How Digital DJ Tips Is Funded
Anyone giving you advice about DJ gear, DJ software, or how to DJ has someone paying their bills. It’s worth knowing who that is before you decide whether to trust what they tell you.
Here’s how it works at Digital DJ Tips. Our students pay us. Nobody else does.
That single fact shapes everything we publish, teach and recommend. This page explains what that means for you in practice.
No manufacturer has ever paid us for a review
Not since we started in 2010. Not once. No DJ gear company, software brand, or distributor has ever paid Digital DJ Tips for a review, a roundup placement, a “best of” inclusion, an endorsement, or a news story. We decide what to cover. We either buy or long-term loan gear so we can see how it holds up over time. We tell you what we find. When we recommend something, it’s because we’d use it in our own training.
No sponsored content
No paid placements in tutorials. No advertorial dressed up as advice. No affiliate deals that change which gear we recommend or which software we feature in courses. What you read, watch, and learn here is what we think will help you, not what someone paid us to put in front of you.
Our students fund our work
Our income comes from people paying for our courses and our memberships. That means our priority every single day is making those paying students better DJs. If we get that right, we stay in business. If we get it wrong, we don’t. There is no other party in the room.
Your data stays with us
We don’t sell your information. We don’t pass your details to third parties for marketing. Your email address, your course progress, and your account details exist for one reason: so we can teach you DJing.
Why we work this way
Most DJ articles and videos are paid for by the companies making the gear. That’s not a conspiracy theory, it’s just the business model that dominates the industry. We chose a different one because we thought DJs learning their craft deserved a source they could trust without having to second-guess every recommendation. Nearly two decades later, that’s still the bet we’re making, and so far it’s worked.
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