Trust
How we make money
The short version is the disclosure you'll see next to every quote button on this site:
How this works: the climate, risk and code information on this site comes from public standards and federal data sources, cited by name, not from any window manufacturer. Local installers on a city page come from a state's own public license file where one covers that city, or from Google's own ratings where it doesn't; either way, it's never a submitted form, and no listed business pays for a spot on that list. Quotes run through a separate button handled by our matching partners, and if you request quotes by clicking it, the partner behind that click may owe us a fee.
Reading a climate guide or browsing an installer list costs nothing here. The quote button is the one part of this site tied to payment, and it's operated by partners in our matching network rather than by us directly.
A partner may owe us money once a click on that button turns into an actual quote request. That has no bearing on the climate zone data, the ENERGY STAR criteria, or the code requirements described elsewhere on this site, all of which come from the cited standards regardless.
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 Replacement Windows Company 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.