Affiliate Disclosure

This site is free to read and is funded in part by affiliate relationships. Some links to commercial products or services are affiliate links, which means we may be paid a commission if you click one and go on to buy something or ask for a quote. It costs you nothing extra.

That is the whole arrangement, and this page exists so you can read the rest of the site knowing it.

What an affiliate link is

An ordinary link to a company we have a commercial relationship with. If you follow it and become their customer — or, for some programs, simply request a quote — they pay us a share. The price you pay is the same as it would be going direct.

The rule that matters

Commercial relationships do not touch what the regulatory pages say.

Fees, deadlines, classifications, exam rules, penalties, thresholds — all of it is checked against a primary source — the North Carolina General Statutes, the North Carolina Administrative Code, material published by the licensing board itself, or the examination vendor’s published Candidate Information Bulletin — and recorded with its source and the date it was read. Never against another website or a summary of one. No advertiser sees a page before it goes up, and no partner can change a fact, soften a warning, or have a page written about a topic.

If following a rule properly means telling you that you do not need a product, the page says so. There are pages here whose honest answer costs us money, and they say it anyway — the sections explaining what North Carolina does not require are the obvious example.

What we do not do

• We do not accept payment for a favorable description, a ranking, or a recommendation.
• We do not publish sponsored posts dressed up as guidance.
• We are not paid by the licensing board, and are not affiliated with the North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors or any state agency. Nothing here is endorsed by them.
• We do not sell your data. Nothing you type into a tool on this site leaves your browser.

Why fund it this way

Somebody has to pay for the checking. The alternatives are a paywall, intrusive advertising, or lead-selling — collecting your details and passing them to whoever bids most. Affiliate links keep the guide free to read, keep the pages uncluttered, and do not require us to know who you are.

Judge it by the content

The test of whether this arrangement is working is whether the pages read like guidance or like sales copy. If a recommendation here ever looks like it was bought, tell us — the address is on the contact page.

How the site is written and checked is set out at about this site, and what it is and is not at disclaimer.