How We Review Affiliate Programs

Where our data comes from

Commission rates, CPA tiers, IB rebates, minimum payouts, and payment schedules are collected from three sources, in order of priority: the broker's official partner portal and partnership agreement terms, direct correspondence with the broker's affiliate team, and the broker's public partner marketing pages. When sources disagree, we publish the figure from the partner agreement and note the discrepancy in the review.

Regulatory information (licenses, registration numbers, headquarters) is checked against the registers of the relevant authorities — including ASIC, FCA, CySEC, FMA, and FSA — rather than taken from the broker's own marketing.

How often we verify it

Broker commission data is reviewed on a rolling basis, with every active program checked at least quarterly. Discount codes are tested before publication and re-verified when a broker changes its promotion terms; codes that stop working are removed rather than left up. Each article shows the date it was last materially updated — we do not bump dates without changing content.

Who writes our reviews

Reviews are written by named authors with backgrounds in affiliate marketing, brokerage operations, and financial regulation — each author page lists their credentials and the topics they cover. Reviews of prop trading firms are assigned to authors with prop industry experience; broker program reviews go to authors who have run affiliate campaigns themselves.

How we make money — and what it does not buy

CompareForexDeals earns a commission when readers join a broker or prop firm program through our links. This is how the site is funded, and it is disclosed at the top of every article that contains affiliate links.

Compensation does not buy placement. Rankings and comparisons are ordered by the published commission terms, regulation, and payout reliability of each program — not by what the broker pays us. Brokers cannot pay to change a published commission figure, remove a drawback from a review, or appear in a comparison they would not otherwise qualify for. Programs we have no partnership with are listed alongside those we do.

Corrections

If you find a commission figure, code, or regulatory detail that is out of date, contact us. Verified corrections are applied to the live page and reflected in the article's updated date.