How Many Reviews Do You Read Before Buying A Wso?

As many as it takes to make a decent decision. It would also depend on the item and price. If it's PLR, not many - I always rewrite anyway, so it doesn't really matter if it's written poorly, I just like to have something to give me a jumping off point.

If it's a program or system, I want to see several reviews from people who have clearly been using it, not just a bunch of people jumping on a bandwagon saying "wow, this is a fantastic offer... can't wait to try it!"

I pay no attention to reviews. I don't buy from the WSO forum. I buy from people's signatures in the WF that I trust. I only buy info products or software that is relevant to my business or that I am interested in learning more about. I don't buy "methods".

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i look at a number of things...

- obviously is it useful to me?
- how much is it?
- i look to see how long they have been a warrior
- i look at the OP's previous activity here on WF ie do they contribute in discussions about the niche...
- i try to see if they know what they are talking about
- i look to see if they have previous WSO's and see if they are well supported
- i look to see if the reviews are based on free hand outs
- i look to see if they are ripping off other peoples content

if i didnt do all of this i would be buying WSO's left right and center! lol

Ill look at the reviews. Usually if the first 2 or 3 are positive, then Ill keep reading the sales ad. But I rarely read more than that. Especially the long 2 paragraph reviews I usually won't read either.

I do not read reviews... I write them.

As far as reviews in a thread are concerned: most people like to see a lot of reviews but I sincerely doubt that they read all of them.

HP

Well,

if it fits my need or is a subject that i want to know about, i pretty much grab them as they come. I dont really look out for reviews for WSOs. If my guts say go for it, i get em. :-)

I don't trust Reviews even in WSO. Because most of sellers are requesting reviews from members. So 95% reviews are not independent. They write a positive one as a favor.
So decide it your self before buying it. I only care seller reputation in WF. Most of good sellers like to contribute in free area. I like those sellers.
So check signatures when you see a valuable content in non-selling threads.

Regards
Rukshan

Before I even read the reviews I first look and see if this is something that my business specifically needs. If not, it ends right there.

If I determine if it's something my business needs, then I look at who the seller is. Is it someone I already know? Did I buy from them before and if so, was I happy with the purchase?

If I don't know them I'll do some research. First I'll read the entire sales copy to see what their offer is. I jot some notes on anything that doesn't seem clear or appears to be a bit too vague to make a decision. Then I'll go to their public profile and see what it says there. I then read some of their posts /threads that they started / commented on.

I see how do they conduct themselves in the forum. Do they contribue at all? And yes, I actually do this. I check out any other WSOs that they've had in the past and I'll scan the comments / feedback that they got. If I have any unanswered questions not found in the FAQs or in the comments, I'll send them a PM.

Once I'm done with all that, only then do I decide if I'm going to purchase or not.

RoD

I used to read the whole thread before buying a WSO. Even if they were 20 pages, I read them all.

But the more you read, the higher expectations you would have of the WSO, and you would eventually come to realize most of the reviews are actually crap. (NOT all though)

Now I don't buy any WSOs anymore, unless its a service like backlinks, design, etc.

I read the entire thread, but usually not the testimonials because to be honest, I do not believe that they are ever as accurate or honest as they might be, usually if someone is honest they would have a couple of points that they do not like about a product, but you hardly ever see such honesty.

As well it is only human nature to want to put your best foot forward, how many sellers would put a negative review into a post?

So in reality, can you truly trust a review?

As another point of consideration is the polite effect, where a buyer does not want to offend or upset the seller so they glaze over the negative things about a product, in essence, they are too polite to be honest, and they are also afraid, to be honest for fear of being brutalized on this very forum, which is a favorite pastime of some members here.

So, I take it with a grain of salt, and if I am not sure I ask a question, sometimes I buy the product sometimes I dont, but if I ever see something that says, it is not this and it is not that and it is not this either, then I usually am not at all interested in buying it, because if you cant say what a product is, chances are you are not selling anything of any real "substance"

Simple as that, )

I generally don't read the reviews unless I see one by someone I know and trust. Why would I trust what a stranger says anymore than the WSO provider? For all I know they are in kahoots . . . or the same person.

I think it is more important who the reviews are from than the number of reviews if I don't recognize any reviewers and am still tempted I will read every post/review before buying although depending on price and how many posts there are.

I don't read the reviews, I only go in there when I'm specifically looking for something, such as a graphics pack or PLR.

I pay more attention to who's selling than to who's purchased.

