Customer reviews are an integral part of the customer shopping experience on Amazon.
Customers use these reviews to learn more about the product, assess whether it fits their
needs, and make an informed purchase decision. Customer reviews also help sellers understand
the customers’ sentiment about their products, what features or aspects of the product
customers like, and what areas need improvements. Reviews also provide sellers with ideas on
how to improve their products. In order for customer reviews to continue to provide these
benefits to customers and sellers, they have to remain a true and authentic reflection of
customers’ experiences with the products.
Amazon has specific policies that are meant to protect the authenticity of Customer
Reviews, and we ask you to comply with these policies and report any violations you might
notice. We have provided links to our policy pages below. Note that Amazon has a
zero-tolerance policy towards any customer reviews violations. If we detect any attempts to
manipulate customer reviews, we take immediate actions that include, but are not limited
to:
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Immediate and permanent withdrawal of the seller’s selling privileges on Amazon and
withholding of funds.
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The removal of all the product’s reviews and preventing the product from receiving
future reviews or ratings.
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Permanent delisting of the product from Amazon.
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Legal action against the seller, including lawsuits and referral to civil and criminal
enforcement authorities.
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Disclosing the seller’s name and other related information publicly.
We strongly urge you to thoroughly review Amazon Customer Reviews policies and immediately
correct any violating actions. It is important that you educate your business partners,
employees, and any 3rd party partners you work with about these policies as well.
Any infractions by your business partners, employees, or 3rd party agencies will
result in enforcement actions, even if it happened without your knowledge or consent.
Violations to Customer Reviews policies include, but are not limited to, these actions:
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A seller posts a review of their own product or their competitor's product.
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A seller offers a third party a financial reward, discount, free products, or other
compensation in exchange for a review on their product or their competitor’s product.
This includes using services that sell customer reviews, websites, or social media
groups.
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A seller offers to provide a refund or reimbursement after the buyer writes a review
(including reimbursement via a non-Amazon payment method). This could be done via
buyer-seller messaging on Amazon or directly contacting customers or using
3rd party services, websites, or social media groups.
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A seller uses a third-party service that offers free or discounted products tied to a
review (for example, a review club that requires customers to register their Amazon
public profile so that sellers can monitor their reviews).
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A family member or employee of the seller posts a review of the seller's product or a
competitor's product.
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A seller asks a reviewer to change or remove their review. They might also offer a
refund or other compensation to a reviewer in exchange for doing so.
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A seller diverts negative reviews to be sent to them or to a different feedback
mechanism while positive reviews are sent to Amazon.
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A seller creates a variation relationship between products with the aim of
manipulating reviews and boosting a product’s star rating via review aggregation.
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A seller inserts a request for a positive Amazon review or an incentive in exchange
for a review into product packaging or shipping box.
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A seller uses a customer account to write or change a review on his or his
competitor’s product.
Note: References to “seller” here includes all the seller’s employees and
3rd party partners.
Here is the list of pages that describe our Customer Reviews policies in details.
Policy Pages on Seller Central:
Guidelines Pages on Amazon: