Info Is The Key publishes articles about online business, entrepreneurship, money, skills, and the practical mechanics of building income independently. A lot of what we write about involves decisions that affect people’s finances and their time, so it is worth being precise about what this site is and what it is not.
This page explains the limits of the information published here. It sits alongside our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and Terms of Service, and should be read together with them.
Last updated: October 2026
No Earnings or Results Guarantee
This is the most important section on the page, so it comes first.
Nothing on this site is a promise, projection, or guarantee of income. We do not claim that you will earn money by following anything described here, and we do not claim that any particular result is typical, likely, or achievable in your situation.
When an article describes how long something might take, what a business model typically requires, or what people in a given field tend to earn, it is describing a range drawn from published data — not forecasting your outcome. Business results depend on factors entirely outside our knowledge and control: your market, your skills, your available time, your capital, the competition you face, the economy you operate in, and a considerable amount of chance.
Most businesses do not produce the results their founders hoped for. We would rather say that plainly than imply otherwise by omission.
What the Numbers in Our Articles Mean
We cite statistics heavily, and we think that is the right way to write about this subject. But a figure quoted correctly can still be read incorrectly, so two clarifications.
Averages and medians describe populations, not people. When we report that solo businesses average a certain annual revenue, or that a given occupation has a certain median wage, those figures summarise large groups. They tell you what the distribution looks like. They do not tell you what you will earn, and in skewed distributions — which most income distributions are — the average may describe almost nobody.
Data has a date. Every figure we publish was accurate as of the source we link to, at the time we published. Government agencies revise their estimates. Platforms change their thresholds. Rates move. We note the reference period wherever we can, and we link to the primary source so you can check whether it has since been updated. If a number matters to a decision you are making, verify it at the source rather than relying on our summary of it.
Not Professional Advice
Articles on this site are general information and education. They are not financial, investment, tax, legal, accounting, medical, or any other form of professional advice, and reading them does not create a professional or advisory relationship of any kind.
Nothing here is tailored to your circumstances, because we do not know them. Before acting on anything that affects your finances, your taxes, your legal obligations, or your employment, consult a qualified professional licensed in your own jurisdiction who can look at your actual situation.
This matters particularly for two topics we cover regularly: business formation and tax treatment of self-employment income. The rules differ by country, by state or province, and sometimes by municipality, and getting them wrong is expensive.
How This Content Is Researched, and How AI Fits In
We think readers are entitled to know how what they are reading was made.
Articles are researched from primary sources wherever possible — government statistical agencies, regulators, official documentation from the companies involved — rather than from other articles summarising those sources. Every external link is checked before publication. Figures are taken from the agency that produced them.
AI tools assist in that process: research compression, drafting, restructuring, and editing. What they do not do is decide what gets published, verify a claim, or stand behind a figure. Every article is directed, fact-checked, edited, and signed by a named human author, who is accountable for what appears under their byline. Where an article contains a calculation, a judgement, or an original framing, that came from a person.
We mention this because we have written about Google’s guidance on exactly this question, and it would be inconsistent to recommend transparency about process while being vague about our own.
Geographic Scope
Info Is The Key is written in English for an international readership, but a large share of the hard data available on business formation, wages, and self-employment comes from United States government sources, because the U.S. publishes more of it and publishes it openly.
That creates a bias worth naming. U.S. figures on tax thresholds, business registration, wage medians, and regulatory requirements do not apply outside the United States. Where we describe a specific legal or tax rule, assume it is U.S.-specific unless the article says otherwise, and check the equivalent rule where you live.
The structural observations — how business models differ, what constrains a solo operator, how long things take — travel better than the numbers do.
Advertising and Affiliate Relationships
This site displays advertising and may contain affiliate links, meaning we could earn a commission if you buy something after clicking one, at no additional cost to you.
Advertisements are served by third-party networks and are selected automatically. We do not choose which specific ads appear, we do not review the advertisers, and the presence of an ad is not an endorsement, a recommendation, or a sign that we have verified anything about that company or product. Treat advertising here the way you would treat advertising anywhere.
Where an article contains an affiliate link, the commercial relationship does not change what we write. We will not recommend something we would not recommend without the commission, and a product’s willingness to pay a commission is not a reason for it to appear here. Details of these arrangements are set out in our Terms of Service, and the tracking involved is covered in our Cookie Policy.
External Links
We link to external sites because citing sources is the point. Those sites are not under our control. We do not endorse their content, their products, their privacy practices, or their accuracy, and a link is not a warranty that the page still says what it said when we linked to it.
Once you follow a link away from this site, this disclaimer and our policies no longer apply to you. The other site’s terms do.
Accuracy, Errors, and Corrections
We check what we publish, and we still expect to get things wrong occasionally. Sources get misread, figures get transposed, and material that was accurate in September stops being accurate in March.
If you find an error — a wrong number, a broken or outdated source, a claim that does not hold up — please tell us through our Contact page. Substantive corrections are made to the article itself rather than quietly dropped, and the “Last Updated” date on the page is revised when we change it.
We would rather be corrected by a reader than keep publishing something that is wrong.
No Guarantee of Availability
We make no promise that this site will be available without interruption, free of errors, or free of anything harmful. We take reasonable care, but no website can guarantee this, and we do not.
Changes to This Disclaimer
We may update this page as the site changes, as our commercial relationships change, or as the law changes. The date at the top reflects the most recent revision. Continued use of the site after an update means you accept the version then in effect.
Contact
Questions about anything on this page can be sent through our Contact page.