Business-model transparency

How Rich Direction makes money

A plain-language explanation of what is free, what is paid, what is not currently active, and how the website may generate revenue.

Does Rich Direction currently make money from this website?

Rich Direction currently earns revenue from the optional 2025 Tax Year Tax Estimate Workbook.

The website calculators and educational guides remain available without requiring a purchase.

What is currently free?

No account or email address is required to use the calculators or read the guides. A purchase requires the information needed for checkout, fulfillment, receipts, and support. Marketing enrollment is separate and optional.

What revenue methods are not currently active?

How may Rich Direction generate revenue in the future?

Future revenue may come from optional paid spreadsheets, advanced financial-planning systems, software features, subscriptions, clearly disclosed affiliate relationships, sponsorships, and advertising. Rich Direction may test more than one model as the resource portfolio develops.

Any paid product, affiliate relationship, sponsored placement, or advertisement will be identified where it appears. A visitor will not need to infer whether a recommendation or placement is compensated.

Will free tools disappear when paid products are introduced?

The current website calculators and educational guides are intended to remain available without requiring a purchase. Future paid products may provide greater automation, saved planning systems, expanded scenarios, premium workbooks, or other capabilities beyond the free tools.

Does Rich Direction sell personal information?

No. Rich Direction does not sell personal information. Calculator inputs are not included in site analytics or contact records. Limited first-party aggregate performance counts do not contain calculator values, names, email addresses, persistent user identifiers, or cross-session profiles. Optional Google Analytics is controlled through Cookie Settings.

See the Privacy Policy, Cookie Notice, and Advertising and Affiliate Disclosure for additional details.

Why provide the tools free now?

The free tools allow people to solve useful financial questions immediately while Rich Direction learns which resources are most valuable, improves accuracy and usability, and develops more advanced optional products around demonstrated needs.

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Prepared by Rich Direction, LLC. Last reviewed September 17, 2026. Questions or corrections may be sent to hello@richdirection.com.

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