9 out of 10 shoppers read reviews before buying – and a store without them looks like a restaurant with no guests at eight in the evening. We break down how to build a review collection system, where reviews work hardest and what to do when a one-star review lands.
Collection
Ask 3-7 days after delivery – the customer has already tried the product and the emotion is still fresh. An automatic e-mail or message with a direct link to the form – and the barrier is minimal.
A bonus or a discount on the next purchase for a review with a photo is an honest practice that multiplies the number of reviews. Paying FOR POSITIVE reviews is off limits: you ask for an honest review, whatever the rating.
A review with a real photo of the product weighs as much as three text reviews: it removes the main fear of "what will actually arrive". Give photo reviews their own extra incentive.
Placement
Negative reviews
Reply within a day, with no excuses and no personal remarks. Your real audience is the hundreds of future buyers who judge how you behave when something goes wrong; the author of the review is only one reader.
Be specific: what happened, what you are doing, how you will make up for it. "Sorry, we'll replace it and refund the shipping" works better than three paragraphs explaining why it isn't your fault.
A page with nothing but five-star reviews looks more suspicious than a 4.7 rating with a couple of resolved problems. And bought reviews get spotted sooner or later – by people and by platforms.
We'll set up automatic collection after every purchase, show reviews on product pages with structured data markup for stars in Google, organize work with your Business Profile and prepare templates for replying to negative reviews.
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