Yesterday, Apple removed our Secure Shopping App from the App Store after receiving a takedown notice from Amazon. Amazon's reasons for requesting the takedown of our app have no basis in fact or law and are an attempt to silence us from telling consumers the truth about Amazon.
We are excited to launch Fakespot Chat for products. Fakespot Chat focuses the power of GenAI on shopping so you can get your product questions answered quickly. For now, Fakespot Chat is only available on Analysis Reports, but we
If you support us and consumer rights, please download our Chrome or Firefox extensions to send a strong message to Amazon and other online marketplaces about transparency.
@notcapnamerica
Thank you for sharing Fakespot,
@notcapnamerica
. Our extension eliminates fake reviews, unreliable sellers, and counterfeits on Amazon. Available for all major browsers including Brave and Safari.
Thank you to all of our users for making this new iOS app a reality. Together we will put an end to eCommerce fraud. We have more amazing products coming soon that will make secure shopping the gold standard for eCommerce.
@mathowie
Answer thread: Reviews power eCommerce sales. Products do not sell unless they have at least 4 stars and hundreds of reviews. If a product has greater than 4 stars and thousands of reviews it sells even more. (1/10)
This unethical behavior by Amazon is not anything new. It is well documented that they allow fake reviews and counterfeit in their marketplace, copy popular products like All Birds and pass them off as their own invention, and blame everyone but themselves for their issues.
We are excited to announce the return and improvement of Fakespot to iOS & Android with our new app, Fakespot Pro. In it is the power of an open browser with Fakespot analysis built-in guiding you on Amazon, Walmart, and eBay, with more features and store support coming soon.
Just a few weeks ago, Amazon admitted it has a fake review problem, but blamed the social media companies for it. Now, it's Fakespot's turn to take the blame, but we will not let Amazon disparage our company and reputation.
@Pyronaut_
@feniuldragon
@LitterboxComics
They are real and our users love us because we tell everyone the truth about reviews and sellers on Amazon. Our extensions and apps eliminate fake reviews, counterfeits, and unreliable sellers. We will also so you better sellers and prices that Amazon hides.
However, as all developers are aware, the Apple App Store is not a democracy and Apple is not a neutral arbitrator of facts and law. In the coming weeks and months, more of the story will come out and we are very confident that we will prevail.
Review censorship continues. Consumers deserve to know what is great or bad about a product before buying it. Just another reason to always Fakespot it before you buy it.
@amazon
Amazon deletes all negative reviews!
@AmazonHelp
My review had absolutely zero information on the seller whatsoever. stop deleting all honest reviews! every review on amazon is fake
#scamazon
While we are disappointed with Apple's decision, we understand that they were put in a very tough position and made the business decision not to wrestle with Amazon's lawyers.
To all of our amazing users, who supported us throughout the years and continue to do so, we want to thank you for sticking with us through thick and thin. We will return to the App Store soon enough.
We made a commitment to consumers to always have their backs, no matter what, and we meant it. We are a consumer-centric service and our biggest sin was revealing the truth about online purchases to our users. Amazon is trying to punish us for that.
@NathanNNHarris
@eBay
You are right,
@NathanNNHarris
, eBay and Amazon actively remove reviews that mention counterfeits and other scams where their customers have been ripped off. They can do this because governments worldwide allow them to get away with it.
@matthewebel
Please help us spread the word about eCommerce fraud on Amazon by installing and sharing our Chrome and Firefox extensions. Our iOS app will be out of purgatory soon.
Woah!
#2
on Product Hunt and moving up fast. Thank you to all the Fakespotters for making this happen. We are working hard on more exciting features that will be coming very soon.
Interestingly, Fakespot works as a great companion for Amazon shopping by making their marketplace transparent and this is something Amazon does not like.
Thank you to all of our 100k + Chrome Extension users. We just updated the extension to include Fakespot Grades on Walmart and Yelp (the rest are coming soon). Never been easier to
#Fakespot
Before You Buy! Easy to install on Chrome via link below.
We wish
@amazon
would stop these fake n95 masks with fake reviews from even being able to list. Until then, we will keep flagging them before they do. Well deserved Fakespot F Grade.
Our new site is up! Head over to to check it out. The trusted and robust analysis is still there, but with a new design to help you spot fake reviews faster than ever. We always love hearing from our users, so if you have any feedback please let us know.
@paulg
@pitdesi
Amazon was a pioneer in online consumer reviews and reviews used to be sacred to them because they understood, before anyone, that new customers seeing feedback from previous customers would show them that eCommerce worked.
Fakespot is saving wallets from unreliable sellers and shoddy products on
@amazon
. Join our consumer-centric movement by adding Fakespot to Chrome or Firefox. Shopping on the run? We got your wallet covered on iOS and Android too.
