How we earn

Two ways: a commission when a store pays one on something you buy, and the paid plans. Nothing else.

Commissions on click-outs

When you open a store from StyleScout (Buy, or Checkout in the bag), the link goes through us first. We tag it as coming from StyleScout and record the click: which piece, and whether a store arrangement applied. Where a store, or the affiliate network it works with, has agreed to pay us for the sales we send, it pays a commission on what you buy. You pay the store's own price either way; the commission comes out of the store's side.

If a network tells us a click became an order, we use that only as a purchase signal for your own recommendations.

Plans

StyleScout is free to use. Plus ($6.99 a month or $49.99 a year, with a 7-day trial) and Pro ($12.99 a month or $99.99 a year) pay for the stylist, outfit and photo-search allowances, which cost us to run. See plans.

No paid placement

No store can pay to be shown or to rank higher. What you see is ranked from what you like, save, open and pass on, the pieces themselves (what they are, how they look, their price and stock) and what other shoppers do. The ranking never reads whether a store pays us a commission, how much, or whether it gave us a code. There are no ad slots and no sponsored pieces. When we say “why this” about a piece, it's the model's own reason.

Codes only from stores

We only use discount codes a store gave StyleScout itself. We never scrape codes, collect them from other people or use a creator's code. When a store's code is active, the bag says so (“Code X applied: 10% off”) and it's applied when you check out there. If you have your own code, a creator's for instance, choose “Use my own code” in the bag and we leave checkout at that store alone. A link that already carries a code is never changed.

What we don't do

We don't show ads and we don't sell your personal information. The privacy policy has the details.