Affiliate Disclosure

PropScout is independent and free to use. To keep it that way, some of the links on this site are affiliate links. This page explains exactly how that works and the rules we follow so our reviews and rankings stay honest.

1. The short version

• Some outbound links to prop firms are affiliate links.
• If you click one and later buy a challenge, the firm may pay us a commission — at no extra cost to you.
• Commissions never decide a firm's rank, score, or review.
• We list firms we don't have a partnership with, and we keep firms in our rankings even when they refuse to partner with us.

2. How we make money

PropScout earns revenue in two ways:

• Affiliate commissions from prop firms when a reader signs up via one of our tracked outbound links.
• Exclusive coupon codes — some partners give our readers a discount and pay us a small commission per redemption.

We do not sell paid placements, "sponsored #1" spots, or "buy a 5-star review" packages. Nothing on this site is for sale to the highest-bidding firm.

3. How affiliate links work

When you click a "Visit firm" button or coupon on PropScout, you're taken through a tracked redirect (for example propscout.live/api/public/r/<firm>) that records the click and forwards you to the firm. The firm sets a tracking cookie or query parameter and, if you purchase a challenge within their cookie window, attributes the sale to PropScout.

You pay the same price as anyone who reaches the firm directly. In many cases our coupon codes get you a better price.

4. How this affects (and doesn't affect) our rankings

Our scoring framework — the 5 Pillars — is built on objective, public criteria: payout reliability, rule fairness, drawdown structure, cost-to-funded ratio, and trader experience. Commercial relationships are not an input.

To keep ourselves honest:

• Rankings are recomputed from firm data, not edited by hand to favour partners.
• We publish non-partner firms with the same scoring rigour as partners.
• If a partner changes their rules for the worse, their score drops in the next update — even if it costs us revenue.
• We accept and publish negative reviews of partner firms.

5. FTC, ASA & global compliance

We comply with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials, the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) rules, and the EU Digital Services Act transparency requirements. That means:

• This disclosure is linked from every page footer.
• Affiliate links and coupons are labelled and behave identically to non-affiliate links — no hidden redirects.
• Reviews reflect genuine analysis. We don't fabricate testimonials.

6. What we don't do

• We don't take payment to hide negative information about a firm.
• We don't auto-publish PR copy from prop firms as editorial content.
• We don't email our subscribers offers from firms we wouldn't recommend ourselves.
• We don't track you across the web after you leave the site.

7. Spotted a problem?

If you believe a ranking, review, or coupon on PropScout is misleading, email editorial@propscout.live. We investigate every complaint and publish corrections when we get something wrong.

8. Risk reminder

Prop firm challenges are speculative products. Most participants do not pass an evaluation and lose their fee. Nothing on PropScout is financial advice. Only risk capital you can afford to lose, and read each firm's terms before buying.

Questions about this disclosure? Email hello@propscout.live.