{
 "generated": "2026-10-09",
 "status": "draft of 2026-10-09; the figures are confirmed vendor by vendor in the panel agreement sent after a claim is verified",
 "model": "the one UK price-comparison sites use: free to the visitor, no advertising, no sponsored positions; the vendor pays a fixed fee only for business that came through the site, and the fee is the same whatever the product's rank",
 "options": [
  {"id": "per_order", "text": "a fixed fee per order placed after a click-out from this site, attributed by the ?ref=comparethepeptide&ctp=<id> reference on the link", "draft_fee": {"GBP": 3.0, "EUR": 3.5}},
  {"id": "per_click", "text": "a fixed fee per click-out to the vendor's product page", "draft_fee": {"GBP": 0.3, "EUR": 0.35}}
 ],
 "never": [
  "the fee never enters the ranking: best price, best value and best overall are arithmetic over the product's own numbers, printed on every card",
  "no vendor can buy a position, a badge or a word on the site",
  "a vendor not on the panel is gathered, ranked and linked exactly the same way; the panel adds the feed, the test-report link and the verified mark, not a better place"
 ],
 "how_orders_are_counted": "the vendor's shop records the ref/ctp parameters from the click-out and either posts each order to /sale.php with its panel key or sends a monthly statement; this site keeps its own click count to reconcile against",
 "statement": "monthly, per vendor, listing click-outs by month and the orders reported, with the fee that follows from the option the vendor chose"
}