Pillow Brand? Contact Us
Email brand sample questions to brands@pillowreviewguy.com. Put the brand name, exact model name, size, firmness, retail URL, and whether the pillow is already sold to the public in the first message.
If you send a sample, the sample may be slept on, compressed, photographed, washed according to the care tag, compared against competitors, cut open when needed, damaged during testing, donated, stored, or discarded. That is the job.
What Brands Can Send
| Item | Useful Details | What It Does Not Buy |
|---|---|---|
| Retail sample | Exact model, size, firmness, fill, cover, lot/date code, and normal retail page. | Coverage, score, ranking, timing promise, or positive language. |
| Spec sheet | Dimensions, fill weights, care tag, law-tag details, warranty, return policy, country of origin. | Acceptance of the claim without checking it. |
| Correction note | Specific sentence, source link, date, and evidence for the correction. | Removal of opinion, caveat, criticism, or comparison. |
| Lab data | Method, sample size, equipment, date, and raw numbers where possible. | Replacement of PillowReviewGuy measurements. |
Terms Before Sending
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| No review guarantee | Supplying a product does not guarantee review, publication, update, ranking, or inclusion in a buyer list. |
| No editorial control | PillowReviewGuy keeps full control over testing, scoring, wording, photos, conclusions, comparisons, timing, and publication decisions. |
| No pre-publication approval | Brands do not get approval, veto, rewrite, preview, kill, or quiet-edit rights. |
| Corrections are factual | Brands can send specific factual corrections with evidence. Opinion, weighting, rank, and criticism remain editorial decisions. |
| Material connection disclosed | If a sample is supplied, the review page can say the product was supplied by the brand. |
| Testing can be destructive | Samples may be compressed, washed, opened, damaged, retained, donated, discarded, or returned only by prior written agreement. |
| Public claims need support | Cooling, medical, orthopedic, hypoallergenic, organic, and durability claims need supporting detail before they get repeated as claims. |
| Quotes need permission | A brand cannot use PillowReviewGuy names, scores, screenshots, excerpts, or badges in advertising without written permission. |
Reusable Agreement
Use the plain sample agreement here before sending anything: Independent Review Sample Agreement. It is a working template, not legal advice. Bring your own lawyer if your company requires a formal contract.
Basis For The Rules
- FTC Endorsement Guides FAQ - material connections should be clear and endorsements should be honest.
- FTC Consumer Reviews and Testimonials Rule Q&A - deceptive review practices are treated seriously.
- 16 CFR Part 255 - federal endorsement guide text.
- Publisher editorial-independence example - useful model language for retaining content control and refusing review influence.