I hate WSOs that post an endless list of reviews. I think they should post a couple and then link to somewhere that has the rest.

If I have to scroll past screens of reviews to find the buy button - I don't buy.

I don't necessarily "read" all the reviews. But I do typically scan at lot of them just to get a general idea of what people are saying. Mostly I look to see if any highly trusted warriors have given a review or not.

Depends on where the reviews are. If they are in the thread I probably will read at least a few of them - but if they are in the salespage I completely skip over them. It's like references on a job application - you gonna give a reference that is bad for you?

However - even if the reviews in the thread are completely spectacular, I go to their profile page and look at some of their posts, threads, and thanked posts to see if the Warrior actually has the scruples to be honest, the knowledge to create a unique product rather than slamming together old info and shucking it out as a product - and a few other tidbits before I decide to buy from them.

I saw it from the =
- Whether wso is useful for my business
- Who can sell
- How many of his post
- How long he joined in WF
- How many sellers get thanks
- I see reviews from some buyers
- How the seller to answer comments on threadnya
- See WSO what ever he was selling
- See the thread what ever he made
- Probably the last I would ask directly to the seller via Skype.

Quite interesting how the results from the poll are so close!

Anyone with a little intelligence would not have a set number of reviews they must read before they purchase a product. You read as many reviews or testimonials or sales copy as it takes to convince you the product is worthy of your money - no more and no less.

Let me guess, if this poll showed the option 'between 1 and 10' as the winner, some WSO vendors would be stupid enough to think they should only post 1-10 reviews in their WSO?

Puhhleassse....

I read the thread, and usually skip the reviews, as in my mind the thread itself is more likely to have a true cross reference of the good and bad points. Reviews are too easily manipulated with free copies and bonuses... but that is only my opinion.

I have reviewed a couple of purchases before but NEVER when I have been asked the second I hit the download page to do so... If I think it is worth my time to either praise or warn someone off of something then I do so... but never because I could get something for it.

I look at WHO is running the wso and whether it's something I even need.

If the wso seller has invested more than the $40 wso fee, but has also invested his time and expertise in the forum itself (lots of posts), then I will look more closely. How many testimonials would not be a factor....it can be gamed too easily, imo.
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Bruce NewMedia

While I used to place a lot of credibility in WSO reviews, that is no longer true. I have read too many reviews lately that sound unbelievable, that all sound the same, just spun slightly, and most importantly are the "to good sounding" reviews who couldn't possibly have actually reviewed the product because they failed to take note of major flaws such as missing components, corrupted zip files, download links that don't work, etc., etc., etc...

How could they have possibly downloaded something from a broken link?

How could they not have realized that one or more major components are missing?

How could they have unzipped a compressed file that is corrupted?

Yes, it is possible that they received a copy directly, prior to the offering, one without the problems, but doesn't that in and of itself make the reviews meaningless?

Likewise I generally just skip right over all the WSO's who write endless rhetoric, forcing the buyer to invest their time trying to determine what the product is, what it does and how it will benefit them.

The old "KISS" principle together with the old "Who, What, When, Where,Why" concept get my vote everytime.

If I cannot determine exactly what a WSO will do for me, what I can do with it within the first 30 seconds or so, I generally just skip right over it.

The worst offenders are those selling product without defining the buyers rights and forcing the buyer to write a post to ask what the rights are.

Ambiguous rights are no rights at all.

PLR rights with severe limitations are not PLR rights at all.

I have even seen a couple of product advertising unlimited PLR rights but then when purchased you find that you do not have master resell rights and or you do not have resell rights, just personal PLR.

In my view PLR means Private Label Rights and if someone gives you Private label Rights to a product you should be able to do just about anything you want to or with that product.

I like to see that somebody claims to really maked some money with it. If possible with evidence.

And I read the whole thread to see if the service is ok

I read them. That doesn't necessarily mean I believe or trust them.

None... They are all crap. everyone knows that.

Seriously, if the product fits and it gas a guarantee, I'm cool.

Even if it doesn't, $10 is neither here nor there for me.

Sometimes I buy just to amuse myself, given the hype.

Hi
You can even buy few people form FIVER to do a review dont trust the review read the sales leeter and decide thats the best way i think

I usually scan them then if I am still interested, I will read the first few that have some real information. I often get more out of reviews than just the specific product information, I often find a warrior who has special skills that I find by reading their website, then I note that in my handy dandy little notebook and refer to it again when I need it .