Five rules we will not break
A deal catalog that takes money from founders has a built-in conflict of interest. There is no point pretending it is not there. There is a point in writing down exactly where the lines are — and then holding them.
Paid and earned are never mixed
Paid placement always sits in its own section and is visibly marked as paid. It is never slipped in among products that got there through upvotes or ratings.
Upvotes are not for sale
An upvote cannot be bought with money or credits, directly or as part of any bundle. The weekly and monthly leaderboards can only be won by people genuinely backing a product.
A review runs even when it is bad
You pay for us to actually use the product and write about it. You do not pay for what we write. You see the review at the same moment everyone else does, and you cannot pull it or edit it. You always have the right to a public reply.
Express pays for speed, not approval
Paid priority means we look at your submission within 24 hours. It does not mean we publish it. If we reject it, you get a full refund.
Measurement cannot be switched off
Daily uptime checks and the record of price and deadline changes run identically for paying and non-paying products. They cannot be disabled, hidden or edited, not for money and not on request from the product owner.
What you can buy
To make it completely clear, here is the other side. All of this is for sale and that is fine, because with none of it do we pretend it was earned.
- A place among the partners of the week on the homepage or in a category
- Rotation among the boosted products in the catalog
- A mention in the newsletter
- Priority processing of a listing within 24 hours
- An in-depth audit and a public review
Each of these things is marked as paid on the site. It is never mixed with what people voted for or with what our scanner measured.
How you can verify this
A commitment that cannot be verified is only a promise. Therefore:
- The price history of every product is public, including the lowest price over the last 30 days
- The graveyard also lists products that were paying customers
- Every product shows the number of distinct accounts that voted for it, not a raw number
- The market report also publishes the numbers that do not flatter us
- Paid placements are always in a separate, marked section
If you think we broke one of these rules
Email info@truetier.app and say specifically where and how. If you are right, we fix it and write about it publicly. That is when a page like this means something. Otherwise it is just more text nobody reads.
These rules are in force since 5 September 2026. If we ever change them, the change is marked here with a date and a reason. We do not delete the old version.