Review Guidelines

Last updated: July 19, 2026

DamnPropFirms exists to give futures traders the real picture of every prop firm we list — the payouts that landed, the rules that hurt, the support that showed up or didn’t. Trader reviews are the backbone of that mission, and they are only worth publishing if they are authentic. This page explains exactly how our review system works, how reviews are verified and weighted, what gets rejected, and the rules we hold ourselves to. We publish all of it openly so you can judge our scores the same way you judge a firm: on evidence.

Who can write a review

Anyone who has genuinely traded with, purchased from, or been funded by a listed firm can review it. You need a free account — sign in with Discord or with an email link; we never use passwords. One review per trader per firm, ever. If your experience changes, edit your existing review instead of writing a new one: you can update it for 30 days after publication, and edits go back through moderation like any new review.

Write about your own experience, with enough of it to be meaningful. A review filed minutes after checkout tells readers nothing; a review after weeks of trading, a challenge attempt, or a payout request tells them everything. We ask for details like your account size, program type, and payout history because specifics are what make a review useful — and what make a fake one hard to write.

Verification tiers — and how scores are calculated

Every published review carries a verification badge, and we publish exactly how each tier counts toward a firm’s score. Most review sites keep this math private. We think that’s backwards.

Unverified. The reviewer confirmed their email and nothing more. These reviews are displayed for completeness but carry zero weight in the firm’s score.

Community. The reviewer verified membership of the DamnGoodTrading Discord at the time of submission. Community reviews count at full weight — our community is our first line of authenticity, and badges are locked in when the review is written.

Verified Purchase. The reviewer supplied a receipt or purchase details that we cross-checked against firm records. Full weight.

Verified Payout. The reviewer uploaded a payout certificate or proof of payment that we manually verified. Full weight, and these reviews sort first — nothing establishes credibility like documented money received.

A firm’s score is the average of its verified reviews. Unverified reviews never move the number. Scores become prominent on a firm’s pages once enough verified reviews exist for the average to mean something — a score built on two reviews is noise, and we treat it that way.

Every review is human-moderated

Nothing publishes automatically. Every submission is read by a human before it appears, and moderation can take a few days. We reject reviews that are:

Not based on genuine first-hand experience · written or planted by a firm, its staff, or its competitors · incentivized in any form · spam, duplicates, or AI-generated filler · containing personal information about any individual · threats, harassment, or hate · off-topic for the firm being reviewed.

We also watch review velocity. When a firm suddenly receives a burst of reviews — whether a wave of anger after a blowup or a wave of praise from a damage-control campaign — those reviews get extra scrutiny before anything publishes. Review-bombing in either direction corrupts the data traders rely on, and we treat both directions the same.

No incentivized reviews. In either direction.

We never pay, reward, discount, or otherwise compensate anyone for writing a review, positive or negative. There is no points program, no giveaway entry, no perk attached to reviewing. A review you were rewarded for is advertising, and we don’t publish advertising as reviews.

The same rule applies to firms. If a prop firm offers traders anything of value in exchange for reviews on our platform — free accounts, resets, payouts, discounts, contest entries — we treat that as review manipulation. Firms caught soliciting reviews for value are flagged with a public caution notice on their pages. If a firm has offered you anything for a review, report it to us in the DamnGoodTrading Discord: you will be helping every trader who reads this site after you.

Honesty, accuracy, and your legal responsibility

Say what happened. Harsh is fine; false is not. Your overall rating and your opinions are yours — we will publish a one-star review of a firm we otherwise rate highly without hesitation. But specific factual claims, like “they denied my payout” or “support never replied for three weeks,” should be accurate and should be things you can back up. Proof uploads exist for exactly this reason, and we may ask you for supporting evidence before or after publishing a review that makes serious allegations. You are responsible for what you write; deliberately false statements of fact about a firm can carry legal consequences for their author, and we will remove reviews we conclude are fabricated.

If you never reached a payout with a firm, say so — the review form has a dedicated option for it. A review that is honest about what you did and didn’t experience is worth more to other traders than one that guesses.

Privacy and your data

Your email address is never published and never shared with firms. Proof uploads are private: they are visible only to our moderation team, are stripped of hidden metadata, and are used solely to verify your review — never displayed publicly. Only your chosen display name, your optional country, your badges, and your review content appear on the site. If you delete your account, your personal information is removed and any published reviews are anonymized to “Deleted user.”

Where our money comes from — and why it doesn’t touch reviews

Full transparency: DamnPropFirms earns affiliate commissions when traders purchase accounts through our links and codes. That is how the site is funded, and we disclose it everywhere rather than bury it. What we do not do — ever — is let it touch the review system. Firms cannot pay for placement, cannot pay to improve a score, cannot pay to remove or suppress a review, and are never shown reviewer identities. Negative reviews of firms we have affiliate relationships with are published under exactly the same rules as everything else. If the reviews on this site ever stopped being trustworthy, the site would stop being worth anything — to you or to us. The firewall between our revenue and your reviews is not a courtesy; it is the business model.

Corrections and firm responses

Firms that believe a review contains a factual error may contact us with evidence, and we will investigate. We do not remove reviews because a firm dislikes them. A public firm-response feature, allowing one official reply per review, is planned — responses will be clearly labeled and held to these same guidelines.

Review system FAQ

Can I review a firm if I never received a payout?

Yes. Payouts are one part of the picture, not a requirement to speak. The review form includes a dedicated “Never received a payout” option for the payout rating so you can be upfront about it — your review will show “No payout yet” instead of a payout score, and readers can weigh it accordingly.

Why isn’t my review showing yet?

Every review is read by a human before it publishes, which can take a few days. You can check the status any time on your account page: Awaiting moderation, Published, or Not published. If a review is rejected, it did not meet one or more of the guidelines on this page.

How do I get a verified badge?

Sign in with Discord as a DamnGoodTrading member for the Community badge, attach a receipt and your purchase date for Verified Purchase, or upload a payout certificate for Verified Payout. Purchase and payout proof is checked manually by our team, so those badges can take longer to appear.

Can a firm pay to remove or bury a bad review?

No. Not through the affiliate program, not through sponsorship, not through anything. Reviews are only removed for violating these guidelines. Firms can submit evidence of factual errors, which we investigate on the merits — disliking a review is not an error.

How do I edit or delete my review?

You can edit your review for 30 days after it publishes; edits are re-moderated before the updated version appears. To delete a review or your entire account, contact us in the DamnGoodTrading Discord — account deletion removes your personal information and anonymizes any published reviews.

A firm offered me something for a review. What should I do?

Report it in the DamnGoodTrading Discord with whatever you received — a screenshot of the offer is ideal. Do not write the review. Firms that solicit reviews for value receive a public caution notice on their pages, and reports like yours are how those flags get raised.

Questions about these guidelines? Ask in the DamnGoodTrading Discord. These guidelines may be updated as the review system evolves; the date at the top of this page reflects the current version.