How we make money
When you buy through a link on this site, the retailer may pay us a commission. You pay the same price, and the commission never decides which machine we recommend.
Affiliate links
"Check price" buttons and most product links go through our own redirect at /go/ and carry an affiliate tag. We're in the Amazon Associates program and apply to manufacturer programs (Sole, Horizon, Bowflex, NordicTrack and others) as they accept us. This page lists the active programs and changes when one does. CardioTested is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
What a commission doesn't change
Our ratings use the same formula for every machine, and commission rates aren't part of it. The order of a best list is set by who each machine suits. Where two retailers sell the same machine, we link both, and the first button goes to the one we'd buy from.
What we don't do
We don't accept payment for reviews or placement, and we don't run sponsored posts. If a brand sends us a unit, the review says so at the top. We don't show prices as facts because they change daily: we show typical ranges, and the button shows today's.
Click tracking
We count which button position on a page gets clicked (top, after the pros and cons, middle, end) so we can learn where readers decide. That's a count, not a profile. The privacy page covers what else we collect, which isn't much.
Questions
If a link looks wrong, a price looks stale, or you think money moved a pick, tell us. If the question deserves a public answer, we'll give one.