MatchFast is reader-supported. Some commercial placements are available on this site. Ranking positions are not among them, and this page states exactly where the line sits.
What you can buy: featured placements and video add-ons. Every one is labelled where it appears.
What you cannot buy: a position in an editorial ranking, a higher score, removal of a critical note, or exclusion of a competitor. No company has ever paid to be ranked or ranked higher.
Why the line is drawn there
MatchFast exists because directory rankings are hard to trust when placement is for sale. Our own methodology is built around that problem: we read review data from third-party profiles but never use a directory’s display order, precisely because that order can be paid for.
Selling ranking positions would make this site the thing it was built to replace. So the editorial side and the commercial side are kept separate, the separation is published, and a paid placement never enters a ranking.
Featured placements
A featured placement is a labelled promotional unit. It sits outside editorial rankings, is visually distinguished from editorial content, and is identified as sponsored where it appears. Buying one does not put a company into a ranking it did not earn, and it does not change the company’s score on any page where it is ranked on merit.
Video add-ons
A company profile can carry a video presenting its work in its own words. This is clearly the company’s own material rather than MatchFast editorial, and it does not affect the profile’s scoring or the company’s ranking position.
What we will not do
- Sell, trade or discount a ranking position, at any price.
- Remove a verified negative finding — a thin review base, an unverifiable claim, a head office that is not where a directory says it is — in exchange for payment.
- Run a paid placement that is not labelled.
- Let a commercial relationship influence which companies are researched for a ranking.
If a company asks for any of the above, the answer is no, and the ranking does not change as a result of the request.
Getting listed for free
Editorial consideration costs nothing. Any company can submit itself through the submit page, and it is then assessed against the same criteria as everyone else. Submission has no effect on placement, and there is no paid route that produces a better outcome.
Enquiries
For advertising enquiries, use the contact page. For a correction to a ranking — which is free, and always will be — use the same page and point us at the published source you believe is wrong.