its relative weight. Each product entry includes at least one documented drawback so readers can judge whether a product fits their specific situation rather than taking its aggregate rank at face value.
What do we refuse to do?
No payment moves a fencing & barriers, gardening & growing, lawn power, outdoor cooking, and pools & spas rank: a deer fence's score and a garden cart's placement are fixed by the published specs, not by a commercial relationship, and we take no free product or sponsored placement to change them.
Is there any other revenue?
The Amazon Associates program is the sole fencing & barriers, gardening & growing, lawn power, outdoor cooking, and pools & spas revenue source today; should another affiliate or advertising relationship ever start, this page will name it here before it launches.