Every Clever review passes through a seven-stage pipeline — research, hands-on testing, drafting, fact-check, compliance review, publication, and scheduled re-review — with the value math independently re-calculated before anything goes live. This page documents each stage and how to hold us to it.

What is Clever’s review pipeline?

Clever runs every anonymous bitcoin casinos review through the same seven stages, in the same order, with no stage skippable for deadline or commercial reasons:

1. Research. Darius archives the operator’s full bonus terms on a dated capture, confirms the licence held, and logs every restrictive clause into Clever’s structured checklist.
2. Hands-on testing. We open a real player account, claim the offer with a real deposit where the reviewer’s jurisdiction permits, wager against the contribution table, and test withdrawal of any resulting winnings, following the protocol on our How We Rate page.
3. Drafting. Clemence writes the review and builds the effective-value calculation: required turnover, win-cap discount, expiry pressure, and contribution adjustments, with the working shown.
4. Fact-check. Darius independently recomputes every figure from the archived terms — a review with an arithmetic discrepancy goes back to draft, not forward to publication.
5. Compliance review. We verify the page carries required disclosures, age warnings, and safer-gambling links, and that no phrasing presents gambling as a way to make money.
6. Publication. The review goes live carrying its author token, review date, and terms-capture date.
7. Scheduled re-review. Terms are re-verified against the operator’s live T&Cs every 60 days, with a full re-review every 180 days.

Who writes and who checks Clever’s reviews?

Clever enforces a strict two-person rule: the analyst who writes a review never fact-checks it, and the checker never scores their own drafting. Clemence, our lead bonus analyst with a consumer-finance writing background, produces the value math and review copy. Darius, our terms and compliance checker, audits every clause log and recomputes every figure before sign-off. Both are profiled on the About Us page, and the same two tokens appear on every review — no anonymous bylines, no ghost-written pages.

How does Clever handle corrections?

Clever corrects errors visibly and quickly, because a bonus site that hides its mistakes has no business auditing anyone else’s fine print. When a factual error is confirmed — a wrong multiplier, an outdated win cap, a misread contribution table — we correct the page within 3 business days of confirmation and append a dated correction note stating what was wrong and what changed. Material errors that affect a score trigger an immediate re-score, not just a text fix. Trivial typographical fixes that change no fact or figure are made without a note. We do not silently rewrite history: the correction note stays on the page.

When does “Last updated” actually mean updated?

Clever’s “Last updated” date changes only when the substance of a page changes: re-verified terms, fresh test results, a score movement, or a corrected figure. We do not bump dates to look fresh for search engines — a practice we consider the publishing equivalent of a misleading bonus headline. Every review also states its terms-capture date separately, so you can see exactly when we last read the operator’s T&Cs. If the live terms have changed since our capture date, the operator’s current document governs, and we want to hear about the gap.

How is editorial kept separate from the affiliate business?

Clever’s reviewers do not negotiate, see, or discuss commercial terms before a score is finalised. Partnership conversations run through partnerships@cleverecommerce.com and never through the editorial workflow; operators receive no draft previews and no score consultations; and commission rates are not an input anywhere in the seven-stage pipeline above. The full commercial picture, including how CPA and revenue-share deals work and why our checkable arithmetic is the safeguard, is on the affiliate disclosure page.

How can you flag an error in a Clever review?

Clever treats reader corrections as free fact-checking and responds to every substantive report. If you find a discrepancy between a review and an operator’s live terms — or an arithmetic error in our published math — email editorial@cleverecommerce.com with the review URL, the clause or figure in question, and if possible a screenshot of the operator’s current terms. We acknowledge reports within 2 business days, verify against a fresh terms capture, and either correct the page with a dated note or reply explaining why the published figure stands. Full contact routes are on the contact page.