Transparency
How we make money.
MovingRated earns from display ads and clearly labeled affiliate links — nothing else. There is no quote form and no lead generation here: we never collect or sell your contact details. Here is exactly where our revenue comes from, what that means for you, and the practices we refuse.
What we earn from
- Display advertising.We show Google AdSense ads on editorial pages. Advertisers pay for impressions and clicks; they get no say in what we write, and ad density stays inside the industry's Better Ads standards.
- Labeled affiliate links.Some links (clearly marked) pay us a commission if you buy — at no extra cost to you. Affiliate status never moves a recommendation: the disclosure sits on every page that carries them.
That is the whole list. We are reader-supported — the ads and affiliate links pay for the free cost guides and the calculator, and that is the only way the site makes money.
What we refuse to do
- No lead generation, no selling your data.There is no quote form on this site. We do not collect your name, contact details, or move information to sell or share with moving companies — there is no lead to sell. Most moving sites are lead-generation marketplaces that do exactly that; we do not.
- No pay-to-rank. Cost data, guides, and state pages cite public sources (FMCSA, state regulators, Census). No company can pay to appear or to improve how it appears in our editorial content.
- No broker role, no quote markups.We never select a mover for you, arrange your move, or take a carrier commission. You find, vet, and hire the mover yourself at the mover's own price — verify any mover with our state-by-state licensing lookup.
Why this model holds up
Our economics reward being worth reading: ads and affiliate links pay for the free guides and the cost calculator, and none of that improves when we shade the editorial — which is the point. Because we do not collect or sell your information, there is no incentive to favor one mover over another. The full policy lives in our editorial standards; how we handle data lives in the privacy policy.