For certain services, we may recommend Tailor Brands' own products. When a pick is a Tailor Brands service, we say so right next to it, the same way we flag a paid pick.

How the commissions work

The providers we recommend run their own referral and affiliate programs. When you sign up with one of them through us, we may earn a commission, typically after your first paid month or payroll run, depending on the provider. The amount varies by provider and changes over time as those programs change, so we don't quote a fixed rate here. What never changes is that the commission does not affect the price you pay the provider.

Programs and rates change; we review our referral arrangements regularly. If you want the specifics of any single program, the provider publishes its own affiliate terms, and we're happy to point you to them.

The obvious question

"So won't you just push whichever one pays you the most?" Here's how the rules handle it. A provider gets ruled out for a solo owner or a five-person shop automatically when the rules say it's overbuilt and overpriced at that size.

When a heavier, better-paying provider does come up, it's because you told us you're running the kind of setup it actually fits: a 6–20 person crew heading past twenty, say. We'll flag that it's a paid pick right next to it, and you can decide what to make of that. That's the deal.

This one pays us a commission. Here's why it still fits. That's the sentence we're willing to put on every results page.

What we don't take

Now you know the deal. Want the answer?

Four questions about your setup. We flag any paid pick right next to it.

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