Who we are, and how we are paid

PetVerdict compares self-cleaning litter boxes, water fountains, automatic feeders, grooming gear, microchip doors, GPS trackers and the consumables that feed them, across twenty-four categories and five languages. We are a small independent editorial operation, not a retailer, not a brand, and not a media group.

We write about equipment, and only about equipment. Nothing here is veterinary advice, a diet, or a judgment about whether an animal is well — those belong with a vet who can see the animal. Where a question crosses that line, we say so and stop.

How the site is funded

Every "Check price" button on this site is an affiliate link to Amazon. If you buy something after following one, Amazon pays us a commission. The price you pay is identical either way.

We think you should know the shape of that incentive rather than just its existence. Amazon pays a percentage of the sale, so in principle we earn more when you buy something expensive. Three things push against that:

• The order owes nothing to what we earn. We do not know, page by page, which product earns us more — and we have never sorted a list by anything other than what the page argues. Where a cheap tool is the right answer, it goes first.
• Price is a poor guide to usefulness. Some of the things we recommend most firmly cost under twenty dollars — a fresh drawer seal, a foam pre-filter, the guide comb that fits the clipper you already own. Most machines described as broken are a consumable away from working.
• A place here is never paid for. We have never accepted payment, product or otherwise, in exchange for a position in a ranking. If that ever changes, it will be labeled on the page, not in a footer.

What we do not do

We do not run sponsored posts. We do not publish "top 10" lists assembled from other people's reviews. We do not rank by commission value, by conversion rate, or by what is in stock this week.

Every verdict here names what it rests on: the specifications and manuals, the standards that apply to the machine, and the weight of what long-term owners consistently report. Where a judgment leans on one of those more than the others, the review says which.

Corrections

Prices move, models get replaced, and manufacturers quietly change components. If something here is wrong, tell us and we will fix it and say what changed. Every page carries the date it was last reviewed.