Affiliate disclosure & editorial policy

The short version

comparecryptopay earns affiliate commissions when readers sign up for crypto cards via links on this site. You pay nothing extra. Our rankings, scores, and recommendations are determined by hands-on testing of each card. Commission rates have no bearing on what we recommend or how we order our coverage. A card with worse affiliate terms ranks above one with better terms if our testing says so; the opposite is also true.

How we make money

When you click an outbound link to a card issuer on this site and subsequently sign up, the issuer may pay comparecryptopay a commission. This is the standard affiliate / referral model used across the financial publishing industry. Commission can be:

• A one-time bounty per qualified signup
• A revenue-share on the fees you generate after signing up
• A combination of both

Specific commission structures are negotiated separately with each issuer and change over time. Some cards we cover have no affiliate programme at all; we still review them when the product is editorially relevant. Examples include Gnosis Pay and certain self-custody-first products.

What stays editorial, no matter what

• Rankings. The order of cards in our best-of pages, country profiles, and category lists is determined by hands-on testing scored against published methodology, never by commission rate.
• Scores. The 0-10 score on each card profile reflects fees, limits, custody model, geography, rewards, and operational quality. It does not reflect what an issuer pays us.
• Coverage decisions. We add a card to the site because the product is genuinely worth covering, not because the affiliate terms are good. We remove a card if it stops being relevant, regardless of commission.
• Verdicts. If a card we have an affiliate relationship with is the wrong choice for a reader's situation, we say so plainly. The point of independent review is to be useful to the reader; nothing else works long-term.

What we will not do

• Take payment in exchange for a positive review.
• Accept paid placement in our rankings or category lists.
• Publish sponsored content disguised as editorial review.
• Suppress findings, gotchas, or risks to protect a commission relationship.
• Trade favourable coverage for product access, beta invites, or events.

How decisions get made

• Coverage: a card joins the site when it is real, available, and we have tested it. We do not accept "review my card" pitches in exchange for coverage.
• Scoring: based on our published methodology weighing fees, limits, geography, custody, rewards, and operational quality. Each criterion is rated independently before a composite score is produced.
• Updates: every card profile and country page is re-verified at least quarterly. The "updated" date at the top of each page tells you when. Significant terms changes trigger an out-of-cycle review.
• Corrections: if we get something wrong and a reader points it out, we correct it visibly and date the correction. We do not silently rewrite history.

Risk warnings

• Crypto cards involve risk. Funds held with custodial issuers are exposed to solvency, custody, and regulatory risk.
• Card availability and fees change frequently. Always verify on the issuer's current page before signing up.
• Tax treatment of crypto-card spending varies by jurisdiction. We are not your accountant. See crypto card tax by country for the overview, then talk to a local professional.
• Nothing on this site is financial advice. Nothing on this site is a recommendation to invest in crypto-assets.

Conflicts of interest

If a member of our editorial team holds a token issued by a card provider, has a non-commercial relationship with an issuer (former employment, personal connection), or any other potential conflict, it is disclosed on the relevant page. As of this page's last update, no such conflicts are active beyond the affiliate relationships disclosed above.

Regulatory framing

This disclosure is designed to comply with:

• United States: FTC Endorsement Guides (16 CFR Part 255)
• United Kingdom: ASA CAP Code and FCA financial-promotion rules
• European Union: Consumer Protection Cooperation regulations and national advertising laws
• Italy: AGCM advertising disclosure rules (where the operator is resident)
• Australia: ACCC advertising guidance and ASIC consumer protection

Disclosure appears at the top of every page that contains affiliate links, in our terms, and in clear outbound link attributes (rel="sponsored" on commission-bearing links per Google's recommendation).

Tell us when we are wrong

If anything on this site looks inaccurate, out of date, or insufficiently disclosed, please email hello@comparecryptopay.com. We will look into it promptly and correct what needs correcting.

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