Our goal is to make it easy for every day Australians to choose financial products that best meet their needs.
Don’t just rely on advice from friends, family, banks or brokers – take control and do your own research using our tools, data and comparisons. At InfoChoice we strive to be:-
- The Most Comprehensive
We strive to bring you the most comprehensive list of financial products in the market. Our site is open to all providers as long as they have genuine products available within Australia.
- The Most Accurate
Our data is provided and updated directly by our provider partners, double checked by our systems and triple checked by us (and quadruple-checked by you).
- Always Free for You
We want to continue to publish this information without the need for membership or subscription fees.
The Details - How it all works
We provide you with the ability to access information on a vast range of financial products. Typically people use our site as follows:
- Calculate: we have a range of calculators on our site to help you calculate things like
- Find: we provide tools on our site to allow you to find products that are most relevant to you
- Compare: once you have narrowed your search down to a short list we enable you to do a side by side product comparison including relevant fees, features and rates
- Choose: following your research you should be able to identify the product you believe is best for you
- Apply: by clicking on the relevant product links (we call them “apply”, “enquire”, “visit site”, “details”) for Sponsored Listings you will be transferred to the relevant institutions website. For products that are not Sponsored Listings you will need to get in touch with the relevant institution directly in order to proceed to apply for a product. Infochoice does not sell any products itself and all product applications occur with the relevant institutions.
“Sponsored listings” are products listed from providers that sponsor our site and are generally ranked first and with a “SPONSORED” indicator in the left most column. We rank these listings first not just because they are sponsored – they are the providers of products who enable us to give you a direct link to relevant and specific pages of their website wherever possible and we feel this is a big advantage to you, not least because it saves you time (and we know in your world and ours, time is money). We also know from our industry knowledge and experience of these products, that they are competitive and popular amongst our visitors. To re-sort the list without this filter - simply de-select the “Show sponsored listings first” checkbox (you should know that we rank all financial products, sponsored and non-sponsored alike, according to the relevant rates, features or fees of those products).
“Today’s Most Popular Products” include products that receive the most enquiries from visitors to our site.
“Popular Accounts” generally include a limited list of Sponsored listings ranked based on a relevant pricing metric.
“Editors Pick” placements include products that are also Sponsored Listings as well as constituting, in our opinion, a competitive offering (but remember, we are not advising you).
Like just about everyone else, we do include advertising on our website which we describe on the site as “Sponsor Links”, “Special Offers”, “ads by Google”, “Featured Accounts” or shown in the form of standard graphical display advertising.
Where do we get our information from?
In the vast majority of cases Infochoice receives its product information directly from institutions providing products. We do also have systems and processes to audit the accuracy of our product information. You can help us by reporting any instances where you believe our data is not accurate here. We work very hard to provide accurate data but cannot guarantee the accuracy of our data.
Which products do we list on our site?
Infochoice is one of the few comparison sites that publishes all products entered into, and accurately maintained in our system regardless of whether institutions pay us a fee. We believe it is important to provide a comprehensive list of products available to Australians not just a select few from well known brands or based on any commercial arrangements we may have with institutions. Infochoice supports competition on the basis that we believe this is good for Australian consumers. The only exceptions to this are Life Insurance products which are restricted to the products represented by the broker we work with (xLife Pty Ltd) and products that are not available to the general public (for example products from closed credit unions).
How do we make money?
Our service is completely FREE to our visitors. We do invest significantly in maintaining and improving our website and therefore our service to Australians. In order to support our investment and to allow us to continue to provide our service we do charge fees to institutions and advertisers. We do not receive any commissions for sales generated through our website. We do charge for website traffic referred to institutions.
Privacy
We promise to never to pass on your details without your express permission. We promise you will never receive unwanted mail, e-mail or phone calls from InfoChoice. For more information, view our privacy policy in full.