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Launched in 2007, [1] [2] Amazon Vine is an internal service of Amazon.com that allows manufacturers and publishers to receive reviews for their products on Amazon. [3] [4] [5] Companies pay a fee to Amazon and provide products for review. The products are then passed to Amazon reviewers, who can publish a review.
Amazon allows users to submit reviews to the web page of each product. Reviewers must rate the product on a rating scale from one to five stars. Amazon provides a badging option for reviewers which indicates the real name of the reviewer (based on confirmation of a credit card account) or which indicates that the reviewer is one of the top ...
Amazon Vine is a program which was introduced to "help their fellow customers make informed purchase decisions". [1] This program is invite-only and is designed to generate reviews for product vendors with whom Amazon works. One type of user review can be in the physical world, such as a video reviewing a product or software.
The fake review industry uses Facebook and Twitter to find people to give five-star ratings to mediocre products sold on Amazon.
Indeed, gathering fake reviews has become big business. [2] In 2012, for example, fake book reviews have been revealed as significantly affecting ratings on Amazon. [3] [4] In 2016 Amazon banned the practice of reviewing complimentary products, researchers have shown that the process still continued as of 2021, but without any disclosures. [5]
An Amazon.com exclusive is a product, that is available exclusively on Amazon.com. Some DVDs are produced by the owner of the film or product, while others are produced by Amazon.com itself. The DVDs produced by Amazon are made using its "CreateSpace" program, in which DVDs are created, upon ordering, using DVD-R technology.
The API allows clients to search or browse Amazon.com's product catalog; to retrieve detailed product information, reviews, and images; and to interface with customer shopping carts. Purchases at Amazon through a third-party website or application allows the operators of that site to earn up to 8.5% in referral fees. [3]
Harriet Klausner (May 20, 1952 – October 15, 2015) [1] [2] was an amateur reviewer of books and a newspaper columnist. [3] She was the #1 ranked reviewer on Amazon.com for many years, and at the time of her death held the No. 1 spot in Amazon's reviewer "Hall of Fame".