Disclosure

How the arrangement works

Some links to brands on this website are referral links. If you follow one and go on to register with that brand, we may receive a commission from the brand. The link carries a parameter identifying us as the source so that the referral can be attributed; it does not transmit personal information about you from us.

You are never charged anything as a result. The terms you receive from a brand are identical whether you arrive through a link here or by typing the brand's address directly.

How links are marked

• Referral links carry the rel="sponsored" attribute in the page markup, as search engines require.
• Every promotional panel on this website carries a disclosure note directly beneath it.
• Links to support organisations and to reference material are never referral links and carry no commercial arrangement whatsoever.

What a commercial arrangement does not buy

• Editorial position. The order brands appear in is our own judgement. No brand can pay to be placed higher, and none has.
• Favourable wording. The things we note as worth keeping in mind are published whether or not a commercial arrangement exists with that brand.
• Pre-publication review. No brand sees, approves or amends a page about it before we publish it.
• Exclusion of criticism. A commission arrangement has never been a reason to remove or soften a point, and will not be.
• Coverage itself. Brands are covered because they are relevant to the category, not because an arrangement exists.

Where an offer has not been confirmed

We publish promotional wording only as the brand supplies it. Where an offer has not been confirmed to us in writing, the panel says that the details are pending rather than showing an estimated or borrowed figure. This category changes terms frequently, and a stale promotional number is worse than none.

What we are not

Tessera does not host any casino-style entertainment, does not process payments, and does not distribute virtual currency. We publish explanatory reference material only. We are not an operator, an agent of any brand, or a party to any sweepstakes. We cannot access accounts, resolve support questions or influence a redemption decision — see contact for what to do instead.

Independence in practice

The practical test of any disclosure statement is whether the website reads differently from one without it. Ours is written so that the free entry routes appear as prominently as the paid ones, that the things worth watching are stated alongside the strengths, and that no page implies an outcome the model does not offer. If we ever fail that test, we would rather hear about it: editorial@tesserasweepstakes.com.