How we test

The Worth It Test

Every published review answers the buying question with evidence. Planned tests stay labeled planned until receipts exist.

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Honesty rules

  • Published reviews and planned tests are separated in the UI, sitemap, and search indexing.
  • No KEEP, RETURN, REPLACE, WAIT, or ONLY BUY IF verdict without scorecard evidence.
  • Affiliate links appear only after a genuine recommendation and always with disclosure.
  • Sponsors cannot buy verdicts, suppress negatives, or approve conclusions.

Ten questions every review answers

These are the Worth It Test steps.

  1. 1What does this product claim to do?
  2. 2What did it cost?
  3. 3What job did I hire it to do?
  4. 4How did I test it in real life?
  5. 5Where did it help?
  6. 6Where did it fail?
  7. 7Who should buy it?
  8. 8Who should skip it?
  9. 9What is the cheaper or better alternative?
  10. 10Final verdict: Keep, Return, Replace, Wait, or Only Buy If.

Verdict definitions

Final labels are reserved for evidence-backed conclusions.

KEEP

Worth continuing to use or recommend for the right buyer.

RETURN

Not worth keeping after real use.

REPLACE

Use a better or cheaper alternative instead.

WAIT

Potentially useful, but timing, maturity, price, or availability makes buying now weak.

ONLY BUY IF

Conditional recommendation for a narrow buyer profile.

Scorecard categories

Each category needs a 0-10 score, evidence note, and buyer-impact line.

Setup frictionDaily usefulnessReliabilityTime savedOutput qualityPrice fairnessRegret risk

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FAQ

Do planned review pages count as published tests?
No. Planned pages are for follow-along test plans, stay noindex, and stay out of the sitemap until published.
When do recommendation links appear?
Only on published reviews after evidence supports a buying call, with affiliate disclosure when applicable.
What happens if a claim is wrong?
It gets corrected visibly on the page and logged on the corrections page.