How to Get Free Items on Amazon to Review

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If you're willing to review products from particular sellers, you can get free or deeply discounted products for review on Amazon. If y'all use a web log instead, it is slightly more difficult, requires more than work.

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   Get familiar with the terms and features you'll be using. There are a few things yous should know how to detect. Product ASINs, review permalinks, and SuperURLs for instance.

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   Understand what a Product ASIN is. This is the string of characters immediately afterwards the "/dp/" in the product URL.^[1]

   • This is how to identify a production. You can also search for a product using this.

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3. 3

   Become familiar with SuperURLs. A super URL is a product link packed full of keywords.

   • Using these manipulates the product'southward rank, and is against TOS.
   • Searching for a product with a few keywords is okay, though.

4. 4

   Empathize permalinks. This is the permanent link to your review.

   • You tin click on the title of your review, then click "permalink" on the page. Afterward that, re-create the link in the address bar.
   • You can tell a link is a permalink past the word "perm" in the link.

5. 5

   Know what it means to get wiped. If you go wiped, you will non be able to review on Amazon anymore.

   • You tin go wiped for various reasons, mostly which are covered in the TOS.^[two]
   • When you go wiped, you will still accept prime and be able to club things on amazon.

6. 6

   Avoid replying to automated emails. Most sellers send automated emails to people who lodge items, asking them to review. These are meant for normal customers, and you lot shouldn't answer to them.

   • Responding to these emails can brand Amazon flag y'all as having a relationship with the seller.

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   Build up your reviews on Amazon. Review whatever products previously purchased on Amazon. If you don't have any previous purchases, buy some simple items and review them.^[3]

   • Get familiar with Amazon'due south TOS and reviewing guidelines.
   • Know the difference between seller feedback, packaging feedback, and product reviews.
   • Familiarize yourself with permalinks and ASINs.

2. 2

   Ready your profile. Write up a curt bio on your profile, expressing the your interests and what kind of products y'all like. Including your country, email address, and involvement in reviewing in your contour will encourage sellers contact you directly for products to review. Brand sure your profile is prepare to public as well.^[four]

   • You can also list your blog or website that y'all review on.

3. 3

   Do not link your social media to Amazon. It doesn't help you in any way, and can get you lot wiped.

   • If you are friends with a seller on Facebook, and try to post a review for their product, Amazon will not postal service your review and put a flag on your account.^[v]

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   Don't take PayPal or gift codes. This is considered payment, fifty-fifty if it equal to or less than the production's price.

   • You can yet utilize your own personal gift cards, though.

2. ii

   Be honest. If you're rating everything 5 stars, you lot're probably lying.

   • Do not let an admin or seller tell y'all not to leave a low star review.
     • It's against TOS for sellers (or admins, since they are the middleman) to effort and influence our ratings or tell us not to exit a review. They must be open to both positive and negative feedback.^[six]

3. iii

   Don't sell your review items. Giving away or altruistic review items is okay, as long as yous've properly tested and reviewed them.

   • Selling review items online volition get you lot banned from reviewing.

4. 4

   Don't get Amazon Prime number just to go discounts. It is required by well-nigh groups, and some sellers, though.

   • You can get a gratis trial, or get it cheaper by being a student.
   • They are at present selling monthly prime, but it's cheaper in the long run to get it yearly.
   • Keep ownership full priced items and reviewing them, since you should review everything you get. Doing this at least once or twice a week will aid protect your account.

5. 5

   Don't play the voting game. Voting of other's reviews is a quick way to become you wiped.

   • Some sellers volition ask you to do this, but just tell them no and explain it is against TOS.

6. 6

   Don't forget the disclaimer. Not including this will get your review deleted and possibly cause yous to become wiped.^[7]

   • It's best to include the disclaimer at the end of your review, only to keep people from disregarding it at get-go glance.
   • Exist clear, you cannot simply say you got information technology in exchange for your honest review. You have to state if information technology was gratuitous or if it was discounted.
     • If information technology was free, say "I received this product for free in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.
     • If it was simply discounted, say "I received this product at a discount in commutation for my honest and unbiased review.^[viii]

7. 7

   Avert SuperURLs or wish-list review items. SuperURLs, and adding items to a wishlist are all manipulation of the ranking system.

