# I build websites. *And I play padel.*

> Who is behind padell.io, where the data comes from, and how the site earns money without selling scores.

- URL: https://padell.io/about/
- Language: en
- Site: padell.io (https://padell.io/)

Shop links go through padell.io/go/ (affiliate links: padell.io may earn a commission, which never affects scores). Prices include shipping to the Netherlands unless stated otherwise, and change daily.

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About padell.io

**625** rackets

**20** brands

**135** reviews read

**254,172** prices tracked

## Who is behind it

I'm Ruud Caris and I have been building websites since 2008. Androidworld, for example, the biggest Android site in the Netherlands. Now Thuisbatterijgids and Nozie. And I make the podcast Iets met Tech.

When I am not working on those, I am on the padel court.

And that is where it starts. A new racket catches my eye. Specs, a review, another review. Buy it or not? Sometimes I do. I play it for a few weeks. And quite often I sell it again.

The searching was the same hassle every time. Specs on one site, reviews on another, prices on ten more. Every brand with its own words for the same thing.

So I built padell.io. Specs from the brands, independent reviews and the price in your country. In one place.

**Ruud Caris** Builds platforms, plays padel

More from me: [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruudcaris/) · [Androidworld](https://www.androidworld.nl/) · [Thuisbatterijgids](https://thuisbatterijgids.net/) · [Nozie](https://nozie.net/) · [podcast Iets met Tech](https://ietsmettech.nl/)

How it works

## From brand site to your screen, every night

1. 01 **Brand sites**
   Specs come from the brands themselves: weight, balance, shape, core, face. 9,003 spec values so far, each with the page it came from.
2. 02 **Checked, not guessed**
   A value only goes live when it appears on the source page. Missing is shown as missing, never filled in with a likely number.
3. 03 **Independent reviews**
   4 review sites are read for their verdict. I summarise in my own words and link to the full review.
4. 04 **Prices every night**
   32 shops are checked every night. 254,172 price points so far. The longer a racket is followed, the better you can tell a real deal from a normal price.

[How the padell.io score works →](https://padell.io/how-we-score/) [How padell.io works, including AI →](https://padell.io/how-we-work/)

## Four things I never do

✕ **Sell a score**

No brand or shop can pay for a higher score or a better place.

✕ **Invent a spec**

If a brand does not publish it, the page says "not published". Better an empty box than a guess.

✕ **Use shop stars**

Customer ratings on shop sites are not independent. I only use reviewers who publish their own verdict.

✕ **Hide the source**

For every brand the page says where the specs come from. Every review links to the full article.

## Shops may pay a small commission. You pay the same price.

When you click through to a shop and buy something, padell.io may earn a commission of a few percent. The price for you does not change.

That commission never touches the score, the order of a list or which rackets I recommend. The score is worked out before it is known which shops pay. Rackets without any shop link are scored the same way.

[How padell.io earns money, in full →](https://padell.io/how-we-earn-money/)

**Spotted a wrong spec or a missing racket?** Let me know. Corrections go live after a check against the brand's own page.

[Send a correction](https://padell.io/contact/?topic=correction)