Amplado helps footballers with a wide foot or a high instep find boots that fit. The site is run by 038Marketing B.V., based in Zwolle in the Netherlands, and made by Rinze Kooistra. It is an international project with six language versions, and this one is written for the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Who is behind Amplado?
Rinze Kooistra is the founder. He works as an online marketer at 038Marketing B.V. and plays football himself, so he runs into the very problem this site tries to solve: choosing a boot that fits, without guessing. He is the owner and has final responsibility for the site, and he guards the method: the sources, the order of the models and the line between advice and affiliate links.
038Marketing B.V. is the company behind the site.
Why does Amplado exist?
Most shops sort football boots by brand and by price, not by where your foot pinches. The range of boots that suit a wide foot is small, and it changes every season. Amplado grew out of a personal list of boots for wide feet and became a guide that works from the foot, not from the logo.
On each model you can see how wide the forefoot, instep and heel run, and the boot finder starts from your complaint.
What will you find here?
You will find a ranking of boots for wide feet, a width chart with every boot we rate, and pages per foot problem: a wide forefoot, a high instep, a narrow foot and flat feet. There are also brand pages, comparisons and tools for measuring your foot and converting sizes.
You will not find user reviews or generic lists of the best boots. The site is about fit.
How independent are we?
We earn money through links to Amazon. If you buy through a button on this site, we receive a commission and you pay nothing extra. How that works is on our affiliate page. The commission does not decide which boot ranks high: the ratings come from the method on how we rate fit, and no brand can buy a position.
We have not measured the boots ourselves. Our verdicts rest on manufacturer information, fit notes from retailers and players’ experiences, and we say that openly, because we would rather admit what we do not know than promise precision we do not have.
How do you contact us?
Write to us through the contact page. If a fit rating does not match your experience, use the subject Fit is wrong. We look into it, change the rating if there is reason to, and add the date of the change.