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Or how about this: 1. Add a way to report solicitations for fake reviews. Ban companies that pay for fake reviews for a year and all their reviews above 3 sta

by gwd 6y ago

Or how about this: 1. Add a way to report solicitations for fake reviews. Ban companies that pay for fake reviews for a year and all their reviews above 3 stars are removed. Customers who report requests for fake reviews are given a small bonus; maybe a $5 credit or something. 2. Amazon themselves pretend to be sellers and solicit fake reviews from customers. If a customer reports the request for a fake review, they're given the same bonus but told that they were part of a sting operation. If the customer gives the fake review, they're banned from Amazon for a year, and all their reviews are removed. Obviously some details need to be worked out: need to make sure the system can't be abused, need to make sure the fake review solicitation doesn't make real sellers look bad. But if done properly, ti should make the whole fake-review solicitation completely impractical.

Cthulhu_ 6y ago
The one with the customers won't work because creating a new account is trivial. Actually, I think so is creating a new company to sell stuff on Amazon. Mind you, if your company is kicked off Marketplace, it has to rebuild its reputation and inventory and stuff. But yeah, they should definitely mark companies that pay for reviews as dodgy. I don't think they would ban them - because ANYONE selling stuff on Amazon is earning them money - but they could do more. I don't think the problem hurts Amazon enough though. It's not like people stop using Amazon because of bad reviews. And I'm sure Amazon is undercutting the market so that any competitor with good reviews is unable to compete. Price beats everything, when it comes down to it.
- gwd 6y ago
  > The one with the customers won't work because creating a new account is trivial. Creating a new credit card isn't.
  - tmp2345 6y ago
    Actually it is. Have you tried ENO by capitol one or Privacy or any other VCC company. Folks use em to buy 300 pairs of shoes when the limit was 1 per customer.
tmp2345 6y ago
#2 would be better if they just blackhole the reviews. Have folks go through the effort but never show them to to anyone except the company account.
CRConrad 6y ago
At least #2 won't happen: Banning customers means blocking people from paying you money. You don't get to be the richest man in the world by making sure people don't pay you money.

by gwd 6y ago

Cthulhu_ 6y ago

The one with the customers won't work because creating a new account is trivial. Actually, I think so is creating a new company to sell stuff on Amazon. Mind you, if your company is kicked off Marketplace, it has to rebuild its reputation and inventory and stuff. But yeah, they should definitely mark companies that pay for reviews as dodgy. I don't think they would ban them - because ANYONE selling stuff on Amazon is earning them money - but they could do more. I don't think the problem hurts Amazon enough though. It's not like people stop using Amazon because of bad reviews. And I'm sure Amazon is undercutting the market so that any competitor with good reviews is unable to compete. Price beats everything, when it comes down to it.

gwd 6y ago
> The one with the customers won't work because creating a new account is trivial. Creating a new credit card isn't.
- tmp2345 6y ago
  Actually it is. Have you tried ENO by capitol one or Privacy or any other VCC company. Folks use em to buy 300 pairs of shoes when the limit was 1 per customer.

tmp2345 6y ago

#2 would be better if they just blackhole the reviews. Have folks go through the effort but never show them to to anyone except the company account.

CRConrad 6y ago

At least #2 won't happen: Banning customers means blocking people from paying you money. You don't get to be the richest man in the world by making sure people don't pay you money.