How we review
A full methodology for money pages — scoring, exclusions, and update cadence — without fake ratings or income theater.
Fieldmark publishes guides, comparisons, and reviews of digital skill courses and tools. Commercial pages are written under the desk byline Morgan Ellison (The Fieldmark Desk). This page is the method those pages follow.
1. Start from the reader’s job
We organize around searches people make — sales courses, high-ticket closing, TikTok Shop training, reselling tools, Etsy/POD, ecommerce tooling, US wholesaling education, and related skills — and evaluate products against those jobs. Format and fit beat lifestyle marketing.
2. Evidence we will publish
- Public product URL on Whop (or another named marketplace)
- Price and billing cadence visible at time of writing, dated on the page
- Refund, cancel, or free-trial language shown on the listing or checkout when we can see it
- Seller claims labeled as seller claims — not Fieldmark guarantees
- Community signals used only as risk context, never as invented star ratings
We do not claim we bought or hands-on tested a product unless a specific Fieldmark page explicitly says so. Absence of a hands-on test is normal; clarity about that is required.
3. Scoring criteria (how “best” is decided)
We do not publish fake 1–5 star scores. Shortlists use transparent “Best for…” labels. Internally, editors weigh:
- Price clarity — can a reader budget without a mystery call?
- Job fit — does the listing describe a practice loop, tool, or curriculum that matches the search intent?
- Risk transparency — refunds/trials, geography limits, ToS caveats, and income-adjacent marketing called out
- Alternatives — can we point to a cheaper, free, or differently shaped option?
- Verification freshness — dated facts beat stale scrapes
Featured or “top pick” language means best fit among options we researched for that intent — not a paid podium and not a promise of outcomes.
4. What we exclude
- Income promises — “guaranteed commissions,” “average student earns…,” lifestyle montage as proof
- Fraud / identity risk — offers with credible public fraud reports or unresolved product-identity holds stay unpublished or parked
- Crypto trading / token speculation products
- Gambling and betting tips products
- Get-rich hype that cannot describe a skill, tool, or practice loop
Non-crypto trading education may appear only with a prominent risk disclaimer: education is not investment advice; capital can be lost. HIGH-risk income-promise ecom or TikTok offers stay publish: false unless editorial explicitly reopens them with stronger caveats.
5. Update cadence
- Money pages — revisit featured prices at least every 90 days, or sooner when a reader correction lands
- Material price or identity changes — update within a few business days of verification
- Parked / excluded offers — reviewed when new public evidence appears; silence is not endorsement
Every content page shows a last-updated date. Material corrections also update that date. See corrections.
6. Money, affiliates, and disclosures
Some outbound links are affiliate links via /go/<slug> with rel="sponsored nofollow". Fieldmark may earn a commission if you buy. Commissions never rewrite exclusions. Full detail: affiliate disclosure. Editorial conflict rules: editorial policy.
7. Page anatomy we require on money pages
- Quick answer and clear verdict without income promises
- Who it’s for / not for
- Dated public facts table when price is known
- Risks and evaluation checklist
- Alternatives with internal links
- FAQs + author byline linking here and to the editor bio
Contact
Questions about method: editors@fieldmarkguide.com. Factual errors: corrections.