Does anyone know how to get Google seller reviews?

[shopwood]

We have thousands of clients and I would like to know how to get Google seller reviews for them. Does anyone know?

[NateStewart]

Simply ask the buyers, email them if you have contact info or reach out on social sites for reviews and point them to your were they can leave one.

That's all i got, I'm not a seller. But having been a buyer these are thing I've seen. like getting an email after a purchase asking me to review my buying experience or product.

Hope that helps.

[shopwood]

Thanks a lot. I understand how to ask them, but how to they make the review?

[NateStewart]

Oh. I misunderstood the question. I believe you are saying that your clients are the sellers on google, and that you want to get reviews for them?

If that is correct, then the only course of action you can take is to either ask for them(which would take awhile if you have thousands of clients) or show them how to ask for reviews via one mass email blast or something.

If this is not what you mean then please give an example as it is not clear what you are asking.

If it is, then great! Still to my knoweldge the only way a seller can get reviews is either it just happens or they ask. Unless they use spammy tactics.

[shopwood]

Thanks a lot sir. I can ask for them, but how do I ask for them? I am wondering what is the method of asking for them?

For example, if we have a client, what link do I send them? The Google+ account, the Location account of one of our offices nearest to them?

[NateStewart]

If you know which location they purchased from them send them a link to that locations business listing on google or a social site. It doesn't really matter actually. maybe for a little while try getting reviews for one type of listing then get reviews for another. spread out the reviews if you want, in doing this you will reach a larger audience as not everyone will see one specific place for reviews, unless that is what you want which then you are at the mercy of people actually navigating to your review source.

Your review efforts should be natural. for example if some one makes a purchase online then in a conformation email ask the buyer for a review of their experience and point that link to where ever you want.

if you happen to have any emails with something like that in it, click on the link and see where other companies are putting reviews.

[Everett]

Hello Sean,

Nathan is offering some good advice below about spreading out the review source, though I'd like to give you a few links as well to ensure your question is answered.

First of all, this is from Google Merchant Center Help:
"Google Shopping seller ratings consist of an aggregate ratings score with snippets of customer reviews from third party sites and from Google Checkout which are based on your store name and the registered domain."

I've bolded the part I wanted to point out.

If you are concerned specifically with Google Checkout reviews I think you may find your answer on how to format the URL to which you would send shoppers here: http://support.google.com/wallet/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=98919 . Specifically, this part:

"Leave a review for a seller by entering https://wallet.google.com/reviews/merchant/rateMerchant?t= into your internet browser. Before going to this URL, please enter your order number associated with that seller after = in the URL name.

Note: You'll be prompted to sign in to your Google Account."

Here are some of those "third party" sites where you can send them to leave the review:

Bizrate
Epinions
Google Wallet Reviews
PriceGrabber.com
PriceSpider.com
ResellerRatings.com
Review Centre
TRUSTPILOT
Viewpoints
Yahoo!

You can find a few more in this post:
seomoz.org/blog/how-to-rank-well-in-google-products-search-a-big-list-of-places-to-get-reviews

The URL will change depending on the source. For example, here is where you would leave a merchant-agnostic review on epinions for a specific HP laptop:
http://www.epinions.com/content/write.html/dt_product_id_~138835465/page_type_~reviews

Here is where you would leave a merchant-specific review on epinions for Newegg.com:
http://www.epinions.com/content/write.html/tnode_~261998678913

If your clients work with specific review software/service vendors (e.g. BazaarVoice, Power Reviews...) they should be able to provide you with the URL from which the shopper can leave a review either for the merchant in general or a specific product. Otherwise check with each of the review platforms above, as they all have their own formats.

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[shopwood]

Thanks a lot. We are using Freshbooks and PayPal. We don't use Google Wallet, so I don't know if it would work.