How We Get Paid

BrokersRoom is primarily funded through affiliate commissions. When you open an account with a broker through one of our links, we receive a referral commission from that broker. This commission is paid by the broker, not by you. Using our recommendation creates no direct or indirect additional costs for you as a user.

The amount of these commissions varies by broker and business model. It ranges from single-digit euro amounts for simple newsletter sign-ups to several hundred euros for qualified account openings with initial deposits. With some brokers, we also receive a share of subsequent trading volume (so-called revenue share). This compensation structure is industry standard.

We don't publish a complete list of specific commission amounts per broker, as these terms are confidential and change frequently. However, we confirm that a business relationship exists when you use one of our links.

This is the crucial point — and the point where our model differs from much of the competition.

They enable us to offer free access to our content. No paywall, no mandatory sign-up, no hidden premium tiers. Our forecasts, broker reviews, comparison tables, and educational content are freely available because the business model is funded on the conversion side.

They also enable us to maintain editorial standards in an area dominated by attention economics and boulevard listicles ("Top 10 Trading Hacks!"). If we had to fund ourselves through ad impressions, volume would triumph over quality. Affiliate-based, we can focus on fewer, well-researched pieces.

Every affiliate-based publisher has a structural conflict between commercial interests and editorial integrity. We manage this conflict through three clear rules:

First: The rating methodology (see Methodology) is transparently documented and fixed to twelve weighted categories. Score assignments are reproducible, not ad hoc. Nobody can "buy a better score" through higher commission offers.

Second: When we write about a broker who compensates us above average, it doesn't change the analysis — but we mention the specific affiliate relationship in the article if it goes beyond normal industry terms.

Third: In comparison articles between multiple brokers, the comparison criteria are established before the comparison is created, not adjusted afterward to favor a particular broker.

Industry standard is a vague affiliate disclosure in tiny letters at the website footer, written in legal language nobody reads. We consider this strategically stupid — because it doesn't solve the actual problem (readers know money is involved, they just don't know how much or for what).

Transparency is more profitable long-term than obfuscation. Someone who once realizes that a supposed "Best Broker" recommendation was actually a paid placement won't come back. Someone who understands the honest business model and judges — and decides to follow our recommendations because they find them factually convincing — will become a long-term reader.

This isn't idealistic. It's the business model with which sites like NerdWallet, Wirecutter, and Money.com achieved billion-dollar valuations. Affiliate revenue plus editorial integrity. Both work together if you have the discipline.

When you open a broker through one of our links, the normal contract between you and the broker applies. We're not an intermediary in the legal sense, but an affiliate partner — we receive an advertising commission but take no responsibility for the business relationship between you and the broker.

You can of course also go directly to the broker without using our links. You'll get exactly the same terms — the affiliate commission doesn't affect the end-customer price.

If you'd like to support our work and choose a broker from our recommendations, we appreciate the click on the affiliate link. If you decide against our recommendation, that's perfectly fine — our ratings are meant to help you make an informed decision, not force a particular decision.