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Best Amazon Product Review Site

by welland
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That you have come across...what is it?
#amazon #product #review #site
  • Profile picture of the author Newman2011
    Did you find anything?
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  • Profile picture of the author Link
    The best product review sites have tons of useful content that answers searchers questions. They have lots of pictures of the product, lists of features, and preferably some sort of reviews.

    An Amazon affiliate site is pretty much the same as any other product review site, except that Amazon is a more well known online retailer than most. You can use their brand recognition as leverage to get your prospect to buy from them.

    Here are two sites I like. These aren't affiliate sites, but frankly I'm not sure why:

    refrigerator-reviews-ratings.com
    mattress-wiz.com
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    • Profile picture of the author Ryan David
      Review sites are a bit overrated. Any site that has "keyword reviews & ratings" in the Title Tag is just glorified spam in my view.

      The best "review" sites probably wouldn't even be called review sites. They are websites that have an established following because the content is great and when the blogger makes a recommendation, people listen.
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      • Profile picture of the author cooler1
        Originally Posted by Ryan David View Post

        Review sites are a bit overrated. Any site that has "keyword reviews & ratings" in the Title Tag is just glorified spam in my view.

        The best "review" sites probably wouldn't even be called review sites. They are websites that have an established following because the content is great and when the blogger makes a recommendation, people listen.
        I don't agree. I agree that most review sites are rubbish as they just intend to sell the product and don't provide enough value to the reader.

        But if you have a well researched review with plenty of info from different sources, then it's very good for potential buyers.
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        • Profile picture of the author Ryan David
          Originally Posted by cooler1 View Post

          I don't agree. I agree that most review sites are rubbish as they just intend to sell the product and don't provide enough value to the reader.

          But if you have a well researched review with plenty of info from different sources, then it's very good for potential buyers.
          Nah. "Researched reviews" typically results in reviews based on other people's reviews.

          Good review sites actually get the product, take it out the box, assemble it, list out pros/cons, and then recommend it or pan it. I'm not saying this is an ideal "review", but since I just assembled a swingset, it's on my mind.

          Do your reviews look like this?

          Brigid Kemmerer: Cedar Summit Playset (Or, what I bought with that advance)
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          • Profile picture of the author cooler1
            Originally Posted by Ryan David View Post

            Nah. "Researched reviews" typically results in reviews based on other people's reviews.

            Good review sites actually get the product, take it out the box, assemble it, list out pros/cons, and then recommend it or pan it. I'm not saying this is an ideal "review", but since I just assembled a swingset, it's on my mind.

            Do your reviews look like this?

            Brigid Kemmerer: Cedar Summit Playset (Or, what I bought with that advance)
            No, they don't because it would be too expensive and time consuming for me to buy hundereds of products, then assemble them, test out their features, etc.. to write a review on them.
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            • Profile picture of the author Ryan David
              Originally Posted by cooler1 View Post

              No, they don't because it would be too expensive and time consuming for me to buy hundereds of products, then assemble them, test out their features, etc.. to write a review on them.
              Quality over quantity. One good review where you actually take the time to, you know, review the product will give you far better benefits over summarizing other people's reviews.
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              • Profile picture of the author Rsberg
                Originally Posted by Ryan David View Post

                Quality over quantity. One good review where you actually take the time to, you know, review the product will give you far better benefits over summarizing other people's reviews.
                This sounds good in principle but when it's time to check your bank deposits from Amazon each month I think you will find that one site (regardless of how good it is) simply won't be enough to pay the bills...
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    • Profile picture of the author msudawgs56
      Originally Posted by Link View Post

      The best product review sites have tons of useful content that answers searchers questions. They have lots of pictures of the product, lists of features, and preferably some sort of reviews.

      An Amazon affiliate site is pretty much the same as any other product review site, except that Amazon is a more well known online retailer than most. You can use their brand recognition as leverage to get your prospect to buy from them.

      Here are two sites I like. These aren't affiliate sites, but frankly I'm not sure why:

      refrigerator-reviews-ratings.com
      mattress-wiz.com
      I agree that these sites should be monetized better. They are SBI sites which I one one also. They have lots of great content and probably rank very well.
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  • Profile picture of the author Chri5123
    Yes, the main thing you should be doing here is working on CTR - you want a REALLY strong call to action for those clicks.

    Another thing is make sure that your actual reviews are unique, quality content and well researched.

    You will not find a BEST site layout in my opinion - different niches like different things but I tend to structure all my Amazon sites like this and it works well:

    Best Jump Starter — Best Jump Starter Reviews

    All the best,

    Chris Jones
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    • Profile picture of the author weblink29
      Originally Posted by Chri5123 View Post

      Yes, the main thing you should be doing here is working on CTR - you want a REALLY strong call to action for those clicks.

      Another thing is make sure that your actual reviews are unique, quality content and well researched.

      You will not find a BEST site layout in my opinion - different niches like different things but I tend to structure all my Amazon sites like this and it works well:

      Best Jump Starter -- Best Jump Starter Reviews

      All the best,

      Chris Jones
      I created one site using Thesis to test it out. It looks very similar to your site.

      Here's mine: Winch For Sale - Winch Sale - Winches

      I used an Amazon plugin to add the products but I haven't added any actual reviews to this website....maybe later :rolleyes:
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  • Profile picture of the author BarryOnline
    I agree with cooler1 about providing lots of information from different sources & I also agree with Rsbrg that you need a good number of sites/pages out there to make a substantial income.

    You can make a very high quality Amazon product review site without actually having used the products. You just have to make sure that your product review provides exceptional value to the reader.

    I try to make sure my Amazon product review sites provide the follow points

    1: Product selection
    I make sure that the products on my site are products that have high customer ratings of at least 4 stars & have many positive customer reviews. I also look at "best selling" products & make my selection from there.

    2: Images
    I make sure to include several, clear pictures of the product throughout the review. Not just the pictures Amazon provide but I’ll look in Google images & the product manufacturer’s site for extra pictures.

    3: Video
    If you search for the product you have selected in YouTube you can sometimes find video reviews & unboxing videos that other people have made. Embed the video within the review page to provide extra information on the product.

    4: Product description text
    I will read several sources of information about the product from Amazon, the manufactures website, other online retails, customer product reviews & listen to video reviews. Once I have compiled as much information about the product as possible I will then create a detailed product description. The goal is to make your product description bigger & better than any other source online. Include an Amazon customer review at the end of the product description & you can also include the good points & the bad point about the product.

    Once you get a potential buyer on your product page don’t give them any reason to go anywhere else to buy the product or to find out something that you have failed to add into your product review. You should provide them with everything they need to know so when they click on your affiliate link their mind is made up & they’re ready to buy. All it takes is one peace of information that a person may need to make the sale, try not to leave anything out.
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  • Profile picture of the author Celeste Green
    I think the best review sites are ones that aren’t intending to be a review site as the primary focus. A hobby site or blog related to someone’s passion that has great articles & lots of opinion pieces anyway & then compliments that with product reviews has a lot more credibility. There are a number of blog-style sites I like reading and the authors post their real live experiences, complaints, rants, etc, and the throw up reviews for products related to their site. The reviews are far more meaningful because they’re not forced either.
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