Affiliate disclosure
The deals move. The tests don't.
Every affiliate arrangement on proxy.report lives here, dated and audited. Rankings on the site come from the same test data everything else uses. If an unaffiliated provider outperforms an affiliated one, the unaffiliated one ranks higher. Full stop.
Current state
Where I stand with each provider.
Six providers on the site today. Zero active deals. Status updates as anything signs, changes, or ends. Old entries are never edited or deleted; new ones are appended.
| Provider | Status | Effect on test results |
|---|---|---|
| Byteful | No deal, never approached | None. Rank comes from the numbers. |
| DataImpulse | No deal, never approached | None. Rank comes from the numbers. |
| Decodo | No deal, never approached | None. Rank comes from the numbers. |
| Oxylabs | No deal, never approached | None. Rank comes from the numbers. |
| Shifter | No deal, never approached | None. Rank comes from the numbers. |
| Webshare | No deal, never approached | None. Rank comes from the numbers. |
Source: src/content/affiliate/<provider>.yaml. One file per provider, deal timeline inside. Missing file = no deal, ever.
Ground rules
What a deal is, and isn't, allowed to do.
- An affiliate deal cannot change a test-run number, a per-site row, a vendor split, or a ranking. The scripts run the same way regardless.
- An affiliate deal cannot promote a provider on a best-of page above one that outperforms it on the underlying data.
- Every page that judges a specific provider carries a sidebar widget stating whether I earn a commission on that provider. See the widget on any review or report tab.
- When a deal changes, a dated entry is added to this log. Old entries stay untouched.
- If a provider I earn from loses on the numbers, they lose on the page.
Related
Where this shows up on the site.
- Every provider's review + report tab carries an "Is This Report Genuine?" sidebar widget reading the same data as this page.
- Every best-of page carries an "Is This Ranking Genuine?" widget, one line per ranked provider, with the current deal status.
- The methodology page covers what the test does and doesn't measure. Anything on the report tab traces back to those ten steps.