Just another reason to not shop Amazon without Fakespot as your trusted guide. Amazon lets anyone sell anything, even Dum Dums from Walmart and Sam's Club. We'll tell you if the seller is reliable before you buy so you don't end up with an inferior product.
@Pyronaut_
@feniuldragon
@LitterboxComics
Fakespot is available for Chrome, Firefox, and iOS. Our new mobile extension experience is coming soon to Android too. Please check it out and let us know what you think.
We are very proud of our work exposing fake Covid PPE, remedies, and vaccination cards.
@CBSNews
interviewed Fakespot's
@SaoudKhalifah
about the problems with fake vaccine cards and what you can do to protect yourself from this ongoing problem.
Great article by
@binarybits
on Amazon's ongoing problem with fake reviews and terrible third-party sellers. Even more baffling is how Amazon still has this product up 3 days after
@binarybits
article and hasn't banned this seller for clear consumer fraud.
Reviewmeta is now owned by SellerX, one of the world's largest Amazon sellers. That leaves Fakespot as the only independent online-consumer protection service for Amazon shopping. Join our movement today, we will always have your back.
The holiday shopping season is when scammers come out in full force. Always
#Fakespot
Before You Buy on Black Friday to make sure the deal is legit. Use our extension below for easy Fakespotting as your shop. Happy Thanksgiving!
Fakespot was started to stop shady sellers who push shoddy products that use fake reviews to deceive consumers. We are the only ones who are truly obsessed with getting consumers the real information they need to make great purchases.
Fakespot now has over 200,000 chrome extension installs and we could not have done it without our amazing users. Thank you very much to everyone for trusting us to help you save time, money, and frustration that results from eCommerce scams.
The category that caused us to create Fakespot: supplements. Like food, buying supplements on Amazon is another adventure that you do not want to go alone on. Let Fakespot find you the best supplements from reputable brands and sellers without fake reviews or product issues.
This product has been flooded with fake reviews and fake upvotes designed to push down important real reviews like the one below. Well deserved Fakespot D Grade. Please do your research before you buy, some sellers hope that you don't.
Fake reviews and counterfeits are turning Amazon into a mess for publishers and readers. If you are one of the over 100 million Amazon Prime members you should always Fakespot before you buy to ensure you are getting the real deal.
@spacerog
@TanelPoder
Thanks for sharing us with your followers. This is a bigger problem than the public realizes and its happening with almost every e-commerce platform. There is an entire ecosystem to deceive consumers by flooding product listings with fake reviews.
Thats right, Fakespot is now available for Firefox with more browsers coming soon. Fakespot is the only way to securely shop Amazon, eBay, Walmart, Shopify stores, and more.
We recently hit 3 Billion Reviews Analyzed! We cannot thank our users enough for helping us hit this milestone and for putting their trust in Fakespot.
Make sure you check TripAdvisor and Yelp reviews with Fakespot before making your travel plans this summer. Thanks to
@chriselliotts
and
@Forbes
for featuring us!
For example, these n95 masks have a 1.5 star rating because of some shady seller actions and we verified the reviews as authentic. Remember, a Fakespot A and B Grade means the reviews can be trusted, whether its 1 star or 5.
@nicnguyen
Excellent article by
@nicnguyen
featuring Fakespot's
@SaoudKhalifah
. The best way to put an end to fake reviews, bad sellers, and counterfeits on Amazon is with our Chrome and Firefox extensions. Please check it out below and start shopping securely.
Cyber Monday is in full swing. There are so many deals that it can seem overwhelming and FOMO is real. Use these tips to ensure that a deal is the real deal.
1. Shop around: Amazon does not always have the lowest price. Take the extra minute or two to check competitors' sites.
Thank you to every Fakespot user who helped us build the best eCommerce fraud protection platform in the world. We are only getting started and have more awesome features planned that will continue to put consumers first to ensure you never get ripped off online.
@zackkanter
Our Chrome and Firefox extensions' sort bar makes Amazon product searches less painful by weeding out products that are pumped with fake reviews. And once you find something you like our seller ratings will weed out unreliable sellers.
We have spent the past couple of months working on something that is going to fix
@amazon
for everyone, finally. Looking forward to sharing it with everyone very soon.
To every Fakespot user: Thank you for helping us reach the amazing milestone of 1 million Fakespot app and extension installs. We couldn't have done it without your support and feedback over the years.
Check out Fakespot's Verified Holiday Deals to get the best products on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It's also great for last-minute shopping. We'll be adding more deals every day as we find them.
This wall charger is
@amazon
choice. It is a knockoff of well known
@AnkerOfficial
products. Well deserved Fakespot F Grade.
#Fakespot
Before You Buy on Prime Day.
@nr
@verge
Thanks for your kind words and support,
@nr
. We are not going anywhere and unlike some companies, we compete with innovations that actually help consumers.
