Affiliate disclosure

The short version

Some “Visit Website” links on bindie.ai are affiliate links. When you click one and sign up for the product, the product's company may pay us a small commission. You pay the same price either way. That's how we keep the site free and ad-free.

How you'll know

We mark every affiliate link visibly so you can always tell. On agent cards, the external-link icon carries a small grape-colored dot. On detail pages and comparison pages, the “Visit Website” button is followed by an italic note that reads “Affiliate link · how this works” and links back to this page. Links without those indicators are regular outbound links — no commission, no attribution, nothing changes.

What it does not change

Affiliate commissions do not influence which agents we list, what trust tier they earn, how we describe them, what we write in their “Things to know” section, or where they appear in search and category results. The same editorial rules apply to every listing — agents that pay us a commission and agents that don't are treated identically. The only difference is which URL the “Visit Website” button points to.

Sponsored placements — the rare cases where an agent has paid for promotion — are separately and visibly labeled “sponsored” above the card. They are not the same as affiliate links and never blend into the regular editorial flow.

Why this matters

We'd rather earn a small share of a sign-up we honestly recommended than run ads, charge subscription fees, or take money from agents to bias what we say. Affiliate links keep the incentives mostly aligned — we earn when an agent we listed turns out to be useful enough that you actually want it. That's a much better signal than impressions or page views.

Questions

If something on the site looks like it's being shaded by commission structure rather than honest assessment, please tell us. We rely on that kind of feedback to keep the site trustworthy.