Nine Ways to Get Reviews on Amazon

Nine Ways to Get Reviews on Amazon




Reviews can make or break an Amazon seller. According to Heinz Market Research, 92% of consumers are more likely to buy a product after reading a positive review.


Therefore, when sellers want to increase product sales or launch new products, they are racking their brains to find ways to quickly obtain product reviews. Here are 9 most effective ways to obtain Amazon reviews , which can be divided into two categories: "Amazon-style" and "seller-style".


“Amazon-style” means obtaining reviews through methods or procedures provided by Amazon;

"Seller style" refers to a method of jumping out of the Amazon system and seeking reviews from outside.



How to Get Product Reviews the Amazon Way

Amazon offers the following 4 ways to get product reviews:

1. Amazon’s automatic follow-up system

Amazon has a system that automatically follows up with consumers who purchase products. The platform will automatically send emails to encourage consumers to leave product reviews or report problems with the products they purchased.

Usually Amazon will only send the buyer an email requesting a review.

2. Use Amazon’s review request feature

Amazon recently launched the Request a Review feature, which allows sellers to automatically request reviews from consumers with just one click. Sellers can click this button to send a review request email within 4-30 days after consumers purchase the product. This feature, combined with Amazon's automatic follow-up system, can greatly increase sellers' chances of receiving reviews.


3. Join Amazon’s Early Reviewer Program

Early Reviewer is a program that Amazon encourages consumers to comment on new products. After consumers join this program, Amazon will send a review invitation, and buyers can get a $5 gift card after leaving a review.

To join the Early Reviewer program, sellers need to submit products and agree to relevant terms. And if sellers get reviews through this program, they need to pay fees to Amazon.

4. Join the Amazon Vine Program  

Amazon launched the Vine program for products that have registered brands but have fewer than 30 reviews. Sellers who join the Vine program submit 30 product inventories to Amazon, and then Vine program reviewers receive the products for free and conduct product testing and write reviews.

The Vine program is very similar to the reviews that Amazon has banned, except that the reviewers in the Vine program are vetted by Amazon.

Currently, the Vine program is free to sellers, but it is not ruled out that Amazon will start charging this year.


How to Get Product Reviews - The Seller Style

Here’s how to get reviews outside of Amazon’s rules:

5. Use a third-party autoresponder email tool

In addition to Amazon’s internal automatic email system, many sellers also use third-party tools to send emails to consumers, such as Jungle Scourt’s Lanuch, which provides email templates.
It is understood that Amazon has begun to strictly limit the number and type of messages that sellers can send through the Seller Messaging System. This method of communication may be restricted in the future.

6. Create an email contact list

If Amazon restricts your email communication in the future, you will need to find another way to build your own email contact list. There are many ways to build a list, such as encouraging users to leave their email addresses through social media or creating a blog.


7. Utilize product inserts

Many sellers insert cards into their products to ask consumers to leave reviews, but the practice of product inserts has attracted the attention of Amazon because some sellers violate Amazon's regulations.

It is best to follow these guidelines for product inserts:

  • You can ask for reviews, but be neutral. It is against Amazon's rules to explicitly ask buyers to leave a five-star review.

  • Provide useful information about the product and company. For example, contact information allows users to contact you quickly if there is a problem with the product. Good customer service is an effective way to prevent negative reviews.

  • Although you can't induce users to leave positive reviews, you can get them to follow your social media accounts, etc.


8. Reduce negative reviews

Respond to negative reviews proactively and resolve any issues that may arise. With Jungle Scout’s Alerts feature, you can quickly spot negative reviews and respond to them to resolve the issue.

Note: Amazon does not allow sellers to contact consumers who leave negative reviews directly through the email system.

9. Promote products on off-site promotion platforms

Sellers can use some off-site promotion platforms such as Jump Send to provide free or discounted products to platform users and ask them to leave reviews for the products.


However, these off-site promotional platforms do not require consumers to leave reviews, so the chance of getting reviews is relative, not absolute.

Amazon attaches great importance to product reviews. Many sellers have had their accounts frozen due to illegal operation of reviews. Therefore, sellers must keep in mind the following review regulations:

  • Cannot conduct reviews. But there are still many sellers who use this black technology, be careful that this may cause your account to be frozen.
  • You cannot induce buyers to leave positive reviews. For example, if you feel this product is worth a five-star rating, please leave us a review, otherwise contact us , this is inducement; or "we are a small, family-run business", "we make our products in America, so please support local businesses" , are also inducements.


When obtaining reviews, sellers must abide by Amazon's rules. Although black technology can bring sales, it can easily endanger the account, so sellers must be extremely cautious.


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