About · The Desk

The Editors Behind the Ledge

A small, independent team that writes about affiliate marketing the way a careful bookkeeper would: entries checked, sources named, assumptions written down.

Lead Entry

Why this site exists

Search for "passive income" and you will find screenshots of dashboards, countdown timers and courses. What you rarely find is someone setting out how long it took, what it cost and what went wrong. We started Jumbpixeltrolly to fill that gap.

Our editors have run content sites, managed affiliate programs on the merchant side and worked in consumer-protection compliance. We have seen commissions reversed, programs closed overnight and search traffic vanish after an update. That experience shapes our tone: calm, plain and sceptical of anything that sounds effortless.

We cite primary sources wherever possible: FTC and ASA guidance, network operating agreements, Google Search Central documentation. When rules change, we update the page and its date.

Two editors discussing notes at a shared table in a bright co-working room
Editorial meetings happen in a shared co-working room.
Funding

How we are paid

A guide to affiliate marketing that earns from affiliate links would have an obvious conflict. So we carry none. The site is funded by its owners and occasional editorial consulting for publishers on disclosure practice, which never involves endorsing products here.

Affiliate links
None.
Paid posts
Never accepted.
Courses
We do not sell any.
Method

How we check a claim

  • Find the sourceRegulator text, program terms or official documentation.
  • Read it in fullNot the summary someone else wrote.
  • Date itEvery page shows when it was last checked.
Masthead

The desk

Editor
Maren Holt: former content-site owner, eleven years in publishing.
Research
Tobias Achebe: previously ran a merchant-side affiliate program.
Compliance
Ines Larkham: background in advertising standards review.
Corrections

When we get it wrong

We correct errors promptly and note significant changes at the foot of the page. If you spot one, tell us.

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