Disclosure

1. What are affiliate links

Some links to third-party tools on this site are affiliate links. If you sign up or buy through them, ServiceScale may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. We only recommend tools we genuinely rate, and a commercial relationship never affects a tool's score or where it ranks in our reviews.

2. How you can tell

On every review page where the outbound link is an affiliate link, we render a clear note next to the button so you know before you click. We also tag those links technically (with the standard rel="sponsored" attribute) so search engines treat them as commercial relationships.

3. Our independence

Our reviews are independent. We rate tools on merit. An affiliate relationship never changes a score or a ranking. If a tool we have a commercial relationship with is the wrong fit, we will say so. If a tool with no commercial relationship is the better option, we will recommend it.

4. How reviews and rankings are produced

Reviews and rankings are written by the ServiceScale team based on hands-on use, vendor documentation, and customer feedback we have collected from Australian trade and service businesses. Commercial considerations do not enter the scoring process.

5. Sponsored content on ServiceScale

Some content on this site is paid for. This section explains exactly what that means, what it never means, and how to tell the difference.

What we sell

We sell clearly labelled sponsored placements on our articles, and listings in our app directory. That's it. Every paid placement:

• Carries a permanent, visible Sponsored label. You will never have to guess.
• Uses rel="sponsored" on every advertiser link, so search engines know it's paid too.
• Shows a disclosure line at the end of the article.
• Runs for 12 months, then comes down unless it's renewed. We don't sell permanent links.

The advertiser writes their own draft, up to 150 words and one link. We edit it, and we hold final veto on wording. If a placement stops being something we'd stand behind, we remove it and refund the unused portion of the term.

What we don't sell

You cannot pay to be ranked, recommended, or rated well. Not at any price, not as an upgrade, not quietly. Our comparisons and verdicts are how we earn the right to have readers at all. Specifically, the following are never for sale:

• Position in any ranking, comparison table, or "best of" list
• Any verdict, rating, or recommendation text
• Our own product and pricing pages
• Our case studies
• Our websites for tradies guide

If a tool appears in a comparison, it's because we put it there. If it's paid, it says so on its face.

How to tell the difference

• A Sponsored label: someone paid for this placement.
• No label: nobody paid for it. It's there on merit.
• A tool ranked in a comparison: our assessment, unpaid, regardless of whether that tool advertises elsewhere on the site.

An advertiser buying a placement does not buy a better position in anything else on this site. The two are kept apart deliberately.

Why we do it this way

We write about the tools Australian tradies actually use. That's only worth reading if we're saying what we think. Selling rankings would earn more per deal and would destroy the only thing that makes the writing valuable. So we don't, and we'd rather say so publicly than be asked each time.

Enquiries

Rates are available on request. Placements are subject to editorial approval and we decline more than we accept.

6. Questions or concerns

If you have a question about a specific review, a ranking, an affiliate relationship or a sponsored placement, email us at info@servicescale.com.au. You can also read our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

Last updated: September 2026.