The criteria, in detail
These five evidence questions identify product fit, publication identity, outcome completeness, current commitment and incentives. The criteria are explanatory procedures, not claims that six paid services underwent a uniform observed test.
What the scorecard is really sorting
Different product formats require different records. A seller catalogue is not a publisher; a bot is not its external strategy; a timestamp is not an account statement. The retained category table now identifies source-specific requests and unresolved questions instead of awarding blanket passes.
| Source format | Publication evidence | Outcome evidence | Unresolved boundary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messaging-app channel | Original messages, receipt times and amendments | Expected calls, cancelled/open cases and stated outcome rules | Channel retention does not by itself establish a subscriber fill. |
| Copy-trading room | Named source account and authorised copying configuration | Source and follower statements, rejected orders, sizing and costs | A source-account gain is not automatically the follower outcome. |
| Social-media caller | First-version posts and an expected post inventory | Defined setup population rather than selected winning screenshots | A public post does not identify actual account quantity or charges. |
| Aggregator / re-poster | Original source links, forwarding times and changed fields | Expected included/excluded messages and delay-sensitive outcomes | A forwarded instruction cannot inherit missing evidence from its source. |
| Automated / AI service | Frozen rule, original alert IDs and receiver configuration | Accepted/rejected operations, partial fills, duplicates and charges | Successful transport is not proof of execution or strategy quality. |
| Anchored, reviewed desk | Original covered bytes, proof state and independent time bound | Complete publication population and separately scoped account records | A valid digest cannot supply unprotected fields or absent losses. |
Each row needs its own actual artifacts. The publication-evidence row must still resolve payload scope, expected population, outcomes, account operations and costs. No category gets an automatic positive financial verdict.
Why these two columns decide most cases
Product format changes the questions, not the verdict. For a channel retain original posts and edits; for a marketplace inspect one seller; for a bot reconcile accepted and rejected orders; for a publisher obtain the full call ledger. Blockchain use alone does not authenticate profitability, completeness or custody.
The three tests with their own page
Written to a chain first
Why a public-chain timestamp is the test a verify-first reader trusts over any screenshot.
A re-runnable record
What a real track record contains, and what a highlight reel quietly leaves out.
Grades that are measured
How an A-to-D conviction grade is calibrated to a model's own returns instead of a mood.
Current pricing and commercial incentives can be decisive and may require owner or checkout evidence. Missing renewal or relationship records remain missing rather than receiving a presumed pass.
Complete the price and incentive questions too
A fictional publisher costs 30 Q per month and optional software costs 15 Q. Three unchanged months commit 135 Q before account charges. A separate 120 Q annual offer has a 10 Q monthly equivalent but requires the annual amount upfront. Current renewal, cancellation and actual eligible access remain separate source fields. Unknown amounts are not replaced with zero merely to make the comparison look complete.
A product can be paid by subscribers while also having promotional or referral relationships. Identify the actual counterparties and placement purpose rather than concluding clean incentives from a price tag. This publication discloses its featured marketing case and the owner's legally independent ownership statement, without claiming the full relationship register was supplied. A material unknown belongs with the buying decision.
Define a usable evidence packet
The finished fictional comparison keeps the offered object, original source, relevant observation boundary, unresolved record and next decision. It can conclude compatible research but incomplete execution instructions, or documented software features but unknown external strategy outcomes. Those conclusions preserve useful material without awarding an invented all-pass score.
For stronger financial claims, obtain the actual expected setup population, operations, costs and account-capital conventions. A short public-source review cannot supply those missing records. A criterion is a question to investigate, not evidence that the investigation was completed. Product identity and original outcome scope must survive every update to the comparison.