Thanks to our advertising sponsors who keep our little juicer reviews website going!
Here at The Best Juicer Reviews we like to cut straight to the chase. We're a little site run by two people. We're posting this advertising policy because every website owner that has advertising on their site is required to. The short and sweet version: It's all about ethics. You either have integrity or you don't. We do!
Some people may not realize there are costs involved with having a website. We put this site up because we're juicing fan-atics and health nuts. When you visit the-best-juicer-reviews we hope you feel there is quality information that points folks in the right direction for juicer brands and models, and offers top-notch health information pertaining to juicing and a healthy lifestyle. We love providing all this free stuff for you. That's because we're real people, not some mega-corp out there in cyberspace...and we're really into health stuff, we've been living the "hippy, vegetarian, birkenstock-wearing, tofu-eating" thing for years.
There are costs to it though and that's why we have advertising on our little old juicer reviews website. There's the webhosting, but that's a minor expense compared to the many hours a week we spend researching and writing for the site. Our advertisers (beloved advertisers might I ad) cover those costs for us, and we appreciate it. It keeps us doing what we do best, sharing juicer and juicing information with you, for free, with no subscription costs. Doesn't that sound like a good deal?
Want to read more? It's dry. It's all about why we operate with integrity. I'm warning you, it's boring! All right, keep reading... (smiles)
We're juicing fans. That's why we put up this site! We write our reviews based on our personal opinions of the products. We research each product extensively and then give our honest, gritty rant or rave about it!
We're a 100% independent review site.
We're not on any company payroll for any of the juicer brands or health supplements that we review. We also haven't received any free products from any juicer companies or health supplement companies in exchange for reviews.
Our Juice and Health Supplement Reviews: Patrick is a Certified Nutritionist and has years of knowledge of the supplements industry. Each health supplement or juice he reviews goes through his personal extensive researching before a recommendation is made.
He has personally used every supplement and juice that he writes a review on. If he doesn't think a health product is any good he either doesn't write a review about it (ex: see any trashy no-name online Acai berry products reviewed on our site? Nooooo.) or he points out the downfalls instead of making a recommendation for it.
Our Juicer Reviews: Tanja (me!) is a juicing fan-atic. I write my reviews based on extensive research of consumer reviews found online. (similar to how the website consumersearch.com does.) I spend a full several days gathering data about user's opinions on juice yield, quality, froth, heating, ease of use, clean-up time and durability. I also research juicer issues that folks are reporting to discover mechanical issues, weaknesses, basically what breaks down over time! I go through hundreds of reviews by the time I'm done for each juicer model.
I also plead, beg, and bust into friend's homes to get hands-on experience with their juicer models as often as possible. I wish I could try every model out myself but we haven't figured out a way to buy a hundred different models and store them in the house! When it's not possible to get hands-on experience, in addition to the extensive online research, I also grill everyone I meet until I find a few folks who have a juicer model I'm reviewing. I then bug them with a gazillion questions about every aspect of their juicer. Their likes, their dislikes. "Oh and the pulp gets stuck in the little collector thingy and causes the whole thing to back up." That sort of thing.
Our Advertising Sponsors:
Our advertisers help the world go round...at least, they help us support ourselves through our little ol' free information website. We have google and shopzilla ads (we may add more but that's what we have right now). We don't have much control over these ads, so don't think that they are "official recommendations" by us. Generally we put up a bit of code and they send us random ads that fit our sites theme: juicers, juices, and health stuff. We get a little commission when someone clicks an ad. (Mentioning that commission here is not a request that you click an ad, it's a disclosure of how those ads work).
Our Affiliate Sponsors:
We have a handful of affiliates as well. They're a lot like advertisers except we only get a commission if you click to them from our site and then make a purchase from them within a certain period of time. For example on a juicer review page we may add an affiliate link to a place like Amazon or Ebay for that juicer brand. Once again, not an endorsement or recommendation. (Ex: We rant about the Jack Lalanne line, and give them a Don't Buy recommendation, but added the affiliate link for those of you who want it regardless of our thoughts!) You'll be able to tell whether we recommend a brand or product line based on the review you find on that page! It's pretty obvious... It comes back to that ranting and raving thing... and the lime rating system, and the Don't Buy Warnings, and the Top Choice awards.
Then there are affiliate links for our webhost Site Build It. We do recommend them and have a couple links up for folks who are interested in starting their own online business. They've helped us and lots of other folks succeed with a website business. Over time we'll probably add a few more affiliate programs. If it's a recommendation from us, like Site Build It, it's only for products or services that we really, really believe in.
We're an independent review site.
Our website does not contain any content that represents a conflict of interest. (ie: we're not employed or compensated by juicer companies or health companies for the reviews that we write)
The views and opinions on this site are ours, or the opinions of visitors who have shared their personal juicer reviews with us. (at the bottom of each juicer review done by us is an area for visitors to share theirs)
When we make an endorsement or recommendation, it is based on our personal opinions and through the personal research that we have done, and only when we believe a product is worthy of an endorsement or recommendation.
We don't sell ourselves out. We don't use advertising methods or affiliates with companies we feel offer low value, no value, or detrimental value to our visitors. There's enough sleezy advertising in the world already without adding to it! We have turned down requests to exchange links or sell advertising spaces with companies that do not meet the level of quality and integrity that we require.
What did this mile long page mean? The FTC wants websites to share information about their advertising and affiliates. They're concerned that some websites put up fake endorsements and reviews promoting products because they got the product for free in exchange for doing so. Think "latest miracle weight-loss supplement". Woooo!
We've never done that cuz we've got old-fashioned "hippy" values. It may mean we're a little too laid back at times, but it also means we believe in people, community, and good energy first...
Did you make it to the end? I can't resist. Who reads to the end of a page like this? You did! Did we disclose everything? Not yet. That's the point of a disclosure page right? Well here goes. You get the special prize at the bottom of the Cracker Jack's box (not an endorsement)
Just so you know the nutritionist who writes all those health benefits pages a little better: Patrick loves horror movies. He doesn't know I'm writing this so it's kind of funny. He'll never check out this advertising policy page so I can write whatever I want. Patrick also has a lemon fixation. He'll cut a lemon in half and suck the juice right out of it. Bitter!!! Who does that? (but now at least you know why we have so many pages about lemon juice on this site!) Wooo, lots of money in those pages, eh? We're obviously extremely unethical... lemon juice is a thriving market after all...
Patrick laughs a lot, has tons of friends (anyone he meets becomes a friend) and puts socks on my feet when it's cold. (Sweet!) We've been together for over fourteen years and every day is as special as the first time I saw him. Our kids are our dog and cat. We have a dog named Sunny and a cat named Sam. Sometimes Sunny will get really excited and lick Sam rabidly all over his head. Sam manages to get that dignified yet utterly disgusted look on his face that only a cat is capable of (but I think he secretly likes it...)
I don't have to disclose any secrets about myself since I'm the one writing this, you'll just have to wonder...
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