   • Searching for a production with a few keywords is okay.

8. 8

   Don't ask for helpful votes. This is considered ranking manipulation and you will get reported and perhaps wiped.

9. 9

   Don't return a production before reviewing. If a production isn't skillful, and y'all want to render it, exist sure to review it first.

   • If information technology's a broken or defective product though, try getting a replacement before reviewing, since reviewing a cleaved product doesn't aid customers.

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   Try pitching sellers directly. Search for a product you'd like to review for complimentary (or securely discounted). Find a listing that has few to no reviews, or fifty-fifty bad reviews.

   • Pick a seller (if the production has more one) to ship your asking to. Try to find the sellers email on their page, or thought Google or Facebook. If y'all can't, but bulletin them on Amazon by clicking "Ask a question" on their page.
     • Some people suggest confronting using your amazon account for this, but a dummy account will have the same IP address. Decide for yourself what is all-time for you.
   • Create your detailed request to review the production. Include the link to your Amazon contour, the product name or ASIN in your request, and what kind of review you will practice (detailed, with pictures, seller feedback, etc).^[9]
   • If the seller responds, communicate with them appropriately, but don't keep harassing a seller if they don't respond.
   • Some sellers may want to directly send items to you for complimentary, and they'll need your address and possibly phone number. Don't worry though, this is completely okay.

2. 2

   Join review groups on Facebook. Some groups are better than others.^[ten]

   • Read through the grouping rules. Some crave member forms, review forms, and/or lodge forms. Beware that some groups will use SuperURLs, or gift bill of fare codes, both of which tin place a scarlet flag on your business relationship.
   • Some groups are run by admins who pass out codes, while others allow sellers to postal service items, and you'll have to message them.
     • If a seller doesn't respond afterward a few days, transport them a new bulletin. Keep in mind that they probably become tons of messages and might lose 1 or two.

3. 3

   Find a skilful review site through Google and join it. Some sites are email-based, while others have an interface to choose many dissimilar products.

   • Don't bring together review sites that pay you or charge sellers, every bit it is confronting TOS, and those are at risk of being sued.
   • Pay attention to site rules:
     • Some require you to email your review permalink
     • Some may ask you to verify information technology by submitting in on the website
     • Some have bots or people that search your reviews and don't require y'all to verify it's completed.

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1. one

   Order or receive your item. Unless the seller is shipping it direct to you lot, you'll demand to order information technology yourself and apply the promo lawmaking to your account at checkout, and pay the difference (if any).

2. 2

   Exam the product. Yous should take use if for at least two days before leaving a review.

   • Some items can break after a few uses. Exist sure to thoroughly test information technology.

3. 3

   Make sure your review is at least 75 words long. Don't type merely i sentence, but don't write a book either.^[11]

   • Delight, don't make your disclaimer longer than the actual review. You lot don't have to copy an entire legal document about it.

4. 4

   Blazon it first. Add together pictures and videos after submitting.

   • Adding pictures and videos afterwards will help it procedure faster, and lessen the gamble of it not going through.
   • Amazon is crazy sometimes, and then make sure you lot backup your reviews also.

5. five

   Don't requite it 5 stars. Unless the product had no flaws, works perfectly, and is across your expectations.

   • Call up that reviews are for other customers, not for the seller.
     • Write a review as if you were telling a friend or coworker about it.
   • You are not required to leave a 5-Star review. If it deserves v stars, give it 5 stars; If information technology deserves i star, requite it 1 star. Don't allow a seller or group bully you into a good review for a bad product.
     • If you love information technology, but information technology has a flaw, give it 4 stars.
     • If it doesn't quite meet your expectations, or has a few issues, give it 3 stars.
     • If it doesn't work as well as information technology should, but y'all'd notwithstanding use it, requite it 2 stars.
     • If it simply plain doesn't piece of work, or breaks with normal use, requite it i star.
   • Notwithstanding, if the item is defective, yous should contact the group or seller for a new one before leaving a negative review.

