Methodology

How scoring works

Scores are rebuilt daily from the same public inputs. Sponsorship never affects score, grade, or ranking order.

  1. 1 · Evidence backbone

    We resolve every published certificate at the testing lab itself. A certificate that will not resolve counts as no certificate at all.

  2. 2 · Pricing depth

    Vendors earn coverage points for how much of their catalog has current, tracked prices we can compare against the market median.

  3. 3 · Verified purity

    Independent test results add to the score in proportion to how many distinct batches were tested, not how good a single result was.

  4. 4 · Trust signals

    Public review scores are bonus signals with a hard cap. A vendor with strong first-party evidence can rank without any of them.

  5. 5 · Caps and penalties

    Missing documentation, expired certificates, and unresolved complaints apply a negative cap that no bonus can outweigh.

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