Trust
How we make money
The short version is the disclosure you'll see next to every quote button on this site:
Three facts about money on this site: running the calculator costs nothing; the quote button on a city page is what sends your project to a matching partner, and that partner might pay us afterward; and no business buys its way onto a city list, whether that list is pulled from a license file or sorted by Google reviews. Whoever calls you back after you request quotes isn't guaranteed to match a name you saw on this page.
The cost figures and the calculator work the same way whether or not this site ever earns anything from you: built from published sources, not from an advertiser's input.
Money only changes hands after someone clicks the quote button on a city page. That click goes to a matching partner, and the partner pays us, not the other way around, and not because a listed contractor asked to be featured. Listed contractors pay nothing and get nothing for appearing here.
The quote button
Pages with listings also carry a quote button. It opens a quote request run by our matching partners, not by the businesses listed on the page. When you ask for quotes through it, a partner may pay us. That is how we pay for running this site.
The partner decides which companies to match you with, so the companies that contact you may not be the ones listed on the page you came from. Before you hire anyone, check their license the same way you would check a listed business.
What it costs you
Using Siding Installation Cost costs homeowners nothing. You don't pay us for listings, lookups or quote requests.
What money doesn't change
- Listings come from state license records or, on top-rated lists, from Google Maps ratings. No business pays to be listed, to be left off, or for its position.
- License listings are sorted alphabetically. Top-rated lists are ranked only by Google rating and review count.
- There are no paid placements today. If we add any, they will be marked Sponsored.
- Verify license links go only to the state's license registry, never to a partner.
How to tell the links apart
Quote buttons always sit in a box with the disclosure above, and they are marked as sponsored links in the page code (rel="sponsored"). Every other outbound link on the site goes to an official license record, a business's Google Maps listing, or a source we cite.