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   Be descriptive and personal. Don't only copy and paste the product description.

   • Don't copy other reviews either.
   • Tell nearly your experience with the product, and how it compared to your expectations, or to similar products you've tried.
   • Compare the pros and cons of the product, and requite suggestions about what would make it better. There is almost always some downside to a product.^[12]

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   Only talk about the product. Don't complain about the seller, shipping, or packaging in your review.

   • Leave feedback almost the seller in 'seller feedback'
   • Exit feedback nearly the box/bag it arrived in in'packaging feedback', if shipped past amazon.
     • If not shipped by amazon, leave this in 'Seller Feedback'

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   Continue your word. If you said you'd exercise a review with pictures, include pictures. If you said you'd give seller feedback, do information technology.

   • Don't brand excuses, considering you lot'll burn your bridges with the seller or review group; admins are not always understanding. Even if y'all have a good reason, some admins are still unreasonable.

9. ix

   Submit your review . Yous'll want to write your review directly on Amazon'south site. Brand it sound 18-carat, and exist honest and open up. Then submit the review to the group or seller you lot've been working with.

   • Use a spreadsheet to keep upwards with your reviews, similar Ruhamama'due south. Know who to give them to and when.
   • Some groups have review forms, while others desire the permalink though chat or email.
   • If y'all're working with the seller straight, allow the seller know when y'all received the production, and send them the permalink when your review it.

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1. 1

   Don't let yourself be bullied into changing your rating. Some sellers or admins will beg yous to get in a college star, but only ignore or cake them.

   • If they persist, report them to Amazon.^[13]

2. 2

   Bank check your reviews occasionally. Sometimes photos, videos, or even whole reviews disappear.^[14]

   • A skilful way of watching for deleted reviews is the program ARAT.

3. 3

   Check your rank. Amazon updates every few days, and your rank will change.

   • The lower your rank, the better deals you can become. You'll also get review requests from sellers more often.
   • Helpful votes, seller feedback, and total-priced product reviews all help your rank.

4. four

   Don't contact Amazon. Contacting Amazon brings attending to your account. As a discount reviewer, you lot want them to pay as little attention to you as possible.

   • If you lot contact them, make certain you've been following the TOS exactly, and then they have no reason to wipe your account.
   • If you need to contact Amazon almost a review, yous should email review-appeals@amazon.com with the guild number and your profile link. That electronic mail is manned past real people who focus on zilch but reviews, and is much safer than just calling or emailing them through the website.

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   Attain out if your production is broken or lacking. Contact whoever gave you the promo code and explain information technology to them.

   • If contacting an admin, wait 24 hours for a response, and if no response contact another admin.
     • If no response after contacting all admins and waiting a few days, contact the seller.
   • If contacting a seller, await 2-3 business days on a response, if no response, get out your honest review, return the product, and/or exit honest seller feedback.

2. ii

   Wait for their respond. If they respond, they'll usually give you a new lawmaking to become a replacement. Information technology is okay to purchase an item twice with a code.

   • • If the replacement has the aforementioned problem, leave your honest review.^[15]
     • If the replacement works, leave your honest review, simply mention that the outset one you received was broken.

3. 3

   Attain out if you don't like the product. Most admins inquire that y'all contact them for reviews less than iv stars. This is just to meet if they can fix the issue.

   • If the product is just not a good production, don't allow an admin tell you lot non to leave a bad review. Customers deserve to know of potential flaws.
   • If you lot're just returning a production though, because it is cleaved, defective, or not the correct size, you don't need to leave a review, as you were unable to test it to information technology'due south full ability.

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   Don't use your Amazon affiliate links on review items you've reviewed. It tin get y'all wiped for compensation. Total-priced items are fine, though.^[sixteen]

2. ii

   Avoid reviewing group promotional items nether the group affiliate link they're using. If you review a promo under a group affiliate link, it's too easy to become tangled into a seller relationship block or wipe.

   • Also, groups running chapter promos are doing it in places where Amazon does not take direct access to (i.e Closed/Secret groups, PM chats, emails). This is not allowed by Amazon.

