How we make money — the honest version
If we're going to ask you to trust us with something as personal as your money, you deserve to know exactly how we make ours. So here it is, with nothing hidden. If anything below ever feels off, call us out — that's the whole point.
How we keep the lights on
Right now — only what readers choose to give.
Everything on The People's Pocket is free, forever: every guide, every tool, every figure. There is no paywall and no membership. We take no money from any supermarket, bank, advertiser or sponsor, we run no adverts, and — despite what a "money" website usually does — there are no affiliate links anywhere on the site.
The site runs on the founder's own time, because being genuinely on your side matters more than making a quick euro from it. Since September 2026 there is one way to help pay for it: an optional tip through Buy Me a Coffee.
A tip is entirely voluntary. It unlocks nothing — every guide, tool and figure stays free whether you give or not — and it buys no influence over what we cover, what we recommend or how we word it. We promised we would tell you plainly if this ever changed, so here it is.
If that ever changes, here's our promise
One day we might point you to a genuinely useful tool and earn a small commission if you use it. If we ever do, three things will always be true:
- It will never cost you a penny more — the price is the same with or without our link.
- We'll only ever recommend something we'd genuinely use ourselves.
- We'll tell you plainly when a link earns us anything. No sneaking, ever.
What we will never do
Why we're upfront about all this
"Claim the money you're owed" is also the exact line every scammer uses. We know that. The only way to be the real thing in a sea of fakes is to be more transparent than anyone has any reason to be — so you never have to wonder what our angle is. This page is that, in writing.
We also stay anonymous on purpose — because this was never about building someone's personal brand. It's about you getting what's yours. Here's why that matters to us →
Now go claim what's yours
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