To enter for free all you have to do is follow the link below, read all of the details, install our extension, and sign up for a Fakespot account. All current Fakespot users who have the extension installed and created an account are automatically entered.
Thanks to
@LFDodds
for featuring Fakespot's CEO Saoud Khalifah in his excellent
@Telegraph
article on fake reviews plaguing Amazon, Google, and TripAdvisor. A great read to learn more about how bad this problem and how Fakespot is working to fix it.
Excellent reporting here by
@JonathanEmont
.
@amazon
needs to do a much better job of protecting its customers by only having reputable sellers and eliminating fake reviews.
#Fakespot
Before You Buy.
FTC finally takes action against fake reviews on Amazon. This is just the tip of the iceberg.
#Fakespot
is here to protect consumers even when the platforms selling to them don't.
If we know anything, we know AI (it's what powers Fakespot's super-strong engine). Get Fakespot, and let us be your defense against fake reviews - we'll call them out in seconds.
Black Friday deals kick off on 11/25 for most retailers.
@KenadiTaylor
's article from
@MONEY
shared below has great tips on getting the best deals and avoiding overspending. Thank you
@KenadiTaylor
for mentioning Fakespot!
After 60 minutes exposed Amazon for its lapses in worker safety and incredible excuses for not knowing the exact number of COVID-19 cases at its warehouses (Amazon tracks everything), their response was to "control the narrative" by getting local tv stations to play their piece.
Dear
@amazon
, Let us help you find the bad sellers for free. Go install Fakespot for Chrome or Firefox and check the sellers. That will save you postage and time. Sincerely, Fakespot.
Amazon Prime Day is starting tomorrow and runs through 7/12. Here are some helpful tips so you get the best deal on great products that you actually want.
Looks like we'll find out real quick which review platforms have real systems to stop fake reviews and which ones were just invented by their pr/marketing teams. We know of several but will give them a few days to get a head start and then all bets are off.
We listened to the feedback for Fakespot Pro on iOS and Android and added Guest mode so you can use it without an account. You will not get access to your analysis history, but you will get all the features of our desktop extensions on your phone.
@Sams_Antics
@zackkanter
Even though Google remains the starting point for a lot of product research, most roads lead to Amazon because of their superior SEO. Once consumers are in the Amazon ecosystem all bets are off for their product research.
We want to thank every Fakespotter for their support and feedback in 2022. We love making your online shopping experience easier and safer to save you money, time, and from any frustration. Happy Holidays from everyone at Fakespot!
@CatPawsAreBeans
@RawBeautyKristi
Amazon does not spend enough time or money on quality control for Amazon Basic's electronics. We do not recommend buying any of them as the risk is too high. When a product fails they are also slow to remove it from the market.
We’re excited to announce Fakespot is joining
@mozilla
to further expand our goal of making a better and safer shopping experience. Fakespot’s current products aren’t going anywhere and with Mozilla’s help we will innovate faster than ever before. Fakespot (1 / 2).
Shoutout to Saoud Khalifah ’13 ‘14M, the recipient of Monmouth University’s 2022 Recent Alumni Award! He will be honored during
#MonmouthAlumniWeekend
. Saoud Khalifa ’13 ’14M is the founder of Fakespot and serves as its CEO.
Register for Alumni Weekend at
@JohnLegere
We cannot thank you enough for your support, John! It means a lot to everyone here at Fakespot. Don't worry, we are not going anywhere! Until we get the iOS app back up, please use our Chrome or Firefox extensions.
Thank you
@jwherrman
from
@nytimes
for mentioning us in this excellent article about Amazon Vine Reviews. Must read for our users to better understand how incentivized reviews work on Amazon and other e-commerce platforms. Fakespot before you buy.
Fakespot Alumnus
@MohammedJHayat
and his team at
@us_abstract
are bringing transparency to government legislation, starting with CA and expanding from there. Please check out what the
@us_abstract
team is working on. Awesome stuff, Mo!
starting with CA, then making sense of every governing system in the world. subscribe now!
an RT would mean the world, first community update issue coming out very soon❤️
Let’s chat 🤖… holiday shopping season is here!
We are excited to share that we are testing out Fakespot Chat, an AI chatbot that you can talk to about products online 🙌
Check it out:
“This is only the beginning. Behind the Aukey's and Mpow's of the world, there are hundreds of other unscrupulous sellers that have been engaged in the same or similar deceptive tactics since day-one of selling on Amazon.”
@SaoudKhalifah
@paulg
@pitdesi
The issue of trusting eCommerce has been replaced with getting people products as fast as possible. To do that, Amazon created the 3P marketplace to have enough inventory everywhere. This makes 1 and 2-day shipping possible. 3P sellers now make up over 60% of Amazon’s sales.