3. three

   Look out for these links. You can identify an affiliate link by checking if the short link has the "tag=UserID" in the query string.^[17]

   • If information technology is a shortened URL, y'all tin go to a website to check short links.

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1. 1

   Sympathise your rank. Helpful votes, and the amount of reviews you do volition assist increment your rank. The lower your rank, the better offers you lot will receive.^[18]

   • Amazon will pay more attention to you lot if yous take a expert rank, so exist sure to e'er follow TOS.

2. 2

   Know that you will go downvotes. You'll get them whether y'all bought the item full priced or not, only more oftentimes when y'all got a discount in exchange for a review.

   • Many people call back discount reviewers are paid in costless products to write fake positive reviews. Don't be that kind of reviewer.

3. three

   Write unique, honest reviews. Include pictures and personal feel, and don't just copy and paste.^[19]

   • If you encounter someone copying reviews, screenshot the proof and send it and their contour link to review-appeals@amazon.com

4. four

   Don't publicly share your amazon contour. It tin atomic number 82 to downvotes.

   • If someone does start a downvote attack on your contour, try switching it to private.

5. 5

   Accept the situation. If y'all write quality, helpful reviews, you volition get many more than upvotes than downvotes.

   • Don't wash your reviews. Washing a review is deleting and resubmitting it to reset downvotes/upvotes.^[20]

6. 6

   Don't ask for upvotes. This is a manipulation of the ranking system and highly against TOS.

7. 7

   Never post or annotate in the Height Reviewer's Forum.

   • Everyone in there hates 'discount reviewers' and they will downvote and report you without reason.

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1. 1

   Know what causes the 'seller relationship' error. Usually it happens when a review is deleted and you effort to review it again. Reviews can be delete for diverse reasons:

   • Pictures with brand names or of incorrect product.
   • Too many people ordered and reviewed in the same fourth dimension frame.^[21]
   • Your review was besides similar to other ones.
   • Whatsoever mention of shipping, the seller, or packaging.
   • Asking for helpful votes.
   • Reviews multiple items from ane seller too apace.
   • Social media is connected on Amazon.

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   Know that reviews can as well exist rejected. If it'south rejected, y'all'll be able to edit and resubmit. If it'south deleted, y'all cannot.

   • Don't contact Amazon well-nigh these situations, equally they won't help and it brings more than attending to your business relationship.
   • Reviews may also be rejected due to banned words or possible innuendos.

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   Merely review on your ain Wi-Fi. Multiple reviewers under the same IP will get yous wiped.^[22]

   • If you have relatives who review, practise not list their address on your account.
   • Never review under some other reviewer's net connection.

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• Question

  I've liked a few other reviewers' reviews and found them helpful, and take occasionally upvoted those reviews. Is that really an issue?

  

  That'south fine, but simply if you don't too review that item. If you also review the same item, voting on others' reviews can look suspicious.

• Question

  Is it a good idea to purchase something online when the buyer wants a deposit?

  

  I would say that information technology depends what the deposit is for. If you want a personalized item made to order, then I would say that a eolith is justified. This way the seller is assured to receive some payment if y'all then determine you don't desire the particular anymore. Other than that, be conscientious and wary of sellers asking for deposits.

• Question

  What happens after my business relationship is wiped? Should I create a new account or but keep the same 1 and work on building reviews from scratch?

  

  When your account is wiped yous can't do whatsoever reviews anymore, just you can all the same order and utilize your Prime benefits.

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• Promo codes have half dozen characters at the end, while souvenir card codes have 4.

• Don't forget to buy full price items and review them likewise! Information technology will assist increase your helpful votes, and lessen your chance of getting wiped.

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• Not following Amazon'south TOS will cause your reviews to be wiped, and your reviewing privileges to be revoked.

• Too many five star reviews will crusade people to think you are dishonest, and can outcome in downvotes.

• Remember that reviews are for customers, non sellers. You shouldn't review if you lot don't honestly have an interest in informing the customers. Don't review only to get free products, fifty-fifty if information technology volition exist a plus.

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