Last updated: October 7, 2026.
Sunset Buyer publishes practical technology help for older adults and family members who assist with setup. This policy explains who is accountable, what evidence is required, how automation is used, and why a smaller useful library matters more than a high publishing count.
Authorship and accountability
Every article carries a byline linked to an author page. Ryan B is responsible for the site’s editorial standards, corrections, and publishing decisions. Sunset Buyer does not invent credentials, product experience, quotations, measurements, or expert review.
Topic selection
A topic must begin with a real task or decision for the site’s audience. Search data can show the words people use in the United States and Canada, but traffic potential is not a reason to publish. The site will not manufacture near-duplicate pages, swap a few prices to create country variants, or release a burst of similarly structured articles.
Sunset Buyer does not cover rumors, leaks, previews, preorders, waitlists, crowdfunding campaigns, release-date speculation, press-release-only products, or items available only from marketplace scalpers. The site does not publish medical advice or broad health-product recommendations.
Sources and factual claims
Instructions should use current first-party documentation wherever possible. Product facts require manufacturer specifications or manuals. Government and regulator sources are preferred for official reporting paths, consumer rules, and public programs. One customer review is not proof of a general problem.
Prices, inventory, services, and software menus change. Time-sensitive facts must carry the date they were checked. A date is updated only when the underlying information was checked again.
Testing and experience
Sunset Buyer says a product or feature was tested only when a documented person actually used it. A hands-on record should identify the exact model or software version, person, date, method, measurements, limitations, and original evidence. Research-only work must say that it is research.
A recommendation cannot borrow authority from another publication’s test and present it as Sunset Buyer’s experience. External testing can be attributed and summarized when it is relevant and licensing permits it.
Use of automation
Software tools may identify reader questions, organize sources, compare documents, check links, and prepare drafts. They do not physically test a product, make a professional judgment, or create personal experience. Every retained article must pass the sourcing, disclosure, accessibility, and style checks before publication.
Practical value and tradeoffs
A guide should help the reader complete a task, understand a meaningful choice, or avoid a specific mistake. It must explain drawbacks and limits instead of presenting every feature as a benefit. If a free setting or keeping the current device is the better answer, the article should say so.
Commercial relationships
Sunset Buyer currently has no affiliate relationships and earns no commissions from links or recommendations. Manufacturers and retailers cannot pay for favorable coverage, higher placement, or inclusion. The current Affiliate Disclosure controls if this changes.
US and Canadian coverage
A guide that addresses both countries must distinguish their services, reporting paths, retailers, warranties, and currencies. A US program or carrier plan is not assumed to apply in Canada. New automated topic research requires live evidence for both countries.
Corrections and updates
Material errors should be corrected promptly and the update date should be honest. Instructions should be checked after major operating-system changes. An article that can no longer be maintained or supported should be merged, redirected, or removed rather than left as search inventory.
To report an error, use the Contact page and include the page address and supporting detail.