Every guide on SideMyney is built the same way. This page is the full method — what we check, what we refuse to do, and how to tell us when we got something wrong.
Each guide begins with a real question a shopper in Malaysia asks: which cordless vacuum has enough suction for tiled floors, which dehumidifier copes with monsoon humidity, which rice cooker fits a condo kitchen. The question decides the criteria, not the other way round.
A product only enters a guide if it can be bought in Malaysia today. We build the shortlist from Lazada Malaysia catalogue listings and the brands with local distribution, so warranty and spare-part support are realistic. Imported models that ship only from overseas warehouses are excluded, and we say so when a popular model is missing for that reason.
We build a spec table per guide from the manufacturer's own numbers: suction in pascals, runtime in minutes, motor wattage, tank and drum capacity, filter class, noise level, power draw. Marketing claims that are not backed by a specification are not repeated as fact. Where a brand publishes an inflated figure with no supporting spec, we mark it as a claim, not a measurement.
Every pick must clear a store and product rating threshold on Lazada Malaysia (4.5★ and above, with a meaningful number of ratings). We then read written buyer reviews and look for repeated failure patterns — battery swelling, plastic gears stripping, spare parts unavailable after a year, weak suction on carpet. A recurring fault is named in the guide, next to the pick it belongs to.
Each product link in a guide points at a live Lazada Malaysia listing, and the build fails if a link is missing. Prices move with 9.9, 11.11, payday and year-end sales, so we re-check listings on a weekly cadence and update the guide's "last updated" date when the ranking or a price materially changes. Prices shown are the ones we saw at build time — always confirm on the product page before checkout.
Ranking is decided by specification fit, price, and buyer-rating evidence. Affiliate commission rates differ between categories and sellers; they are never an input to a ranking. A product that pays us more does not move up, and a product that pays us nothing is not held back.
If a specification in one of our guides is wrong, a listing has gone dead, or a price has moved, tell us at hello@sidemyney.xyz. We read every message, reply within 48 hours, and update the guide — the "last updated" line reflects the real edit date.
How the site earns money is documented separately on the affiliate disclosure page. Data we handle is covered by the privacy policy, and who writes the guides is on the about page. Start reading from the full guide index.
