JoshTheSparky Network Policy

Effective Date: August 2, 2026

The JoshTheSparky Network exists to connect electricians, apprentices, students, educators, companies, platforms, creators, and industry partners through trusted resources, education, and tools that provide meaningful value to the electrical community.

Our network is built on one principle:

We only share what we believe provides value to the community.

1. Purpose of the JoshTheSparky Network

The JoshTheSparky Network allows JoshTheSparky.com to work with trusted companies, educators, platforms, organizations, creators, and resources that align with our mission.

The purpose of these relationships is to:

• Provide useful resources for the electrical community.

• Support the continued creation of free educational content.

• Connect users with tools and services that can support learning and professional growth.

• Highlight companies, educators, creators, and platforms that provide meaningful value.

• Build relationships that benefit the electrical community.

Participation in the JoshTheSparky Network does not necessarily mean that JoshTheSparky.com owns, controls, operates, or represents the participating company, organization, individual, or service.

2. Trust Before Promotion

JoshTheSparky.com will not promote a product, service, company, platform, or resource solely because payment, sponsorship, or affiliate compensation is offered.

Before a resource is recommended or included within the JoshTheSparky Network, we consider factors such as:

• Its relevance to the electrical community.

• Its educational or practical value.

• Our experience with the product or service where applicable.

• Whether the resource aligns with the values of JoshTheSparky.com.

• Whether we would consider recommending the resource based on its value to users.

Financial compensation does not automatically result in a recommendation, partnership, or network inclusion.

3. Real-World Use and Evaluation

Whenever practical, JoshTheSparky.com prefers to work with products, tools, platforms, and services that have been meaningfully used, evaluated, or researched.

We will generally avoid promoting:

• Tools or products that we have no meaningful experience with.

• Products or services that cannot reasonably be evaluated.

• Companies unrelated to the electrical community or educational mission.

• Apps or services that provide little or no meaningful value to electricians, apprentices, students, educators, or other members of the community.

Not every network resource will necessarily be personally used by JoshTheSparky.com. When a recommendation is based on research, community value, industry relevance, or other evaluation rather than personal use, we will not represent it as personal experience.

A partnership does not automatically create a recommendation. A recommendation may create an opportunity for a partnership.

4. Affiliate Partnerships

Some resources may be shared through affiliate relationships.

An affiliate relationship means JoshTheSparky.com may receive compensation when a user purchases, subscribes to, or signs up for a qualifying product or service through an applicable link.

Affiliate relationships:

• Help support the continued creation of free educational content.

• Do not inherently increase the user's cost.

• Do not guarantee a positive review or recommendation.

• Do not prevent JoshTheSparky.com from expressing honest opinions about a product or service.

• Will be disclosed when applicable.

Affiliate relationships may exist with companies or platforms that are part of the JoshTheSparky Network.

5. Network Partnerships

A company, platform, educator, organization, creator, or service may become part of the JoshTheSparky Network because it provides meaningful value to the electrical community.

For example, if JoshTheSparky.com uses an educational platform such as FastTraxSystem and finds it useful for learning, it may be shared as a recommended resource or affiliate partner.

However:

• We do not promote platforms solely because they offer compensation.

• We do not claim personal experience where none exists.

• We do not intentionally promote unrelated products.

• Network participation does not guarantee favorable coverage.

• A network relationship may be changed or ended when the relationship no longer aligns with our standards.

6. Featured Sparkys

JoshTheSparky.com may feature electricians, apprentices, students, educators, creators, contractors, and other members of the electrical community through the Featured Sparky program.

The purpose of Featured Sparkys is to:

• Highlight members of the electrical community.

• Share individual experiences, journeys, projects, knowledge, and perspectives.

• Recognize people who contribute positively to the trade.

• Help members of the community discover and learn from others.

• Provide an opportunity for individuals to share their work and experiences.

Being featured as a Featured Sparky does not necessarily mean that JoshTheSparky.com endorses every opinion, product, service, employer, business, organization, or other entity associated with that individual.

A Featured Sparky may be selected based on factors such as:

• Contributions to the electrical community.

• Educational value.

• Trade experience or learning journey.

• Interesting projects or accomplishments.

• Willingness to share knowledge or experience.

• Relevance to the JoshTheSparky.com community.

Featured Sparkys are not required to be sponsors, affiliates, partners, customers, or paid contributors.

JoshTheSparky.com does not guarantee that every statement, opinion, recommendation, or claim made by a Featured Sparky represents the views of JoshTheSparky.com.

