Policy

How Nozzle & Spool makes money

This page exists so you never have to wonder.

Affiliate links

Some links on this site — to printers, filament, and tools — are affiliate links. If you buy through one, the retailer pays us a commission. It costs you nothing extra.

What affiliate money never does:

• It never changes a verdict. Rankings and picks are decided by owner evidence, then monetized — never the other way around. A single exception would be a policy violation, not a judgment call.
• It never appears on a product we rate "avoid." If we tell you not to buy it, there's no link to buy it.
• It never buys placement. No pay-to-rank, no sponsored rankings, no "featured" picks for sale.

Disclosure

Every page carrying affiliate links shows this near the links, not buried:

Nozzle & Spool earns a commission if you buy through links on this page. It costs you nothing extra, and it never changes our verdicts.

This policy is linked from the footer of every page.

Ads

We run a small number of static display ads — sidebar and below content, always labeled "Advertisement." Banned outright: pop-ups, interstitials, autoplay video or audio, anything that breaks the mobile layout. Ads never appear inside verdicts or comparison tables.

Sponsored content

Banned outright. Nozzle & Spool does not publish sponsored content, labeled or otherwise. If that ever changes, this page will say so first.

Why this page exists

A buying guide that hides how it gets paid is a brochure. We'd rather you trust the verdicts — so here's the money, in the open.