Trust · who pays for the bench
Independence & Disclosure, in Writing
What funds the site
Sold Sealed Sent earns commissions when you buy through some of our links, and it sells original merchandise. That is the whole model, and it funds the reading. It does not decide what we write.
Up front:We may earn a commission when you buy through links on this site. It does not change the price you pay, and it does not change what we write.
A commission cannot move a printer up the list
A higher commission cannot move a product up a list, and no brand can pay for a review, a placement or a comparison. When two picks are close, we say so and tell you what breaks the tie for different shops; we do not manufacture a winner to sell a click.
No invented credentials, on the record
Our writers are gear researchers and editors. They hold no engineering, logistics or manufacturer credentials, and we never invent any. Bylines describe what a person actually does here (reads the maker pages, reads the platform pages, edits the packing beat) and nothing they don’t. Read who they are on the team page.
Corrections & real changes
Makers rename models and platforms rewrite their help pages. When we update a guide, the date you see reflects a real change to the page; we do not stamp a fresh date on stale work to game a feed. Spot an error? Tell us and it gets fixed, on the record.
Where our advice stops
We give no tax, legal or carrier-rate advice. Carrier rates, surcharges and dimensional-weight divisors change, so we print none and link out instead. Where a page touches a business buying account or supply records, it describes what the vendor’s pages say and points you to a professional. We print no prices and no star ratings or review counts.
How we actually read gear is documented on our methodology page.