Is Wirecutter paid?

The pricing for our subscription is $5 a month or $40 a year for unlimited access to all of Wirecutter’s coverage and features. A Wirecutter subscription is also included in The New York Times All Access Digital and All Access Home Delivery Subscriptions.

What happened to the Wirecutter?

That’s why we’ve retired The Wirecutter and The Sweethome names and launched a unified website in their place to be the definitive review source for our readers: Wirecutter.

Why is Wirecutter so expensive?

Instead of running advertising on their pages, Wirecutter relies on affiliate links, offered by sites like Amazon. When you click “buy” on something the site recommends and follow through with the purchase, Wirecutter gets a cut of the sale price, which is higher the more expensive the product is.

Is Wirecutter part of NYTimes?

Wirecutter was founded in September 2011 and was acquired by The New York Times Company in October 2016.

Is Wirecutter owned by Amazon?

In 2015, Amazon tested a partnership with Wirecutter on a similar sponsored posts format on Amazon’s site for recommendations….Wirecutter (website)

Type of site	Product reviews
Owner	The New York Times Company
Founder(s)	Brian Lam
Editor	Ben Frumin (as of 2020)
URL	www.nytimes.com/wirecutter

Does Amazon own Wirecutter?

Is Wirecutter independent?

We work with total editorial independence. That means nothing appears on the site as a recommendation unless our writers and editors have deemed it the best through our rigorous reporting and testing. Wirecutter was founded in September 2011 and acquired by The New York Times Company in October 2016.

Is Wirecutter included with NY Times subscription?

2. Do I get access to Wirecutter with an All Digital Access or Home Delivery subscription to The New York Times? Yes. All Digital Access and Home Delivery subscriptions to The New York Times include unlimited access to Wirecutter coverage.

What is the Wirecutter app?

Wirecutter helps people buy the right things for the way they want to live. Experts research, test and review hundreds of products across categories in real-life scenarios to recommend the best option for the task at hand.

Do Wirecutter reviews really tell you what the best product is?

But the problem may not be so much with Wirecutter ’s individual reviews as it is with its overall promise that it can actually tell you what the best product is. Review sites like Wirecutter are incentivized to pick products, even if they aren’t perfect, because they don’t make money unless you buy something.

Is Wirecutter the best place to buy camera lenses?

When you click “buy” on something the site recommends and follow through with the purchase, Wirecutter gets a cut of the sale price, which is higher the more expensive the product is. In truth, if you’re an expert on any single category, such as camera lenses, the “best” pick on these sites is likely to be something you disagree with.

Does aesthetic beauty matter to Wirecutter?

In general, aesthetic beauty, which is an important factor for me, doesn’t seem to be a factor Wirecutter considers in its reviews. Other ignored criteria can be more fundamental. Walt Mossberg, a longtime reviewer and journalist, discovered that for himself when he bought the Panasonic FlashXpress toaster oven.