Affiliate & Funding Disclosure

This Disclosure explains how findlandsurveyor.com makes money and how that affects what you see on the Site. We believe transparency is the foundation of trust, and this page is written in plain English.

1. The directory is free for property owners

There is no charge to browse the directory, read our guides, view public contact details, or submit the standard property-owner estimate request. Survey Desk is a separate optional paid service for business requesters who want us to perform the search and collect structured firm responses.

2. How we make money

The Site is funded through three disclosed revenue streams:

Featured Profile subscriptions. Surveyors can purchase a paid Featured Profile that places their listing at the top of relevant directory pages and adds enhanced display features such as photos, descriptions, and a direct estimate request button. Featured Profiles are clearly labelled with a "Featured" badge wherever they appear. Pricing is published on the For Surveyors page.

Survey Desk service fees. A business requester may pay USD $99 for an eligible standard file, USD $149 for rush or failed-provider rescue, or USD $199 minimum for a reviewed complex file. Coverage is checked before payment. The displayed fee is authorized before sourcing and captured only when the requester accepts an actionable option and requests the introduction. The firm is not charged a lead fee or commission.

Affiliate or referral relationships. The Site may participate in affiliate or referral arrangements with surveyor lead networks, software products, or related services. When such an arrangement applies to a particular page, link, or recommendation, we earn a commission at no additional cost to you if you take a qualifying action through that link.

3. FTC affiliate disclosure

This Disclosure satisfies the Federal Trade Commission's Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (16 CFR Part 255). Where any specific page on the Site contains affiliate links, sponsored content, or paid placements, that page also includes a clear in-context disclosure identifying the relationship. Any opinion expressed on the Site is our own and is not influenced by any compensation received.

4. How "Featured" listings differ from organic listings

Within any state, county, or borough page, listings appear in two groups: Featured (paid placement, displayed first and clearly labelled) and Organic (unpaid). On county and city pages, organic listings are ordered by the number of reviews visible on the firm's public Google business profile. Featured placement does not affect any license signal or quality signal we display; it affects only ranking position and display features.

5. What we do NOT do

• We do not sell your personal information.
• We do not run lead auctions or charge surveyors per-lead fees for the leads we route.
• We do not take a commission from a survey firm's project fee or contract.
• We do not accept payment to remove negative reviews or alter editorial content.
• We do not write articles or guides that are designed to favour any particular surveyor or product.
• We do not knowingly list government offices, equipment vendors, marine surveyors, home inspectors, or other non-land-surveying businesses as surveyor profiles.

6. Editorial independence

Our editorial decisions about what to publish, how to rank organic listings, and what to recommend in our guides are made independently of any commercial relationship. If we ever recommend a specific product, service, or surveyor in our editorial content because of a paid arrangement, that recommendation will be clearly labelled as sponsored.

7. Questions

If you have a question about how we make money or how a specific page or recommendation is monetized, contact hello@findlandsurveyor.com. We will answer honestly.