Which links
Links to LLC formation services and registered agent services (currently Northwest Registered Agent, ZenBusiness, Bizee and LegalZoom) may be affiliate links. If you click one and buy, the company pays RegistryWise a commission. It costs you nothing extra.
Links to state government portals, the IRS, the USPTO and other official sources are never affiliate links. We earn nothing when you use them.
How they are marked
Every affiliate link is labelled "sponsored" for screen readers and carries the rel="sponsored" attribute. On every page that contains one, a disclosure in plain words appears above the first such link. Affiliate links all pass through our own /go/ address so we can count clicks by page and position; that address is excluded from search engines.
What it affects
Which services we are able to link to with a tracked link, and the revenue that keeps the site running.
What it does not affect
- The order providers appear in. That comes from the published scoring, which does not include commission as an input.
- Whether a provider is criticised. The reviews list what to watch for at checkout, including for the providers that pay the most.
- Whether we recommend a service at all. Several pages say outright that most people do not need one and link to the state portal instead.
- Where the links sit. Sponsored links never appear inside instructions for using an official portal.
Display advertising
Some pages may carry display ads served by an advertising network. Advertisers have no input into content and we do not see which advertiser appears to which visitor.
FTC
This disclosure is made in accordance with the US Federal Trade Commission's Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising, 16 CFR Part 255.