Corporate Structure
It is wholly owned by the Moneysupermarket.com group, following its purchase for up to £87m in September 2012. MoneySavingExpert.com remains editorially independent, as part of the contractually binding Editorial Code
The site's profits are thanks to affiliate payments, which can be £100 or more on the sale of financial products. In the year ending 31 October 2011, MSE had revenue of £16m and profits of £12.6m
Lewis has also caused disquiet in Affiliate Marketing circles for promoting cashback sites where the consumer gets the money for affiliate payments for themselves. This is likely to have had a substantial impact on the revenue his own site makes too.
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