Last updated: 18 October 2026
Saudi Life Guide is free to read and is funded by display advertising. Our guides are written for readers, not for advertisers. This page explains what we accept, and what we do not.
In short
- We do not sell guest posts or “link insertions” in our guides, and we do not accept payment, products or favours in return for a link, a mention, a ranking or a review.
- We do not sell advertising space directly. Display ads on the site come only from Google AdSense and are always kept separate from our content.
- In future we may work with a small number of legal, licensed brands whose products genuinely help our readers, always clearly labelled and on our terms (see below).
- We will never work with gambling, casino or betting brands, or with anything that is prohibited in Saudi Arabia. Not now, and not in the future.
Our promise to you
Saudi Life Guide started as the guide we wished we had when we first arrived: someone who would tell us honestly how things work, what it really costs and where people get stuck. That is still the job.
Many of our readers are far from home, working hard and sending most of what they earn to their families. When you read a guide about your iqama, your salary, your visa or your money, you deserve an answer you can trust completely. So we make you a simple promise:
- Our answers are not for sale. No offer, however large, will change what we write, what we recommend or what we leave out.
- We tell you what we found, even when it is not what a company would want. If the honest answer is “this is not allowed” or “you do not need to pay for this”, that is what we will say.
- We would rather earn less than lose your trust. We turn down offers that do not fit these values, and we will keep doing so.
- If we ever get something wrong, we fix it openly. Our readers come first, always.
Thank you for reading, sharing and correcting us. Your trust is the most valuable thing this website has, and we intend to keep it.
Display ads
Display ads on Saudi Life Guide, when shown, are served only by Google AdSense. Google selects the ads automatically, and they may be personalised based on cookies (see our Privacy Policy for how to opt out). We do not choose individual ads, and an ad on our site does not mean we recommend the product or service. If you see an ad that seems misleading or inappropriate, please send us a screenshot at contact@saudilifeguide.com so we can block it.
No guest posts or paid links
We do not publish guest posts, and we do not sell links inside our articles, new or old. Every link in our guides is there because it helps the reader, usually to an official government source or to another of our own guides. We do not use affiliate links at present.
Partnerships and affiliate links we may consider in future
As the site grows, we may work with brands that are legal, licensed in Saudi Arabia where a licence is required, and genuinely useful to expats, for example licensed banks and money transfer services, telecoms, insurance, education, travel and everyday services. If we do:
- every sponsored article, partnership or affiliate link will be clearly labelled “Sponsored” or “Affiliate”, and links will use
rel="sponsored" - our editors keep full control: we check the facts, we can say no, and we will include drawbacks and free alternatives where they exist
- payment will never change our view of a product, its ranking, or the official rules and fees we report
- paid content will never appear inside our official-process guides, such as iqama, visa, labour law and government fee guides
- we will update this page before any of this starts
Editorial independence
- Advertisers never see, review or approve our guides before publication.
- We do not change a guide, a ranking or a recommendation in return for payment.
- Our research and update rules are described in our Editorial Policy.
Brands and products we will never work with
Whatever changes in future, we will not promote, link to or partner with anything that is illegal or prohibited in Saudi Arabia, or that could put our readers at risk. This list is permanent. It includes:
- casinos, gambling, betting, lotteries and prediction sites
- alcohol, drugs, narcotics and any controlled substances
- adult or dating content
- unlicensed medicines, pharmacies and supplements
- VPN, proxy or other tools promoted to get around Saudi rules or blocked services
- fake documents, visa or iqama “fixers” and unlicensed recruitment agents
- payday or high-interest loans, unlicensed money transfer and cryptocurrency trading or “investment” schemes
- hacking, cracked software, counterfeit goods and essay or exam writing services
Please do not send us enquiries for any of these. We do not reply to them.
Contact
Link insertion and guest post requests will not receive a reply. Legal, licensed brands that fit the rules above can write to contact@saudilifeguide.com with the subject line “Partnership”; we reply only if there is a real fit for our readers. For corrections or topic suggestions, use the same address.