When appropriate, featured individuals may be identified by their name, professional role, business, social media presence, website, or other publicly relevant information provided for the feature.

Featured content may be edited for clarity, formatting, length, or educational presentation while maintaining the intended meaning of the individual's contribution.

JoshTheSparky.com may decline, postpone, modify, or remove a Featured Sparky feature when reasonably necessary to maintain the quality, safety, accuracy, or purpose of the community.

Featured Sparky and Commercial Relationships

A Featured Sparky may independently operate a business, use products, participate in affiliate programs, or have relationships with companies.

Being featured does not automatically create:

• A sponsorship.

• An affiliate relationship.

• A commercial partnership.

• An endorsement.

• A paid relationship.

Any separate commercial, affiliate, sponsorship, or promotional relationship will be disclosed when applicable.

The goal of the Featured Sparky program is to highlight people and their contributions to the electrical community, not simply to promote businesses or products.

7. No Random Advertisements

JoshTheSparky.com is not intended to function as a general advertising platform.

We do not intend to fill the website with:

• Random banner advertisements.

• Unrelated promotions.

• Low-value advertisements.

• Products unrelated to the electrical community.

• Promotions designed solely to generate clicks.

If a promotional relationship appears on JoshTheSparky.com, it should have a reasonable connection to the website's educational mission or the needs of the electrical community.

This policy does not prevent third-party platforms embedded on or linked from JoshTheSparky.com from displaying their own advertisements or promotional material under their own policies.

8. Sponsored Content and Promotional Transparency

If content is sponsored, paid for, partnered with, or contains an applicable affiliate relationship, JoshTheSparky.com will make reasonable efforts to clearly identify that relationship.

The existence of compensation does not mean that JoshTheSparky.com guarantees that a product or service is suitable for every user.

Users should independently evaluate products and services based on their own needs, circumstances, training, and requirements.

9. Independence and Honest Opinions

Being part of the JoshTheSparky Network does not guarantee positive coverage.

JoshTheSparky.com may discuss network partners, products, services, or resources honestly, including:

• Strengths.

• Limitations.

• Potential disadvantages.

• Areas for improvement.

• Appropriate or inappropriate use cases.

A partnership does not prevent JoshTheSparky.com from expressing an honest opinion.

Our responsibility is to provide useful information to the electrical community.

10. Partnerships We Avoid

JoshTheSparky.com will generally avoid partnerships involving companies, products, or services that:

• Conflict with electrical safety.

• Intentionally mislead customers or learners.

• Provide no meaningful value to the community.

• Conflict with the educational mission of JoshTheSparky.com.

• Encourage unsafe, unlawful, or irresponsible practices.

• Primarily exist to exploit or mislead the audience.

JoshTheSparky.com reserves the right to decline or discontinue a network relationship when it no longer meets these standards.

11. Third-Party Services

Being referenced, recommended, linked to, or included within the JoshTheSparky Network does not mean that JoshTheSparky.com controls the third-party service.

Third-party companies and platforms remain responsible for their own:

• Products and services.

• Websites and platforms.

• Terms of service.

• Privacy policies.

• Data practices.

• Customer support.

• Security practices.

• Business operations.

Users should review applicable third-party information before purchasing, subscribing, registering, or providing personal information.

12. No Guarantee or Endorsement of Every Feature

A network relationship or recommendation does not mean that JoshTheSparky.com guarantees every product feature, service, policy, price, result, or future change made by a partner.

Companies and platforms may change their products, pricing, policies, ownership, features, or availability.

JoshTheSparky.com may update or remove recommendations when circumstances change.

13. The JoshTheSparky Standard

Every network relationship should ultimately answer one question:

“Would I recommend this to another electrician, apprentice, student, or educator because I genuinely believe it provides value to them?”

If the answer is no, the resource does not belong in the JoshTheSparky Network.

Our goal is to build a network based on trust, usefulness, transparency, and genuine value — not simply the number of partnerships we can create.

14. Changes to This Policy

The JoshTheSparky Network Policy may be updated as the network develops and new relationships or services are introduced.

Updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.

15. Contact

If you have questions regarding the JoshTheSparky Network, Featured Sparkys, partnerships, affiliate relationships, sponsorships, or promotional standards, please contact JoshTheSparky.com through the available contact methods on the website.

Thank you for supporting a network built around education, trust, transparency, and value for the electrical community.