The Manifest Editorial Team

Manifest is a home inventory app. The same small team that builds it writes the guides you find on this blog, on insurance claims, product recalls, coverage gaps, and how to document what you own before something goes wrong. We publish under a team byline rather than inventing individual personas, because the work is shared and we would rather you trust the sourcing than a name you have never heard of.

What we write about

Our beat is narrow on purpose: home inventory and the insurance moments it exists for. That covers the difference between actual cash value and replacement cost, the coinsurance and sub-limit traps that quietly underpay claims, how to check a product against recall databases, and the first days of working a claim after a fire or burglary. When we recommend tools, we compare them openly, Manifest included.

Where the numbers come from

Insurance and product safety are subjects where a wrong number can cost a reader real money, so we cite primary sources rather than other blogs. The ones we lean on most:

• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) — the official database behind every recall guide.
• National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) — model regulations and consumer guidance on claims.
• United Policyholders — a nonprofit that advocates for insurance consumers.
• FEMA and the National Flood Insurance Program — flood coverage rules and Proof of Loss timelines.
• State departments of insurance — the office that regulates your specific policy.

How we keep it honest

• We disclose the obvious conflict. Manifest is a paid product, and our guides often point to it. When we say Manifest is a good fit for something, we also say who it is not for and what the alternatives are.
• We don't fabricate credentials. We are not lawyers or licensed adjusters, and we don't pretend to be. For anything specific to your policy, your declarations page and your state's department of insurance are the authority.
• We update when the facts move. Recall counts, return windows, and policy rules change. Posts carry a "last updated" date, and we revise the numbers rather than letting them quietly go stale.
• We fix mistakes. If you find something wrong, tell us through support and we will correct it.

That is the whole standard: cite the source, show the math, say what we sell, and change the page when we are wrong.