Meet John, the Guy Behind Every Test on This Site
How I actually test
Every article on RELI Journal follows the same rule. I fund the test with my own bank account. I run it for at least thirty days. I keep a spreadsheet with deposits, withdrawals and time spent, so I can report a real hourly rate. If a service refuses to let me withdraw, the article says so and the link comes down.
- Budget limit set before I start, never moved mid test.
- Minimum thirty days of data, longer if the cycle is monthly.
- One withdrawal completed before I publish.
- One screenshot kept for the record, blurred where needed.
What I refuse to recommend
- Anything that needs a ten person downline to pay you. MLM is not a side hustle.
- Signals, tipsters and copy trading rooms. The house always wins on subscription fees.
- Any platform where I could not withdraw my own deposit within sixty days.
My path, short version
- 2019: opened my first Pinnacle account, lost my first 400 euros, learned to shop odds.
- 2021: first clean year on sports betting after switching to a broker.
- 2023: started selling Notion templates. First real four figure month from a product.
- 2026: decided to publish the whole journal on RELI Journal.
Write down your losses before your wins
Losing weeks teach me more than winning ones. I archive every blown month in the same folder as the green ones. It keeps my ego calibrated and my numbers honest.
Common questions
Are these affiliate links?
Some of them, yes. I only link to a product when I have personally paid, tested and cashed out. Every article that contains an affiliate link states so at the top.
Do you really test everything?
Yes. I refuse to review a service I have not funded myself. That is why the site only has 50 pages instead of 500.
How do you make money from the site?
Affiliate commissions on a handful of honest partners, plus the income streams I document here. I keep the split roughly one third, two thirds in favour of the streams themselves.