Question For WSO Sellers/Buyers.

In theory, it sounds pretty good, but as both a seller and buyer of WSOs I would to know what the vulnerabilities of it are. Seems like anything like that would have a high chance of being "gamed" by clever people, thus rendering it useless.

Also, as a seller I'm not too keen on anything more that I have to "set up", there are enough things to remember as it is.

As a buyer, I personally doubt I would use it. I would much rather offer a real review, than click a star rating.

I wouldn't use it because as like any other similar type of review system, there is way too much room for manipulation. People will start paying others to vote for them and the like. It will achieve nothing and thus it's not a rating I would pay any attention to.

What problem are you actually trying to solve here? If it's people selling crappy products then this is not going to solve that problem. I don't see any advantage of this type of system over how things are currently done. I much rather be able to read reviews and judge their worthiness by looking at the Warriors reputation around these forums.

You are also asking people to rate a WSO right after they paid for it. How can those kind of reviews be accurate? A real review should only be after people have had a decent amount of time to consume and implement the product.

I would also be quite surprised if it was something the mods of this forum would let you implement. Testimonials and reviews are a very touchy subject nowadays so they (admin) need to be very careful of how that is done. So I wouldn't bother doing too much more creation until you have at the very least run it pas them. Otherwise you could be wasting a lot of your time on something that could never eventuate.

P.S. I had this same idea about a year ago. I quickly canned the idea for the reasons I mentioned above.

Hi Carson,

While I appreciate the effort, I have to say that I don't think it will fly.

Yes, it's true that comments in the WSO thread can be manipulated, BUT they have the added benefit of context; a star rating does not. In other words, a person visiting a WSO can now read through all of the comments and get a good feel for which ones are real.

With a star rating in the WSO itself, a lot of people would NOT take the time to read the comments. They would look at the rating as a snapshot of the overall integrity of the WSO, but there would be no true understanding of how a particular star rating was derived.

That's from the prospective buyer's point of view, but then there is also the actual buyer's point of view.

Rating something on a scale of 1 to 10 is fine, however, many buyers like to EXPLAIN their thoughts about the product. A rating system would still allow them to do that, but fewer people would read those comments, so fewer buyers may write reviews.

As far as gaming the system goes, good or bad, it would be too easy. The WSO seller could get a bunch of people to "buy and rate high" and then give them a refund as soon as their rating was recorded. Nefarious competitors could "invest" some of their money to pay people to "buy and rate low".

Plus, with the rating system you are talking about, it would only be available to people who still use Warrior Plus. What about those who don't use it?

There will never be a perfect rating system, but I believe the one we have now is about as good as it gets. Why? Because it offers context, feedback, and discussion.

Again, I appreciate your efforts, but it just doesn't seem practical or worthwhile to me.

All the best,
Michael

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I was going to reply to this, but whatever I would write has already been written above. No to both questions, not as a seller, not as a buyer.

I would see it as just "one other unnecessary thing".

Paul Barrs