Our Philosophy
Our Philosophy for Credit Card Reviews
If you’ve ever searched for Credit Card reviews before, you no doubt came across dozens of sites that look just like this: a grid of 10-20 of the same offers or companies, their basic plans listed, a “rating” of 90-100% or 4-5 stars, and an editorial review.
You might have already realized these aren’t real reviews. These sites are run by affiliate marketers, being paid directly by affiliate providers or indirectly through affiliate referral programs. They write their own positive reviews of every program, without ever having an account with them, so that you’ll pick one of their listings and click through to the offer provider’s site to buy. When you do, they get paid for the referral.
Award Winning Credit Cards is different. We believe the best way to choose a new Credit Card is to research them first, starting with what their customers are saying. All our reviews are submitted by our visitors, just like you, who want to share their experience. You get the good and the bad experiences so that you can make your own decision.
Credit Card Ratings are Ordered here by Customer Ratings
Most review sites order their lists of Credit Card offers by how much each is paying per referral to maximize their income. That means all their lists are almost identical, showing you the same names over and over, even if the companies provide poor support, service and features.
Our reviews are ordered by weighted customer rating. That means a Credit Card offer with a 5-star rating by a single reviewer won’t automatically go to the top of the list, but one with numerous reviews well above the average will. The more reviews customers submit about the offers, the more we trust the ratings to be accurate and allow it to move up the ranks.
No Advertising Here!
To avoid being influenced by any Credit Card company, Award Winning Credit Card accept no advertising. No ads are shown on the site, and no Credit Card company can pay us to have their site listed higher, or to remove negative reviews. We do add referral IDs to the links to the Credit Card sites, if the Credit Card company has a referral program. This allows us to earn revenue to develop and maintain the website for you, however, we allow you to review whatever Credit Card company you’ve used, even if they don’t have a referral program.
We Need Your Support
Since AwardWinningCreditCards.com isn’t run the same way most “Credit Card review” sites are run, controlled by advertising partners and maximizing affiliate commissions, we can’t afford to pay $5 per click or more to advertise on search engines like they do.
If you’ve found our customer reviews of Credit Card offers useful, and want to help us out in return, tell your friends about this site. Link to it on your website or blog, mention it on your Facebook or MySpace, and recommend us whenever someone you know is looking for reliable and proven Credit Card programs. Thank you for your support!
