And by dummies, I include
myself in that group – not necessarily the village idiot, but someone
occasionally challenged by the ambiguities of doing stuff online.
In my quest to triumph over this apparently simple
task, my recces have come up with the following top tips:
There are a
couple of routes that will lead you down the path of posting a review:
a) go directly to the amazon website, and look up your
item
b) if you have purchased an item through amazon, the
company may send you an email inviting you to review this product, in which
case, just click on their link.
If you are going to the amazon website to
intentionally review a product, search for your product in the usual way, i.e.
using the search bar (you may have to filter the search by department).
Once you are on the main page for that
product/book/DVD/CD/eBook, scroll all the way down, past ‘product description’,
‘product details’, etc. Keep going until
you get to ‘Customer reviews’. There you
will find an icon (saying ‘Write a customer review’) that you can click
on. Click. Or tap (if you’re on an ipad).
If you have not yet signed in, the amazon website will
invite you to do this now. If you do not
have an amazon account, you will have to create one in order to sign in and
write your review.
You will be taken to a page titled ‘Your reviews’ –
all your latest purchases will appear there, so you have the option to review
them at your leisure. In this instance
focus on the item you plan to review.
There are 5 blank stars – you can tap/click on as many
as what you think your item is worth, i.e.
highlight 4 or 5 stars.
Just below the stars, there is a text box in which you
can write your review. There is a
further text box that will appear below this, where you can give your review a
heading.
Lastly, there is a yellow icon saying ‘Submit’. Click/tap and voila.
Your full name will appear under your posted
review. If you do not wish to be named,
you can edit your public name. On the
review page, there is an icon you can click on in the top right hand side which
allows you to change your name.
Now go and post!
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