Note: This feature is only available for Professional and Premium Tier Brand Management customers.
When a reviewer writes a negative review, and rates a product 3 stars or fewer, they are given two choices: to post it publicly or resolve it privately with the brand.
If they choose to resolve their issues privately with the brand, you will receive an email alert from ProductReview.com.au. You will be able to go into Tickets section where you can read the unpublished review and get in contact with the reviewer to resolve their issues.
Here are some tips that we recommend you follow for review mediation:
- If, during the process, no resolution is reached and the reviewer opts to publish their review, we highly recommend that you reply publicly. This shows to your audience that your brand listens to and cares about its customers.
- It should be noted that a brand should not aim for a completely perfect 5-star average rating, as brands of all sizes and capacities will receive critical reviews. Furthermore, consumers are incredibly adverse to perfect average ratings as it does not demonstrate a constructive, balanced review. presence, appearing as 'suspicious.' In contrast, when a consumer sees a mix of positive and negative reviews for a high-rated product or service, they become more trusting of that brand.
- Instead of using the Review Mediation Service as a tool to 'block' negative reviews, the tool should be used as an 'escalation level,' in attempting to resolve the reviewer's pain points in improving their experience and opinion of the brand.
Note: Reviewers have the ability to publish their reviews at any time during the mediation process. Additionally they can select to auto-submit their review to be published after 15 days of no response from the brand manager.
This article outlines what to do if a reviewer decides to publish their original review.